Personal History
Business Address: Department of Veterans Affairs
VA Medical Center West Los Angeles I1301 Wilshire Blvd (11 lA)
Los Angeles, CA 90073 (310)
Business Telephone: 268-3125
Home Address: 3735 Senda Calma
Calabasas, CA 91302
Home Telephone: (818) 225-8318
Date of Birth: August 5, 1963
Place of Birth: Tbilisi, Georgia, former USSR
Citizenship: US Citizen
Marital Status: Married
Education and Postdoctoral Training
1980-1986: Tbilisi State Medical Institute Tbilisi, Georgia, former USSR Degree: MD
1986-1988: Fellowship in Infectious Diseases Tbilisi State Medical Institute Tbilisi, Georgia, former USSR
1992-1995: Mayo Graduate School of Medicine Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
1995-1996: Chief Medical Resident West Los Angeles VA Medical Center Los Angeles, CA
1998-2000: Medical Education Fellowship (Part time) University Of California, Los Angeles
Licensure
State of California license A53328 (active) State of Minnesota license 37081 (expired)
Certification 1991 ECFMG:
1992 FLEX: part l – 97 percentile part 2 – 99 percentile
1995 ABIM: part l – 90 part 2 – 88 Top decile
Professional experience and activities
Oct 2000-present: Co-director, Anticoagulation Clinic, West LAV AMC
July 2003-present: Associate Professor of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Nov 1997-present: Chief, Internal Medicine Wards West Los Angeles VA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
July 1997-present: Per-diem physician, Emergency Department, Kaiser Permanente, West Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA.
June 1995-present: Attending physician, Internal Medicine Wards West Los Angeles VA Medical Center Los Angeles, CA
June 1995-present: Attending physician, Primary and Acute Care Clinic West Los Angeles VA Medical Center
June 1995-present: Attending physician, Emergency Room West Los Angeles VA Medical Center
June 1996-2000: Attending physician, Urgent Care Center West Los Angeles VA Medical Center
June I996-present: Attending physician, Medicine Consult Service West Los Angeles VA Medical Center
June l996- 1998: Attending physician, Faculty Service West Los Angeles VA Medical Center
July 1996-July 2003: Assistant Professor of Medicine University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA
1995-1996: Chief Medical Resident West Los Angeles VA Medical Center Los Angeles, CA
1995-1996: Clinical Instructor of Medicine
June 2002 Residency program: Program Attending appreciation award”, West LAV AMC, Internal Medicine
October 2002: Special Contribution award, department of Veterans Affairs
September 2003: Special Contribution award, department of Veterans Affairs
Bibliography
I. S.Burstein, N.Okrostsvaridze “Clinical and serological peculiarities of Hepatitis B in chronic alcoholics”. USSR Annual conference in Infectious Diseases,
Ternopol, Ukraine, 1987
2. E.Botsvadze, T.Katsitadze, S.Burstein “Treatment on Hepatitis B and Delta Infections with Interferon”. Annual Conference of Young Scientists, Bakuriani, 1988
3. S.Burstein, H.Gharib, S.Khosla, V.Suman, L.Van Heerden “Correlation of calcitonin with MTC tumor size ant its value in the detection of MTC”. Annual meeting, Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, Chicago, 1995.
4. Soroush-Yari A, Burstein S, Soo Hoo Guy, Santiago, S “Pulmonary hypertension in Men with Thyrotoxicosis. Respiration 2005;72:90 -94
5. Do D, Burstein S, Weinreb J, Csathy, G. Cushing’s Disease Due to Ectopic Adrenocorticotropin Production: Presentation of an Unusual case and Literature Review EndoTrends, 12,1, 2005
Chapter Contribution
Samuel Burstein, MD (Diabetes Mellitus) in Glassman PA, Garcia D, Delafield JP Outpatient Care Handbook, Philadelphia; l999
Special projects
Clinical guideline development for West LA VAMC Intranet and CPRS (Computerized Patient Records System)
a) Sepulveda VA/WLA VA direct ward admission guidelines, May 1997
b) STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE, TRANSITIONAL CARE UNIT, MAY 2000.
