Dr. Reza Nazemi

Neurology Section Chief - Reza Nazemi, MD

Reza Nazemi, MD: MIND AND BODY AT WORK

Reza Nazemi, MD

Psychiatry

Reza Nazemi, MDNeurology
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To neurologist Reza Nazemi, the human brain is the most fascinating organ. ,It controls how we think, perceive, develop, age, feel pain, experience emotions,, he muses. ,It encompasses so much,I knew that if I studied neurology, I would learn so much., Dr. Nazemi was fascinated by medicine since childhood; as soon as he finished high school in his native Iran, he entered medical school at age 18.He received his medical degree from Tufts University Medical School in Boston, did his neurology residency at Chicago,s Northwestern, and completed a fellowship in neurology and neuromuscular diseases at UC San Diego.He is board-certified in neurology and electrodiagnostic medicine, the specialized testing of nerves and muscles.But it is the ability to listen to patients, he says, that is vital to being a good doctor. ,The night before I see a new patient, I review their chart, so I know a lot about them before I even see them,, he says. ,And I can spend our time together listening and paying attention., The best art of being a physician? ,So many aspects are rewarding,, he says. ,But when a patient thanks me for helping them to feel better, nothing replaces that.
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Reza Nazemi, MDEisenhower Medical Center 39000 Bob Hope Dr. Rancho Mirage, CA 92270 (760) 341-3400

Eisenhower's Philip Shaver, MD, moderates an in-depth exploration of insomnia, including its causes, prevention and treatment, with Eisenhower neurologist Reza Nazemi, MD, and pulmonologist, Mohammad Mojarad, MD.

"Most of these patients that have Alzheimer's (or later stages of dementia) have a tendency to injure themselves," said Dr. Reza Nazemi, chief of neurology at Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage."If the patient has an attentive caregiver, we can help these patients and the progression of the disease can be retarded for quite some time."

Ideally, Nazemi said, a patient who is suffering from dementia or Alzheimer's disease would get home care because departing from home, he said, can cause further degeneration of the mind.

"When elderly persons move from their house, they lose their independence," Nazemi said.