Introducing:

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

Short Description:
Specializes in Advanced Interventional Cardiology. Actively practicing, high volume Invasive/ Interventional Cardiologist with 20 years of experience in Cardiology, Invasive/Interventional Cardiology and Surgery.
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Contact Information:
Office:
949-837-1578
Fax:
949-266-9099
Pager:
877-924-9009 (Preferred)
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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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