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Abbas Ardehali, MD

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Professor of Surgery · Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center

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Region🇺🇸 Los Angeles, CA · West · United StatesSpecialtyThoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)FocusTransplantation: Methods and Outcomes+4
Active KOLFindMyKOL type: EliteLatest publication2022Online presenceNone verifiedPayments2022–2025NIH fundingNone on fileWhy? →

Abbas Ardehali is Professor of Surgery at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. OpenAlex indexes 518 publications with 8,903 citations (h-index 53); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 4 registered studies with this person as an investigator. By OpenAlex citation count, this profile ranks in the top 10% of Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) profiles in the FindMyKOL directory.

Data verified 4 Nov 2026

Overview

Updated 4 Nov 2026

Abbas Ardehali, MD, is Professor of Surgery at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. The public record shows 518 publications with 8,903 citations (h-index 53), centered on Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes, Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes, Organ Donation and Transplantation. It also documents an investigator role on 4 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 12 companies.

  • Most recent indexed publication: 2022 · JMIR cardio
  • Top research focus: Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes
  • 4 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
  • Open Payments reporting from 12 companies

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Indications focus

from trials led + research topics
Heart Failure1 trialPain1 trialPostoperative Pain1 trialHypertensionLupus (SLE)COVID-19Atrial FibrillationAsthmaCoronary Artery Disease / ACSCOPDDyslipidemia / Lipid DisordersSepsis / Serious BacterialPulmonary HypertensionIdiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Research focus

OpenAlex concept fingerprint
Transplantation: Methods and OutcomesOrgan Transplantation Techniques and OutcomesOrgan Donation and TransplantationOrgan and Tissue Transplantation ResearchRenal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments

Works with

trial sponsors and companies reporting payments
Abbott LaboratoriesClinical trials—Industry payments8TransMedics, Inc.Clinical trials—Industry payments7Edwards Lifesciences CorporationClinical trials—Industry payments3TransMedicsClinical trials3Industry payments—Atricure, Inc.Clinical trials—Industry payments2Ethicon US, LLCClinical trials—Industry payments2Medtronic, Inc.Clinical trials—Industry payments2AbiomedClinical trials—Industry payments1Artivion, Inc.Clinical trials—Industry payments1EnableCV Inc.Clinical trials—Industry payments1Paragonix Technologies, Inc.Clinical trials—Industry payments1University of California, Los AngelesClinical trials1Industry payments—XVIVO Perfusion Inc.Clinical trials—Industry payments1

Scholarship

indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)
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518publications

Publications indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID. 1 in PubMed. Counts exclude supporting files.

8,903citations

Citations across these publications.

53h-index

H-index from these publications. i10-index 143.

Clinical & industry

trials, payments and federal funding
4clinical trials

Investigator role on registered studies.

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12companies · 2022–2025

Companies reporting payments to CMS. Facts, not judgments.

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0NIH grants

Federally funded research awards.

Public positions

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Contact

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Office address

100 Medical Plaza, Suite 630 East

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Clinical trials

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Listed as an investigator on 4 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:

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Industry payments

Updated 4 Nov 2026

12 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2022–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:

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NIH funding

We didn't find any NIH-funded research awards for this person in NIH RePORTER. Why? →

Congress activity

Updated 4 Nov 2026

69 congress contributions (2011–2026) across AST, ESC, EULAR, ISHLT per OpenAlex. The most recent:

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Published abstracts are attributed via the same ORCID-disambiguated authorship as publications, so each is DOI-verified. Podium roles (invited talks, session chairs) and oral/poster type are added as program data is confirmed.

Publications

Updated 4 Nov 2026

Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.

Online presence

Updated 4 Nov 2026

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Mentions by others

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  • Facebook

    UCLA Health Facebook post: first lung transplant using warm-perfusion device by Dr. Abbas Ardehali

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Background & recognition

Updated 4 Nov 2026

Credentials, appointments and honors, newest first, each linked to the public source it came from.

Education

degrees and training on record

Editorial & leadership roles

journal and society appointments

Awards & honors

honors on the public record

Secondary affiliations

appointments beyond the home institution
  • Medcura

    Series A Board Director

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Media & interviews

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