Dr. Hormoz Ashtyani This is Me

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1. 1. Dove Press -

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   Published on: 7/3/2007   Last Visited: 11/26/2007

   â- Hormoz Ashtyani Division Chief, Pulmonary Medicine, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ, USA

2. 2. 2006.10.17 -- Breathing Training Benefits Heart-Surgery Patients

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   Published on: 10/17/2006   Last Visited: 10/24/2006

   And there was only mild to moderate pulmonary dysfunction," said Dr. Hormoz Ashtyani, director of pulmonary critical care and sleep medicine at Hackensack University Medical Center in Hackensack, N.J. "To incorporate this into actual practice, we need to increase awareness of assessing certain risks that otherwise would be considered mild. These patients did not stand out as high risk. They were not huffing and puffing with emphysema or morbidly obese," Ashtyani added.
   
   Ultimately, the most effective part of the pre-surgery breathing training may have been the doctor-patient interaction.
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   SOURCES: Erik H. J. Hulzebos, P.T., M.Sc., clinical exercise physiologist and sports physiotherapist, University Medical Center and Children's Hospital, Utrecht, the Netherlands; Hormoz Ashtyani, M.D., director, pulmonary critical care and sleep medicine, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, N.J.; Alejandro C. Arroliga, M.D., director, division of pulmonary/critical care medicine, Scott & White Hospital, affiliated with Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine; Wade Knight, M.D., associate professor of surgery, Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine, and cardiothoracic surgeon at Scott & White Hospital, Temple, Texas; Oct. 18, 2006, Journal of the American Medical Association

3. 3. HUMC Press Release

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   Published on: 2/17/2003   Last Visited: 7/15/2005

   Hormoz Ashtyani, M.D. of Franklin Lakes, medical director of The Institute for Sleep-Wake Disorders and The Breath & Lung Institute at Hackensack University Medical Center has contributed to a new book titled "The Quiet Killer: Emphysema/Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)." Dr. Ashtyani co-authored a chapter on "Nontraditional Approaches to COPD."
   
   "This book will be a valuable tool for all those who treat emphysema and COPD," said Dr. Ashtyani. "I am proud to be part of this important work."
   
   Dr. Ashtyani has served as medical director for The Breath & Lung Institute at the medical center since 1997 and is also chief of Pulmonary Medicine and director of Pulmonary Rehabilitation.
   
   A graduate of Tehran University Medical School, Dr. Ashtyani completed fellowships at Norwalk Hospital in Norwalk, Conn, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York and at the medical center, where he also completed a residency in Internal Medicine. He belongs to several professional societies including: a Fellow in The American College of Chest Physicians, a Fellow in The American Sleep Disorders Association, as well as a member of The American Thoracic Society, and the American Institute of Emphysema/COPD.
   
   Honored with the medical center Department of Internal Medicine's Physician of the Year Award in 2002, Dr. Ashtyani is also a member of the teaching faculty at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School. In addition to his most recent contribution Dr. Ashtyani is the author of several articles in the field pulmonary medicine. Additionally he has been involved in several national research protocols involving pulmonary health and sleep disorders.
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   Hormoz Ashtyani, M.D. of Franklin Lakes, medical director of the Institute for Sleep-Wake Disorders and The Breath & Lung Institute at Hackensack University Medical Center has contributed to a new book titled "The Quiet Killer: Emphysema/Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)." Dr. Ashtyani co-authored a chapter on "Nontraditional Approaches to COPD."