Faried Banimahd

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Assistant Clinical Professor of EM, Emergency Medicine
School of Medicine
Director, After Hours Walk-In Clinic
M.D., University of California Irvine School of Medicine, 2005
Fellowship, UC Irvine Health, Department of Emergency Medicine, 2015, Education and Faculty Development
Phone: (714) 456-5239
Email: fbanimah@hs.uci.edu
University of California, Irvine
333 The City Blvd. West, Rt 128-01
Suite 640
Department of Emergency Medicine
Mail Code: 4064
Orange, CA 92868
Research Interests
Substance abuse and the Emergency patient, Best practices in protocol medicine,
Academic Distinctions
May 2015 Top Reviewer Award
Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health
May 2014 Top Reviewer Award
Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health
April 2014 2nd place award winner, 2014 KMC Research Forum
Abstract Competition
Prevalence of Clinically Significant Alcohol Use Disorders in Emergency Medicine Patients
May 2012 Top Reviewer Award
Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
May 2011 Top Reviewer Award
Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
March 2003 Medical student presenter award recipient; Angiographic Embolization as an Adjunctive Treatment for the Non-Operative Management of Penetrating Liver Injuries
Monterey, CA
December 2000 Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) Fellow and grant Recipient at University of California, Irvine
June 1990 Mom Woolley
Research Abstract
1. Walsh P, Thornton J, Asato J, Walker N, McCoy G, Baal J, Baal J, Mendoza N, Banimahd F. “Approaches to describing inter-rater reliability of the overall clinical appearance of febrile infants and toddlers in the emergency department.” PeerJ. 2014 Nov 11;2:e651. Doi: 10.7717/peerj.651. eCollection 2014. PMID 25401054

2. Banimahd F, Spinello, IM. “Large-volume paracentesis: a fast, convenient, and safe technique.” J Emerg Med 2009 Nov;37(4):409–10. Doi: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2008.09.022. Epub 2009 Jan 26. PMID 19168313

3. Huerta S, Bui TD, Nguyen TH, Banimahd FN, Porral D, Dolich MO. “Predictors of mortality and management of patients with traumatic inferior vena cava injuries.” Am Surg. 2006 Apr;72(4):290–6. PMID 16676849

ABSTRACTS AND RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS

1. April 2015 – Paul Mroz MD, Daniel Quesada MD, Archna Patel, Lydia Martinez, Faried Banimahd MD, Shahram Lotfopour MD MPH. “Prevalence of Clinically Significant Alcohol Use Disorders in Emergency Department Patients.” California State University/Kern-UCLA Research Forum Presentation.

2. November 2014 - Rochelle Rogers MPH, Maryam Hosseini Farahabadi MD, Roxanne Talamayan-Pascua, Craig Anderson MPH PhD, Kristin Alix MPH, Brad Dykzeul BS, Faried Banimahd MD, Bharath Chakravarthy MD MPH, Wirachin Hoonpongsimanont MD MS, Shahram Lotfipour MD MPH. “A Retrospective Study on the Association between AUDIT Domain Scores and Demographic Factors and Readiness to Change Scores in Emergency and Trauma Patient.” 142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition, New Orleans, LA.

3. April 2014 - Paul Mroz MD, Daniel Quesada MD, Sean Wilkie MD, Rick McPheeters DO, Faried Banimahd MD, Shahram Lotfipour MD MPH. “Prevalence of Clinically significant Alcohol Use Disorders in Emergency Medicine Patients.” California State University/Kern-UCLA Research Forum Presentation, 2nd place winner.

4. May 2013 - Faried Banimahd MD, Kali Veteto DO, Rene Venegas MD, Parveen Hussein, Bharath Chakravarthy MD MPH. “Prevalence of Suicidal Patients Who Visit the Emergency Department with Non-Psychiatric Chief Complaints.” California State University Research Forum Poster Presentation.

5. May 2013 - Lev libet MD, Gary Mccoy MD, Justin Thornton, Nicholas Walker, Julie Asato, Faried Banimahd MD, Paul Walsh MD. “Pediatric Inter-rater Reliability Study (PIRS).” Kern Medical Center/California State University Research Forum Poster Presentation.

6. May 2013 - Faried Banimahd MD, Sean Wilkie MD, Daniel Quesada MD, Asra Nayab MBBS, Abdelhamid Dalia, Anabel Salazar, Shahram Lotfipour MD MP. “Prevalence of Clinically Significant Alcohol Use Disorders in Emergency Department Patients.” Kern Medical Center/California State University Research Forum Poster Presentation.

7. Banimahd, F.; Huerta, S.; Lekawa, M.; Dolich, M. O. “Angiographic Embolization as An Adjunctive Treatment For The Non-operative Management of Penetrating Liver Injuries.” 495. Journal of Investigative Medicine: 1 January 2005 - Volume 53 - Issue 1 - p S164-S165.

C. CURRENT RESEARCH AND MANUSCRIPTS IN PROGRESS

1. Faried Banimahd MD, Brianna Miner BS, Ronald Sahyouni BS MS1, Craig Anderson MPH PhD, Shahram Lotfipour MPH MD, “Alcohol use, as determined by AUDIT scores will be lower in trauma patients in an affluent suburb than in an urban university hospital”

2. Faried Banimahd MD Tricia Loo MD, Manish Amin DO, Omeed Ahadiat, Bharath Chakravarthy, MD, MPH, Shahram Lotfipour, MD, MPH, “A Rare Clinical Presentation: Phenazopyridine Induced Methemoglobinemia”

3. Faried Banimahd MD, Posadas Emerson, Taylor Edwards, Craig Anderson MPH PhD, Shahram Lotfipour MPH MD, Bharath Chakravarthy MPH MD, “The Clinical and Economic Utility of a Urinalysis in Adult Males with Abdominal Pain, As a Standardized Order”
Last updated
07/16/2015