Sean Shahangian, MD

I. Professional Appointments

Staff Anesthesiologist, West LA Anesthesia Group, Los Angeles, CA, 2001-present

Resident, Anesthesiology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 1998-2001


Resident, Transitional Year Program, Elmhurst Hospital Center,
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, 1997- 98


Clinical Observer, Department of Internal Medicine, VA Medical Center, University of California at San Diego, San Diego, California, Jan.-June 1997

Fellow, Reproductive Endocrinology Research, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brigham and Women's Hospital,
Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, 1995-96

Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Guillan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran, 1986-95

Member, Editorial Board of the Journal of Medical Faculty
Guillan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran; 1989-95


Chief of Obstetrics, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Guillan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran; 1991-95

Director of Research, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Guillan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran,1994-95

Director, Research Center for Family Planning, Province of Guillan, Iran, 1993-94

Director of Residency Program, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Guillan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran, 1989-95

Visiting Professor, Graduate program in Nurse-Midwifery, Tarbiat Modarres University, Tehran, Iran,1990-91

Clinical Instructor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Guillan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran, 1985-86

Chief Resident, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran, 1983-85

Resident, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran, 1981-85

General Practitioner, Obligatory Military Service, Shiraz, Iran, 1979-81

II. Certifications /Membership

American Board of Anesthesiology (in examination process), passed
Written Part, July 2004

Member, American Society of Anesthesiology, 1998-present

Advances Cardiac Life Support, 1997-present

Member, California Society of Anesthesiologists, 1998-present

Member, Medical Board of California, Physician and Surgeon, 1998-present

Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG), 1996-lifetime

Passed the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Parts I, II and III, 1996-97 (all in first attempt).

III. Honors
Outstanding Teacher of Nurse-Midwifery Students
Guillan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran; 1989

Best Attending Physician Polled by the house staff of the
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Guillan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran; 1993-95

IV. Education

Resident in Anesthesiology
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; 1998-present

Intern in Transitional Year Residency Program
Mount Sinai Medical School, New York, NY; 1997-98

Resident in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran; 1981-85

Fellow, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Harvard University, Boston, MA 1995-96

Medical Student; M.D., Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran; 1971-79

Exchange Medical Student, Fall semester (1977-78)
The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois


V. Continued Medical Education after completing residency in Anesthesia

Annual meeting, American Society of Anesthesiologists, Orlando, FL,
October 2002

Advanced Cardiac Life support, Orange, CA, October 2002

Annual Meeting, American Society of Anesthesiologists, San Francisco,
CA, October 2003

Recertification, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Orange, CA,
October 2004



VI. Presented and Published Papers

A. Supraventricular tachycardia and myocardial ischemia after epinephrine overdose in a teenage. Presented and published in proceedings of the 38th Annual Western Anesthesia Resident Conference, San Francisco, CA; 2000

B. Intra partum infection. Seminar of Medical Complications in Pregnancy, Rasht, Iran; 1994


C. Good news about I.U.D. Sixth International Congress of Geographic Medicine, Shiraz, Iran; 1993

D. Shahangian, Sh., Tabarsa, M.J.: An epidemiological study in pre-eclamptic and eclamptic patients in Rasht Maternity Hospital. Journal of Medical Faculty Guillan University of Medical Sciences 1993;2:1-4


E. Prophylactic Antibiotic for elective cesarean section, Seminar of Antibiotics and its Clinical Use, Rasht, Iran; 1992

F. A.MT. A new technique for assessment of fetal well-being. Fifth International Congress of Geographic Medicine, Shiraz, Iran; 1992

G. Prostaglandins in obstetrics and gynecology. Seminar of Prostaglandins, Rasht, Iran; 1992


H. New types of oral contraceptives. Seminar of Family Planning, Rasht, Iran; 1991

I. Prophylactic antibiotics in elective cesarean delivery. National Congress of Diseases and Pregnancy, Babol, Iran; 1991


J. Urinary tract infection in women. Seminar of Urinary Tract Infection, Rasht, Iran; 1989

K. Tuberculosis of genitalia. Seminar of Tuberculosis, Rasht, Iran; 1989
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