Curriculum Vitae

Behnam Kaye Kashanchi, M.D. FACOG

EDUCATION

• University, Tehran, Iran
• Doctor of Medicine with Honors, 1971 – 1978
• Ranked first in class from 1974-1978

RESIDENCY

• University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, MA
• Staff Resident, 1981 – 1983
• Department of Pathology, Specialized in Gynecology-Pathology
• Cook County Hospital, Chicago, Illinois
• Staff Resident, 1983 – 1986
• Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Cook County Hospital, Chicago, Illinois
• Chief Resident, 1986 – 1987
• Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
• Attending Physician, 1989 to Present
• Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Beverly Hills Women’s Center, Beverly Hills, California
• Private Practice – Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1988 to Present
• Specialized in Laser Surgery, Colposcopy, Laparoscopy, Endometriosis, Diagnostic Ultrasound, PMS,
  Menopause, Infertility, Family Planning

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California
• Clinical Professor in OB/GYN Department, 1987 to Present

LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATIONS

• Licensed in California since 1987, New York, Illinois, Massachusetts
• American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology since 1990

MEMBERSHIPS

• Los Angeles County Medical Association
• California Medical Association
• American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology

AFFILIATIONS

• Active Staff at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center since 1988
• Active Staff at Tarzana-Providence Hospital since 1989
• Active Staff at Encino Hospital since 1989
• Active Staff at Valley Presbyterian Hospital since 2008

LANGUAGE SKILLS

• Fluent in English and Farsi
• Understands Spanish and Hebrew

PUBLICATIONS

• “Pulmonary Blastoma” Medical News, 1:16, 1978
• “Psammoma Bodies in Thyroid Cancer” Mass Medical Center Journal, 1983

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS

• “Pulmonary Blastoma”, University of Tehran Medical School, 1978
• “Malignant lesions of female organs”, University of Massachusetts, 1981
• “Neo-plastic cysts of the ovary”, University of Massachusetts, 1982
• “Disorders of Female Sex differentiation”, University of Massachusetts, 1982
• “Hepatitis in Pregnancy”, Cook County Hospital, 1986
• “Multiple Primary Cancers”, Cook County Hospital, 1987

INVENTIONS

• Hypodermic needle that prevents accidental needle injuries to health workers and subsequent
  complications, Patent# 5527296