John D. Baker, M.D., F.A.C.C., F.S.C.A.I.
Cardiology Expert
4790 Irvine Blvd
#105 -141
Irvine CA, 92620
US
CERTIFICATIONS
BOARD CERTIFIED DIPLOMAT -AMERICAN BOARD OF INTERNAL MEDICINE - CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE SUBSPECIALTY
EXAMINATION 11/1997, Recertified 11/2007
BOARD CERTIFIED DIPLOMAT -AMERICAN BOARD OF INTERNAL MEDICINE INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE SUBSPECIALTY
EXAMINATION 11/1999, Recertified 11/2008
DIPLOMAT AMERICAN BOARD OF INTERNAL MEDICINE, BOARD CERTIFICATION 9/90
- Cardiovascular Disease: 88th Percentile
- Hematologic Disease: 90th Percentile
- Endocrinology/Metabolism: 90th Percentile
- Critical Care Medicine: 90th Percentile
DIPLOMAT NATIONAL BOARD OF MEDICAL TRAINING PART I - 9/85, PART II - 4/87, PART III - 3/88
APPOINTMENTS / PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
Appointed Task Force Member - American College of Cardiology
Cardiac Care Committee - June 2009 to present
Director of Invasive/lnterventional Services Cardiology and Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories
Anaheim Memorial Medical Center
October 2003 to July 2009
Director of Invasive/lnterventional Services Cardiology and Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories
Anaheim Regional Medical Center
July 2009 to Present
Chair - Invasive/Interventional Cardiology
Anaheim Memorial Medical Center -
October 2003 through September 2007
Director - Invasive/lnterventional Cardiology Services
Pacific Cardiovascular Associates
Jan 2000 to Present
FACC - Fellow of the American College of Cardiology
FSCAI - Fellow of the Society of Coronary Angiography and Interventions
MD - Medical Doctor -University of Southern California Medical School - 6/87
Member - Orange County Medical Association
Active Hospital Staff Appointments , Invasive/lnterventional Cardiology - North and South Orange County:
Anaheim Memorial/Regional Medical Center,
Fountain Valley Regional Medical Center,
Garden Grove Medical Center,
Mission Hospital,
Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center,
Saddleback Memorial Medical Centers,
South Coast Hospital.
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Post Doctoral :
University of Chicago Medical Center - Chicago, IL
Interventional Cardiology Fellowship 7/94 -6/95
Harbor/UCLA Medical Center - Torrance, CA
Cardiologist -Cardiology Fellow Year III 7/93 -6/94
St. Mary Medical Center - Long Beach, CA
Cardiology Fellow, Years I and II 7/91 - 6/93
Los Angeles County / USC Medical Center - Los Angeles, CA
Chief Resident, Internal Medicine 7/90 -6/91
Physician Post Graduate II - III 7/88-6/90
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Santa Clara, CA
Internal Medicine Physician Post Graduate I 7/87 -6/88
Medical :
University of Southern California School of Medicine - Los Angeles, CA
Medical Doctor 7/83 -6/87
Outstanding in introduction to Clinical Medicine (no formal honors given) Years I & II
Outstanding in Pediatrics, Medicine I, Obstetrics and Gynecology with honors and near-honors on oral final examinations
Honors -Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia Honors -Medicine II
Undergraduate : University of Southern California B.S. in Biological Sciences, graduated in 1983
High School : Los Angeles High, Los Angeles California Graduated in 1979
UNDERGRADUATE EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE
1980-1982 Off-Campus Housing Coordinator
1980-1982 Resident Advisorl Teaching Assistant (Summer) Health Professionals Preparation Program
1981-1983 PresidentlFounder of University Student's Cooperative Organization
1982 Course Instructor -Physics (Summer) for the Health Sciences
POST GRADUATE PRACTICES
7/95 - 8/95 Community Hospital (Locum Tenens) -Red Bluff, CA
9/95 - 10/95 Cardiovascular Care Medical Group (Locum Tenens) -Sacramento, CA
10/95 - 6/98 Lakeland Regional Medical Center -Clark & Daughtrey Medical Group Lakeland FL (Interventional/Invasive Cardiologist)
6/98 - 7/99 Regional Cardiology Associates -Sacramento, CA (Interventionall Invasive Cardiologist)
8/99 - Present Pacific Cardiovascular Associates - Long Beach/ Orange County CA
(Interventional/Invasive Cardiologist - Director Invasive interventional Services)
Website - http://www.pcacardiology.com
PROFESSIONAL LICENSES
State of California Physicians & Surgeons License
Federal Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) License
State of Illinois Physician License
Fluoroscopy Supervisor Certification
State of Florida Physician License
PROCEDURAL EXPERIENCE
Central Line Placement Techniques, Internal Jugular, Anterior, Posterior, Anteromedial, Femoral and Subclavian Approaches****
Pulmonary Artery Balloon Tipped Catheter Placement****
Cardiac Catheterization and Coronary Angiography (Femoral, Radial and Brachial approaches) ****
Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty ****
