Dr. Behrouz Salehian M.D.

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Get to know Endocrinologist Dr. Behrouz Salehian, who serves the Los Angeles area at his private practice and City of Hope. Dr. Salehian earned his medical degree from the Shariat Medical School in Tehran, Iran. He completed his internship and residency in internal medicine at the hospitals affiliated with Tehran University, and then completed a fellowship in endocrinology. He relocated to Paris, France and worked for several hospitals before immigrating to the United States. Dr. Salehian then completed a second internship and residency in internal medicine from the University of Nevada at Las Vegas and at the Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science/Martin Luther King, Jr. Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA. He completed two years each of research and clinical fellowship in endocrinology at the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, and received a dual academic appointment as Assistant Professor of medicine in the division of endocrinology and metabolism at Charles R. Drew University. Dr. Salehian currently works as the co-director of Thyroid Cancer Program as well as the director of the Diabetes Cardiovascular Risk Reduction Program at City of Hope. His research and clinical interests include: Endocrine tumors including thyroid cancers, neuroendocrine tumors and pituitary tumors. He has been board certified by the American Board of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, the American Board of Internal Medicine, and the Iranian Board of Internal Medicine. To stay current in his field, Dr. Salehain conducts research and publishes his findings. His writing has been featured in journals like Endocrine Connections. He also maintains professional memberships in the American Persian Academy of Physicians, the American Thyroid Association, and the Endocrine Society. Endocrinology is a branch of biology and medicine dealing with the endocrine system, its diseases, and its specific secretions known as hormones. It is also concerned with the integration of developmental events proliferation, growth, and differentiation, and the psychological or behavioral activities of metabolism, growth and development, tissue function, sleep, digestion, respiration, excretion, mood, stress, lactation, movement, reproduction, and sensory perception caused by hormones. Specializations include behavioral endocrinology and comparative endocrinology. The endocrine system consists of several glands, all in different parts of the body, that secrete hormones directly into the blood rather than into a duct system. Hormones have many different functions and modes of action; one hormone may have several effects on different target organs, and, conversely, one target organ may be affected by more than one hormone. Dr. Salehian has received many awards and accolades throughout his successful career, including the an NIH Fellowship Training Award for Fellowship in endocrinology, diabetes, and male reproductive endocrinology at Harbor-UCLA. He has also been named Teacher of the Year in his academic role with the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science many times.

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