Ali Khoynezhad, MD
Enriched profileMedical Director of Cardiovascular Surgery, MemorialCare Heart & Vascular Institute at Long Beach Medical Center · MemorialCare Heart & Vascular Institute
Ali Khoynezhad is Medical Director of Cardiovascular Surgery, MemorialCare Heart & Vascular Institute at Long Beach Medical Center at MemorialCare Heart & Vascular Institute. OpenAlex indexes 171 publications with 4,707 citations (h-index 33); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 6 registered studies with this person as an investigator.
Data verified 5 Nov 2026
Overview
Updated 5 Nov 2026
Ali Khoynezhad, MD, is Medical Director of Cardiovascular Surgery, MemorialCare Heart & Vascular Institute at Long Beach Medical Center. The public record shows 171 publications with 4,707 citations (h-index 33), centered on Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches, Aortic aneurysm repair treatments, Infectious Aortic and Vascular Conditions. It also documents an investigator role on 6 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 19 companies.
- Most recent indexed publication: 2025 · Circulation. Arrhythmia and electrophysiology
- Top research focus: Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches
- 6 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 19 companies
Generated from the cited public record · current as of 5 Nov 2026. Every fact links its source below.
Indications focus
from trials led + research topicsResearch focus
OpenAlex concept fingerprintWorks with
trial sponsors and companies reporting paymentsScholarship
indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)Publications indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID. 1 in PubMed. Counts exclude supporting files.
Citations across these publications.
H-index from these publications. i10-index 59.
Clinical & industry
trials, payments and federal fundingFederally funded research awards.
Contact
No public contact details on file. This person's NPPES record doesn't include a practice address or telephone number. Why? →
Clinical trials
Updated 5 Nov 2026
Listed as an investigator on 6 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- Pivotal Study Of A Dual Epicardial & Endocardial Procedure (DEEP) Approach
Sponsor: AtriCure, Inc.
- Feasibility of Endovascular Repair Of Ascending Aortic Pathologies
Sponsor: Rodney A. White, MD
Industry payments
Updated 5 Nov 2026
19 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Medtronic, Inc.Program year202568 payments$34,000openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
- AtriCure, Inc.Program year202510 payments$22,556openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
- Edwards Lifesciences CorporationProgram year202510 payments
NIH funding
We didn't find any NIH-funded research awards for this person in NIH RePORTER. Why? →
Congress activity
Updated 5 Nov 2026
5 congress contributions (2012–2025) across AHA, ESC, HRS, TCT (Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics) per OpenAlex. The most recent:
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 5 Nov 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
- Dual Epicardial and Endocardial Procedure (DEEP) for Persistent or Longstanding Persistent Atrial Fibrillation.
Circulation. Arrhythmia and electrophysiology
Clinical Trial2025
Most-cited works
by citation count (OpenAlex)- 01Guidelines for Perioperative Care in Cardiac SurgeryArticle1,214 citations2019
- 02
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- 04Risk Factors of Neurologic Deficit After Thoracic Aortic EndograftingArticle189 citations2007
- 05Resource-aware secure ECG healthcare monitoring through body sensor networksArticle148 citations2010
Network
Updated 5 Nov 2026
The people this person publishes with most, by number of co-authored papers. Names link to their own profile when we have one.
Background & recognition
Updated 5 Nov 2026
Credentials, appointments and honors, newest first, each linked to the public source it came from.
Education
degrees and training on record- provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →unmc.edu ↗
- provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →en.wikipedia.org ↗
- Diplomate
American Board of Thoracic Surgery
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →ctsnet.org ↗
Editorial & leadership roles
journal and society appointments- provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →unmc.edu ↗
- President
21st Century Cardiothoracic Surgical Society
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →en.wikipedia.org ↗ - Co-founder
ERAS Cardiac Society
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →en.wikipedia.org ↗ - Member
American Association for Thoracic Surgery
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →en.wikipedia.org ↗
Awards & honors
honors on the public record- provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →en.wikipedia.org ↗
- Recipient
TSFRE Alley-Sheridan Scholarship
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →en.wikipedia.org ↗ - Recipient
ACS traveling fellowship to Germany
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →en.wikipedia.org ↗
Secondary affiliations
appointments beyond the home institution- Professor of Surgery
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA (past)
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →en.wikipedia.org ↗
Every item links to where we found it. verified means we've confirmed it in more than one place; provisional means we found it and are still confirming.
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