E. Magnus Ohman, MD: Hello, and welcome to another program on the life and times of prominent cardiologists. I'm very fortunate to have Dr Roxana Mehran from [Icahn School of Medicine at] Mount Sinai in New York with us today.
You are going to share a little bit about your life, which has been a really amazing story, and how this potentially can help younger people shape their career. You've had a really good run.
Roxana Mehran, MD: Thank you, Magnus. It's wonderful to be here.
From Iran to New York
Dr Ohman: You were not born here.
Dr Mehran: No; I'm an immigrant who came here legally from Iran. I was born and raised in Iran until I was 13, and moved here some 40 years ago. It's been an amazing experience.
Dr Ohman: Were your parents moving here, and they brought you along?
Dr Mehran: My uncle was living here, and it was a judgment call by my dad to expose us to the US/American culture. His brother was so ingrained in it; had married an American woman, and had four children. The idea was that we would come for a 1-month vacation, which then turned into this whole other level of a lifetime change, on the basis of the circumstances.
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Life and Times of Leading Cardiologists: Roxana Mehran
Interviewer: E. Magnus Ohman, MD; Interviewee: Roxana Mehran, MD
DisclosuresOctober 13, 2016
E. Magnus Ohman, MD: Hello, and welcome to another program on the life and times of prominent cardiologists. I'm very fortunate to have Dr Roxana Mehran from [Icahn School of Medicine at] Mount Sinai in New York with us today.
You are going to share a little bit about your life, which has been a really amazing story, and how this potentially can help younger people shape their career. You've had a really good run.
Roxana Mehran, MD: Thank you, Magnus. It's wonderful to be here.
From Iran to New York
Dr Ohman: You were not born here.
Dr Mehran: No; I'm an immigrant who came here legally from Iran. I was born and raised in Iran until I was 13, and moved here some 40 years ago. It's been an amazing experience.
Dr Ohman: Were your parents moving here, and they brought you along?
Dr Mehran: My uncle was living here, and it was a judgment call by my dad to expose us to the US/American culture. His brother was so ingrained in it; had married an American woman, and had four children. The idea was that we would come for a 1-month vacation, which then turned into this whole other level of a lifetime change, on the basis of the circumstances.
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Authors and Disclosures
Authors and Disclosures
Interviewer
E. Magnus Ohman, MD
Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine; Vice-Chair, Department of Medicine, Development and Innovation; Kent and Siri Rawson Director, Duke Program for Advanced Coronary Disease; Associate Director, Duke Heart Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
Disclosure: E. Magnus Ohman, MD, has disclosed the following relevant financial relationships:
Serve(d) as a director, officer, partner, employee, advisor, consultant, or trustee for: ABIOMED; AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP; Biotie Therapies; Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Daiichi Sankyo; Faculty Connection, LLC; Stealth Peptides; The Medicines Company; Medscape
Received research grant from: Daiichi Sankyo; Gilead Sciences Inc; Janssen Pharmaceutical Products, LP
Received income in an amount equal to or greater than $250 from: ABIOMED; AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP; Biotie Therapies; Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Daiichi Sankyo; Faculty Connection, LLC; Gilead Sciences Inc; Janssen Pharmaceutical Products, LP; Stealth Peptides; The Medicines Company; Medscape
Interviewee
Roxana Mehran, MD
Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Health Evidence and Policy; Director, Interventional Cardiovascular Research and Clinical Trials, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
Disclosure: Roxana Mehran, MD, has disclosed the following relevant financial relationships:
Serve(d) as a director, officer, partner, employee, advisor, consultant, or trustee for: Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Medscape; Osprey Medical Inc., Watermark Research Partners; Abbott Laboratories
Received research grant from: Eli Lilly and Company; Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited; AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP; The Medicines Company; Bristol-Myers Squibb Company; OrbusNeich