Behnam N Tehrani, MD
A member of Inova Medical Group
Board Certified Specialty: Interventional Cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease
Clinical Interest: Cardiac
Years of Experience: 18
Gender: Male
Languages: English, Farsi
Physician Group
Inova Cardiology - Fairfax
Inova Cardiology - Ashburn
Inova Medical Group - Cardiology
Hospital Affiliations
Biography
Dr. Behnam Tehrani is a board certified interventional cardiologist. He joined Inova Cardiology with more than 10 years of clinical experience. He serves as Medical Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories at Inova Heart and Vascular Institute, located on Inova Fairfax Medical Campus. He specializes in the percutaneous management of complex coronary and peripheral vascular disease and cardiogenic shock.
Dr. Tehrani became interested in interventional cardiology because of the opportunity to use evidence-based medicine and to work with the collaborative heart team to provide care to acute and chronically ill patients with cardiovascular disease.
A native of Potomac Maryland, Dr. Tehrani currently resides on Oakton, Virginia with his wife and twin son and daughter. In his spare time, he enjoys exercise, travel and reading.
Podcasts
Inova Ask The Doctor: How Heart Disease Differs for Men and Women. Listen to this podcast
Publications
Standardized Team-Based Care for Cardiogenic Shock, Journal of American College of Cardiology (Vol. 73, No. 13, 2019)
Video
How Signs and Symptoms of Heart Disease Differ for Men and Women
Background
Medical Education:
- George Washington University School of Medicine 2006
Residency:
- George Washington University Medical Center Internal Medicine ( ) 6/23/2006-6/30/2009
Fellowship:
- George Washington University School of Medicine Cardiology ( ) 7/1/2010-6/30/2013
- George Washington University School of Medicine Interventional Cardiology ( ) 7/1/2013-6/30/2014
Board Certification:
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Interventional Cardiology
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