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Dr. Omid Jafari, graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of California Riverside (Bachelors of Science – Biomedical Engineering) and attended University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine. While in medical school at the University of California Los Angeles, Dr. Jafari received the American Federation for Medical Research Award for his research on access to medicine and pain care. During his radiology residency at University of Southern California, Dr. Jafari published several research presentations on MRI imaging and cardiac imaging. Following that he received training as a fellow in Neuroradiology at the University of Southern California, where he was awarded Fellow of the Year for his teaching and excellence.

Dr. Jafari published several articles on sarcomas and cancer post training. He has a wide range of expertise with emphasis on MRI is currently a Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of California Los Angeles.

is a Fellowship trained, Board Certified Interventional Radiologist and Medical Director of ProVascularMD. He was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society after graduating at the top of his UCLA Medical School class and continues to maintain the highest accolades in his post training career.

He values his current role as a full-time teaching Professor in the Department of Radiology at UCLA where he instructs and supervises Fellows, Residents, and Medical Students. His clinical and research focus includes Uterine Fibroid Embolization, Peripheral Arterial and Venous disease, as well as Kyphoplasty in the treatment of painful fractures of the spine.

Dr. Katrine Zhiroff is an Interventional Cardiologist with Los Angeles Cardiology Associates. She finished her undergraduate degree with summa cum laude at UCLA. She went on to receive her M.D. degree from UC San Diego School of Medicine. Dr. Zhiroff completed her internal medicine and cardiology training at Harbor UCLA Medical Center, and continued her subspecialty training in cardiovascular interventions in the Good Samaritan and Harbor UCLA fellowhip program. Throughout her training she has received numerous excellence and teaching awards.

Her current interests include community outreach and increasing awareness of cardiovascular disease in women. Dr. Zhiroff has joined a busy interventional practice with Los Angeles Cardiology Associates. She actively participates in the AMI program at Good Samartian Hospital and with the Good Samaritan Harbor UCLA Cardiology fellowship program. Dr. Zhiroff’s professional interests include novel approaches in endovascular technologies for treatment of peripheral arterial disease, percutaneous treatment of chronic diseases of the venous system, and transradial cardiac catheterization.

Katrine Zhiroff, M.D.

Dr. Babak Yaghmai is Board Certified in Diagnostic Radiology with a Certificate of Added Qualification in Vascular and Interventional Radiology. Dr. Yaghmai earned his medical degree from the Medical College of Virginia School of Medicine in Richmond, Virginia. He completed his Diagnostic Radiology residency at Cook County Hospital in Chicago, Illinois and his fellowship in Vascular and Interventional Radiology at the University of Illinois Hospitals in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Yaghmai has held academic appointments at the University of Chicago as an Assistant Professor/Interventional Radiology, as well as an Assistant Residency Coordinator. He has also authored and co-authored many peered reviewed publications, scientific exhibits and presentations.

Dr. Yaghmai is currently affiliated with the Huntington Hospital in Pasadena and has played an integral role in the development of the Uterine Fibroid Embolization Program. He is also a part of the Hill Medical Coporation since 2000 and established the VenaCure program to rid people of varicose veins without the need for surgery.

Babak Yaghmai, M.D.

Dr. Reed is the Attending Physician at Huntington Medical Center in Pasadena where he has performed many uterine artery embolizations. He received his M.D. at Cornell University Medical College and completed his residency at UCLA and USC.

Richard Reed, M.D.

Dr. Ramin Mirhashemi is an OB-GYN licensed to practice gynecologic oncology and obstetrics & gynecology in California and Florida. Dr. Mirhashemi specializes in gynecologic oncology and obstetrics & gynecology. Dr. Mirhashemi received a medical degree at University of Southern California in 1993. He completed an internship and residency at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital at Harvard Medical School. His fellowship in Gynecologic Oncology was obtained at the University of Miami. Dr. Mirhashemi is a former Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the UCLA School of Medicine and at the University of Miami School of Medicine. He also was the Director of the Familial Breast and Ovarian Cancer Genetic Center at the University of Miami School of Medicine. Dr. Mirhashemi has the largest experience in utilizing robotic surgery for gynecologic conditions west of the Mississippi. Dr. Mirhashemi has published over 60 journal articles, research articles and book chapters relative to women’s health.

Ramin Mirhashemi, M.D.

Dr. Bruce McLucas was educated at Princeton University and received his M.D. from Yale University Medical School.  Internship at Los Angeles County USC Medical Center focused his attention on obstetrics and gynecology. Specialization in this field continued during his residency at Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles. He is also an attending physician at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center.

Dr. McLucas is a board certified gynecologist. His work in hospitals and private practice made him all too aware of the health issues caused by fibroids and the excessive amount of surgeries being performed as a treatment protocol.  The search for an alternative led him to Uterine Fibroid Embolization (UFE), a minimally invasive technique discovered in the early 90’s by a French gynecologist; Dr. Jaques Ravina.

Convinced that UFE offered patients a safe, simple and non-surgical option, Dr. McLucas introduced this procedure to the U.S. medical community in 1994 and led the team that performed the very first embolization in America. Soon after, he would become the first OB/GYN qualified to perform UFE and has championed education and outreach in this procedure ever since.

Today, he trains other physicians in UFE, lectures around the world and has personally performed over 8,000 procedures.

Bruce McLucas, M.D., FTC Founder

Dr. Tina Hardley specializes in both Interventional and Vascular and Diagnostic Radiology. She currently performs minimally invasive surgeries for both adults and children. Dr. Hardley is a graduate from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and completed both her residency and fellowship at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. She has been with Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles since 2001. Dr. Hardley is also an active member of the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR).

Tina Hardley, M.D.

Dr. Economides completed an undergraduate degree in music at the University of California, Los Angeles followed by a Master’s degree in music at the University of Southern California. She then changed focus to medicine and returned to UCLA for pre-medical coursework. She received her medical degree from the University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and completed internship and residency at the UCLA/VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System. She then completed a cardiology fellowship at the UCLA/VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System/Olive View Medical Center, and subspecialty interventional cardiology fellowship at Good Samaritan Hospital/Harbor UCLA Medical Center.

Dr. Economides has published numerous articles in peer review journals and presented at national cardiovascular meetings.

Her professional interests include cardiovascular disease in women, prevention of vascular access complications and radial artery catherization, peripheral vascular disease, preservation of vascular access in dialysis patients, and patient quality outcome research.

Dr. Economides is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease and Interventional Cardiology.

Dr. Economides is fluent in English and Spanish.

Christina Economides