Dr. Arshia Alec Shirzadi - Psychiatrist, Psychopharmacologist Newport Beach, CA

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Dr. Arshia Alec Shirzadi
400 Newport Center Dr.
Suite 706 View Map
Newport Beach, CA 92660
Phone: (949) 922-5878
Fax: (949) 721-9572

Dr. Arshia Alec Shirzadi
Board Certified Psychiatrist

About Dr. Shirzadi

Dr. Shirzadi is a Harvard trained, board certified adult psychiatrist and psychopharmacologist. Dr. Shirzadi received his Bachelor of Science in Biology and Bachelor of Arts in History from UCLA in 1996. He subsequently attended Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences in Kansas City, MO.

He then completed a one year internship in internal medicine at Northside Hospital and Heart Institute in St. Petersburg, Florida. Dr. Shirzadi attended Harvard Medical School’s psychiatry residency program in Boston, MA from 2002-2004 and served as chief resident in psychiatry from 2004-2005. He is a licensed physician in the state of California and has been board certified in psychiatry since 2006. His areas of research and expertise include mood disorders with an emphasis in bipolar disorder and co-occurring substance abuse disorders. Dr. Shirzadi has published a number of peer reviewed articles in psychiatry and psychopharmacology and remains active in psychopharmacology research with regards to bipolar disorder. Dr. Shirzadi is an active member of various medical and psychiatric organizations.

Abridged Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Arshia Alec Shirzadi
Psychiatrist

Private Practice, Newport Beach, CA 2006
Staff Psychiatrist, Orange County Health Care Agency, Adult Mental Health
and Alcohol & Drug Abuse Services, Sana Ana, CA 2006

Post Doctoral Training

Harvard Medical School, Chief Resident in Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School, Clinical Fellow in Psychiatry, PGY 2- PGY 4
Northside Hospital and Heart Institute, Internal Medicine Internship

Education

Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences, Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
University of California at Los Angeles, Bachelor in Science, Major in Biology
University of California at Los Angeles, Bachelor in Arts, Major in History

Licensure and Certification

Full Medical License, California
Board Certified, American Osteopathic Board of Neurology and Psychiatry
DEA Certification, U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency

Professional Affiliations

American Medical Association
American Psychiatric Association
American Osteopathic Association
American College of Neuropsychiatrists
Orange County Psychiatric Society
California Psychiatric Association
Bipolar Disorder International Society
International Schizophrenia Research Society

Peer Reviewed Publications

Nassir Ghaemi S, Shirzadi AA, Filkowski M. (2008)
Publication bias and the pharmaceutical industry: the case of lamotrigine in bipolar disorder. Medscape J Med. 2008;10(9):211.Epub2008 Sep 10.
Ghaemi SN, Shirzadi AA, Klugman J, Berv DA, Pardo TB, Filkowski MM. (2007) Is adjunctive open-label zonisamide effective for bipolar disorder?
Journal of Affective Disorder, 2007 Jun 20;

Ghaemi SN, , Schrauwen E, Klugman J, Berv DA, Soldani F, Shirzadi AA, Pardo TB, Goodwin FK. (2006) Long-term Lamotrigine plus Lithium for refractory Bipolar Disorder: One-year outcome. Journal of Psychiatric Practice, Volume 12, No. 5

Shirzadi AA, Ghaemi SN. (2006). A review of side effects of Atypical Antipsychotics: Extra- pyramidal symptoms and Metabolic Effects. Harvard Review of Psychiatry Vol.14 No.3 pp152-164

Roghani, A., Shirzadi, A., Butcher, L.L., and Edwards, R.H. (1998). Distribution of the vesicular transporter for acetylcholine in the rat central nervous system. Neuroscience 82, 1195-1212.

Roghani, A., Shirzadi, A., Butcher, L.L., and Edwards, R.H. (1996). Differential distribution of the putative vesicular transporter for acetylcholine in the rat central nervous system. Molecular Brain Research43, 65-76.

Roghani, A., Feldman, J., Kohan, SA., Shirzadi, A., Gunderson, C.B., Brecha, N., and Edwards, R.H. (1994). Molecular Cloning of a putative vesicular transporter for acetylcholine. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 91, 10620-24.

Roghani, A., Feldman, J., Kohan, SA., Shirzadi, A., Gunderson, C.B., and Edwards, R.H. (1995). Isolation and characterization of a putative rat vesicular acetylcholine transporter cDNA. “Abstracts, Society of Neuroscience, 24th Annual Meeting”, Vol.20, No.227.6, pp.534.

R.H. Edwards, A. Shirzadi, L.L. Butcher, and A.Roghani. (1994). Distribution of the vesicular transporter of Acetylcholine in the rats CNS. “Abstracts, Society of Neuroscience”, 25th Annual Meeting, Vol.21.