Intracoronary Stent Placement (Cook, Johnson&Johnson, AVE, ACS and multiple Stent designs)****
Directional Coronary Atherectomy * Rotational Coronary Atherectomy (Rotablator)***
Aortic Valvuloplasty *
Inoue Balloon Mitral Commissurotomy *
Myocardial Biopsy**
Intraaortic Balloon Placement****
Permanent (Dual and Single Chamber) Pacemaker Implantation ****
Temporary Transvenous Pacemaker placement****
CardioverterlDefibriliator Implant or Change *
Electrophysiology Studies and RF Ablation *
Excimer Laser Atherectomy ****
* = Primary Operator <100 cases
** . = Primary Operator 101-200 cases
*** = Primary Operator 201-500 cases
**** = Primary Operator >500 cases
FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
Mc Kensie Foundation Medical Student Award
National Medical Fellowship Program
California Graduate Fellowship
Research Grant - St. Mary Foundation
SPECIAL HEALTHCARE ACTIVITIES
Excimer Laser Physician Proctor/lnstructor Southern California
Spectranetics Corporation, Current
Rotational Atherectomy Physician Proctor/lnstructor Southern California
Boston Scientific, Current
Physician Reviewer - Center for Health Dispute Resolution/ Maximus
California and National, 2004 to current
Chair - Weekly Cardiac Catheterization Conference
Pacific Cardiovascular Associates and Physician Journal Club
10/00 to present
Chair - Weekly Cardiac Catheterization Conference
Anaheim Memorial (Now Anaheim Regional) Medical Center
October 2003 to present
Advanced Cardiac and Life Support Instructor/ Course Director
St. Mary, USC and Cedar-Sinai Medical Centers
Royal Flying Doctor Service – Australia
Pediatric Neurology - Sydney, Australia
Volunteer - Skid Row Clinic
ORGANIZATIONS/ACTIVITIES
Cardiology Best Practice Representative - Memorial Care
FAA Licensed Private Pilot - Instrument Airplane Rating
Student Government: Class Representative, 1983-1984
AMSA - Computers in Medicine and International Health American Medical Association
Student Activities: Founder/Organizer of Medical Spanish course Word Processing, Computer Assisted Education for Medical Students, 1984-1986
Events Chairman - Class of 1987
Honor Council - Member
California House Officers Society - Member
Santa Clara Valley Medical Society - Member
American College of Physicians – Member
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Sudden Cardiac Death in Children and Adolescents Children's Hospital of Los Angeles
Primary Author: Baker, J.D., Lawrence, T.Y
Increased Renal Uptake in Technetium bone scan in patients treated with cis-platinum.
Primary Author: Baker, J.D., Miller, J.M.
Inducibility of Ventricular Tachycardia After Coronary Bypass Surgery
Bhandari, Anil, Baker, J.D., Sager, Phillip
Identification of Viable Myocardium by Low-Dose Dobutamine Echocardiography and Ultrafast CT in patients with Myocardial Infarction.
Ginston, L.E., Georgiou, D., Baker, J.D.
Effects of Endurance Exercise Training on Sudden Cardiac Death as measured by Heart Rate Variability in Normal and Heart Failure Patients.
(Funded through St Mary Foundation)
Primary Author: Baker, J.D., Tobias, S., Casaburi, R., Narahara, K.,
Angiographic and Histopathologic Correlates of Restenosis vs. De Novo Lesions retrieved from Coronary Atherectomy.
Primary Author: Baker, J.D., Feldman, T., Sakaguchi, Y Carroll, J.D., Levin, T.N., Glagov, S
Laser Angioplasty for Restenosed Stents (LARS) Investigator
Senior Percutaneous Revascularization in Acute Myocardial Infarction (Senior PAMI) – Investigator
BIBLIOGRAPHY/PUBLICATIONS
"Restenotic" Tissue in Denovo Coronary Lesions.
(Abstract) Baker, J.D., Sakaguchi, Y, Glagov, S., Carroll, J., Feldman, T.
Submitted for American Heart Association 11/95 Presentation
Cost of Balloon Angioplasty vs Coronary Atherectomy.
Feldman, T., Carroll, J., Levin, T., Baker, J.D., Follman, D., Roth, J.,
Submitted for American Heart Association 11/95 Presentation
Peripheral Angioplasty for PTCA in Large Coronary Vessels
Feldman, T., Carroll, J.D., Follman, D.F., AI-Hani, A., Baker, J.D., Levin, T.N. - ACC 1994
Incidence of Coronary Dissection Following Adjunctive Angioplasty After Rotational Atherectomy
Levin, T.N., Feldman, T., Carroll, J.D., Baker, J.D., Follman, D.F.
Excimer Laser Angioplasty in Acute Myocardial Infarction (The CARMEL) multicenter trial).
Topaz 0, Ebersole D, Das T, Alderman EL, Madyoon H, Vora K, Baker, JD, Hilton D, Dahm JB
Am J Cardiology 2004 Mar 15:93(6):694-701
Excimer Laser in acute myocardial infarction: a comparison between STEMI patients with established
Q-wave versus patients with non-STEMI (non-Q).
Topaz 0, Ebersole D, Dahm JB, Alderman EL, Madyoon H, Vora K, Baker, JD, Hilton D, Das T.
Lasers Med Sci. 2007 Apr 11
Rates (as of 7/10/2010)
Case / Record Review - $350 /hr
Depositions - $500 /hr
Court Testimony - $3000 / half day
Retainer $1,000 due on presentation of initial documents.
All unused amounts refundable
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