Sina Kianoush
Biography
Sina Kianoush, MD, MPH, is Assistant Clinical Professor of Cardiology at the University of California, Irvine. He received his medical degree from Mashhad University of Medical Sciences and completed a Master of Public Health in Applied Biostatistics and Epidemiology at Yale School of Public Health. Following a postdoctoral research fellowship at the Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Heart Disease, he completed his internal medicine residency at Yale New Haven Medical Center, general cardiology fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine, and advanced cardiac imaging fellowship at The Lundquist Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center.
Kianoush has published over 50 peer-reviewed research articles examining cardiovascular disease risk factors and prevention strategies across diverse populations. His research has focused on the associations between smoking and cardiovascular inflammation, the role of coronary artery calcium scoring in risk stratification, and health disparities among Asian American populations. He has contributed to studies using data from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis, the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health, and the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. His work has appeared in journals including the Journal of the American Heart Association, Atherosclerosis, and the American Journal of Cardiology.
Kianoush serves as a member of the NCDR PINNACLE/Diabetes Collaborative Registry Research and Publications Subcommittee for the American College of Cardiology. He has been a member of the American Heart Association Council on Clinical Cardiology since 2014 and participates in the Yale School of Public Health Alumni Mentorship Program. He is board certified in general cardiology and has completed level III training in echocardiography and level II training in nuclear cardiology and cardiac computed tomography.
Return to topEducation
- M.D., Mashhad University of Medical Sciences (MUMS), 2011
- MPH in Applied Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Yale School of Public Health, 2014
Distinctions
- Fellow of American Heart Association Tobacco Regulation and Addiction Center, 2015-2017
- Highlighted abstract at AHA Scientific Sessions in New Orleans - one of 4 highlighted abstracts for Extra-coronary Calcification and Stroke prediction study, 2016
- Featured resident at Yale New Haven Medical Center, Waterbury Program, 2017-2020
- Best Medical Thesis Award for Comparison of Therapeutic Effects of Garlic and d-Penicillamine in Patients with Chronic Occupational Lead Poisoning, 2011
Areas of Expertise
- Cardiovascular Imaging
- Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring
- Smoking and Atherosclerosis
- Diabetes Cardiovascular Risk
- Extracoronary Calcification Prediction
- Cardiac CT Atherosclerosis Progression
- Asian American Cardiovascular Disparities
Recent Publications
- Kianoush S, Bishay R, Ichikawa K, Budoff M, “Comparison of Coronary Artery Calcium and Measures of Renal Dysfunction in Reclassifying Cardiovascular Risk Among Individuals with Diabetes”, Circulation, vol. 150, no. Suppl_1, pp. A4140287, 2024.
- Inam M, Kianoush S, Sheikh S, Krittanawong C, Zhu D, Al Rifai M, Minhas AM, Samad Z, Khan U, Merchant A, Virani SS, “The association between race, ethnicity and sleep quality and duration: a National Health Interview Survey Study”, Current Problems in Cardiology, vol. 48, no. 12, pp. 102004, 2023.
- Kianoush S, Al Rifai M, Patel J, George J, Gulati M, Taub P, Moran T, Shapiro MD, Agarwala A, Ullah W, Lavie CJ, “Association of participation in Cardiac Rehabilitation with Social Vulnerability Index: The behavioral risk factor surveillance system”, Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases, 2022.
- Kianoush S, Al Rifai M, Jain V, Samad Z, Rana J, Dodani S, Jia X, Lee M, Khan SU, Gupta K, Lavie CJ, “Prevalence and predictors of premature coronary heart disease among Asians in the United States: A National Health Interview Survey Study”, Current Problems in Cardiology, pp. 101152, 2022.
- Al Rifai M, Kianoush S, Jain V, Joshi PH, Cainzos-Achirica M, Nasir K, Merchant AT, Dodani S, Wong SS, Samad Z, Mehta A, “Association of US birth, duration of residence in the US, and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk factors among Asian adults”, Preventive medicine reports, vol. 29, pp. 101916, 2022.
- Kianoush S, Al Rifai M, Merchant AT, Jia X, Samad Z, Bhalla A, Khan A, Zhu D, Virani S, “Heterogeneity in the prevalence of premature hypertension among Asian American populations compared with white individuals: A National Health Interview Survey study”, International Journal of Cardiology Cardiovascular Risk and Prevention, vol. 14, pp. 200147, 2022.
- Kianoush S, Al Rifai M, Patel J, Michos ED, Alam M, Samad Z, Sohail R, Cader FA, Sayed A, Zhu D, Virani SS, “Racial disparity in flu vaccine uptake among Asian American Individuals: A National Health Interview Survey Study”, Current Problems in Cardiology, pp. 101391, 2022.
- Patel NA, Kianoush S, Jia X, Nambi V, Koh S, Patel J, Saeed A, Ahmed A, Al-Mallah M, Agarwala A, Virani S, “Racial/Ethnic Disparities and Determinants of Sufficient Physical Activity Levels”, Kansas Journal of Medicine, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 267-72, 2022.
- Al Rifai M, Kianoush S, Jain V, Minhas AM, Hussain A, Krittanawong C, Patel J, Agarwala A, Hanif B, Samad Z, Yang E, “Healthcare Access Among Individuals of Asian Descent in the US”, Kansas Journal of Medicine, vol. 15, pp. 352, 2022.
- Kianoush S, Al-Rifai M, Kalra A, Anupama BK, Mehta A, Sadaf MI, Misra A, Khalid U, Lavie CJ, Kayani WT, Virani SS, “Use of preventive cardiovascular health care among Asian American individuals: A National Health Interview Survey Study”, Current Problems in Cardiology, pp. 101241, 2022.
- Saeed A, Kianoush S, Virani SS, “Lipoprotein (a): Recent Updates on a Unique Lipoprotein”, Current Atherosclerosis Reports, vol. 23, no. 8, pp. 1-9, 2021.
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Last updated on 3/31/2026.