After receiving his medical degree and completing a radiology residency in 1988 from the University of Tehran, Dr. Saremi was employed as assistant professor of radiology at the same university. He also served as Chief of Radiology at Vali-Asr Hospital for four years and was later promoted to associate professor. During this period, Dr. Saremi's main interest was interventional radiology. He published several articles on the subject.
Dr. Saremi moved to the United States in 1995 and entered the radiology residency program at USC before completing two fellowships in neuroradiology and body imaging. In 2002 he was appointed as associate professor of radiology at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) and in 2005 promoted to professor of radiology with a joint appointment in medicine. During his tenure at UCI, he served as Chief of Cardiothoracic section for 8 years and completed subspecialty fellowships in Cardiovascular MRI at Duke Medical Center and Cardiovascular CT at UCI.
Dr. Saremi joined the Department of Radiology at USC in 2011 and has been serving as Professor of Radiology at the Cardiothoracic imaging section.
Dr. Saremi’s research has been published in more than 100 peer-reviewed journals, including Radiology, Radiographics, JACC Imaging, Circulation, AJR, Heart, and Ann Vasc Surg.
He contributed to seven radiology books as the main editor and many book chapters as the author. Also received numerous educational and research awards at the Radiological Society of North America Annual Meetings.
His work is mainly focused on CT and MR imaging of the heart, specifically on cardiac conduction system and arrhythmias, perfusion imaging, imaging anatomy.
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