c) Triage of patients with hypertensive emergencies/urgency; guidelines for the Emergency Room
d) Use ofLovenox in the Emergency Room, 2001
e) Indication for qid glucose bedside determination and supplemental (formerly referred to as sliding scale) insulin orders. March 2002.
f) Emergency Room management and admissions guidelines (in preparation)
Curriculum development
a) Housestaff handbook “Procedures in Internal medicine”, September 2001. Articles on Medical Procedures relevant to Internal Medicine Housestaff.
b) General Medicne Wards reading curriculum, June 1998. Milestone articles on condition, frequently encountered on General Medicine Wards.
c) Small group Internal Medicine Board preparation study, January 2000-June 2000. Curriculum development and weekly 1 hour sessions with residents in danger of failing ABIM according to their in-training exam scores. 80% of participants subsequently successfully passed ABIM on their first attempt.
d) Small group Internal Medicine Board preparation study, February 2002- June 2002
University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA
1988-1990: Attending Physician
Republic of Georgia Hospital of Infectious Diseases Tbilisi, Georgia, fonner USSR
Committee Service
July 1995-present: Member, Resident Review Committee, WLA VAMC
July 1995-July 1996: Member, Infection Control Committee, WLA VAMC
July 1996- July 1996: Member, Graduate Medical Education Committee, WLA VAMC
Oct, I995-present June: Member, Curriculum Development Committee, WLA VAMC
1996-present Nov,: Member, Medical Record Review Committee, WLA VAMC
1996-present Feb,: Member, Housestaff Selection Committee, WLA VAMC
1997-April 2001: Member, Peer Review Committee, WLA VAMC
Professional Associations
1992-1995: Member, American Medical Association
1992-1996: Associate Member, American College of Physicians
1996-present: Member, American College of Physicians
Teaching and Clinical Activities
Oct, 2001- May 2002: Doctoring l course Instructor, UCLA
Sep, 2000- Jan 200I: CABS instructor, UCLA
Oct, l998-June 1999: Doctoring l course Instructor, UCLA
Oct, 1997-June 1999: Doctoring 2 course Instructor, UCLA
Oct, 1995-present: Doctoring 3 course Instructor, UCLA
Aug, 1996-June 1997: Basic Clinical Skills Instructor, Clinical Fundamentals Course, UCLA
Jan, 1996-June 1997: Advanced Clinical Skills Instructor, Clinical Fundamentals Course, UCLA
July, 1996-present: Alternate Instructor, Intern Report, WLA VAMC
July, 1996-present: Alternate Instructor, Resident Case Conference, WLA VAMC
Lectures and presentations
1996-“Cocaine in Internal Medicine”, grand round for Department of Medicine, WLA VAMC 1999- “Clinical diagnosis in Internal Medicine, case series”, Emergency lecture series, WLA VAMC 1999-2001 “Interpretation of Vitals Signs in the Emergency Room Triage”, Lecture for Allied Health Practitioners.
2000-2001 “Paracenthesisand lumbar puncture: indications, contraindications, technique and interpretation of results”, Medical Procedures for Incoming Residents series.
2002- “Current and future concepts in the management of venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism”. 2002-2003 “Poisoning”, In “Emergency lecture series”, July 2002.
2004 “Doctor, I am tired”, Lecture series for Primary Care Physicians, sponsored by Gogenix, CME certified.
Honors and Special Awards
Nov, 1985: Participated in the all-USSR competition in Internal Medicine for 6th year medical students, scoring 7th in the Nation
June, 1986: Graduated from Medical School – sumrna cum laude
Sep, 1998: Certificate Of Excellence, West Los Angeles Success 98 Award
