Main Location: 1180 N Indian Canyon Drive, E319, Palm Springs, CA 92262-4809
Second Location: 41-990 Cook Street, Building G. Ste 601, Palm Desert, CA 92211
Desert Heart Physicians
PALM SPRINGS 760-325-1203
PALM DESERT 760-360-4446

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G. FRANK POURZIA, M.D., F.A.C.C.

EDUCATIONAL HISTORY:

M.D.
University of Montpellier, France 1984
Internship:
1984-85
Straight Medical Internship
Hines Hospital
Program Director: Armand Littman, M.D., Ph.D.
5th & Roosevelt Road
Hines, IL. 60141
Residency:
1985-87
Medical Resident
Hines Hospital Loyola Hospital
Program Director: Armand Littman, M.D., Ph.D.
Hines, IL. 60141
Fellowships:
1987-89
Clinical Cardiology Fellow
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Northwestern University
Program Director: David J. Mehlman, M.D.
Superior Street and Fairbanks Court

Curriculum Vitae

G. Frank Pourzia, M.D., F.A.C.C.

1989-90:
Hemodynamics Fellowship
Montreal Heart Institute
University of Montreal
Program Director: Dennis Roy, M.D.
500 E. Belanger Street
Montreal, PQ HIT IC8
Medical School:
Appointment
Clinical Instructor in Medicine(Cardiology)
Northwestern University Medical School
Certification:
  • Federation Licensing Examination (F.L.E.X)
  • Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine
  • Diplomate, Sub-specialty of Cardiovascular Disease Recertified February 2015
Professional Societies:
  • American Medical Association
  • American College of Physicians
  • Fellow, American College of Cardiology
  • Los Angeles Society of Echocardiography
Academic Honors:
Laureat de faculte de medicine de Montpellier 
Award for presentation of the Thesis:
"Infection of Ball-type Prosthetic Heart Valves" 1984
Licensure:
- California# A45667
Publications:
-Klein, L.W., Noeveck, H., Kramer, B., Pourzia F., Lesch M.
"Comparative Analysis of Coronary Angiographic
Morphology Following Restenosis"
AM Heart} 1990; 119:35-41
Experience:
Solo Private Practice, Long Beach California 1991-2 013
Director of Cardiology in rural hospital in Northern California 2013-2017 Implemented Cardiology Program including performance of Transesophageal echocardiography, Stress echocardiography, Permanent Pacemakers
Expertise:
  • Clinical Cardiology
  • Transesophageail
  • Echocardiography Stress
  • Echocardiography
  • Permanent Pacemakers
  • Fully literate in EPIC, EHR
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