Siva Arunasalam, M.D.
Personal History
Business address: / Heart Institute of the High Desert12332 Hesperia Road
Victorville, California 92392
email –
Business telephone: / (760) 241-2270
Business FAX: / (760) 241-4081
Education
1977 to 1980 / University of Nebraska, Lincoln, B.S., Magna cum laude
1980 to 1981 / University of Nebraska, Lincoln, M.S.
1982 to 1987 / Emory University School of Medicine, M.D.
1987 to 1988 / Internship, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA
1988 to 1990 / Residency, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA
1990 to 1991 / Fellowship, CedarsSinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, Kenemer Fellowship in Critical Care Medicine, Emphasis – drug use and laboratory studies
1991 to 1994 / Fellowship, Cardiology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Licensure: / California – G066022
Board Certification: / ABIM, Internal Medicine, 1990-2000 (135007)
Recertified, 2000-2010 (135007)
ABIM, Cardiovascular Disease, 1995-2004 (135007)
Recertified, 2004-2014
DEA Number: / BA1579937
Medicare Number: / 00G660220
MediCal Number: / 00G538411
UPIN / E32683
Fluroscopy and Radiography / RHD 135056
Title: / President and Attending Cardiologist,
High Desert Heart Institute
Victorville, California
Professional Experience
September 1996 to present / President and Attending CardiologistHeart Institute of the High Desert
Victorville, California
July, 1992 to December, 1996 / Attending Cardiologist
Lancaster Cardiology Medical Group
43847 North Heaton Avenue, Lancaster, CA 93534
May, 1993 to July, 1995 / Attending Cardiologist
Cardiology Associates
8641 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 300
Los Angeles, CA 90210
Physician and Lab Director for Moderate Complexity Testing Laboratory
July 1990 to May, 1995 / Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
8700 Beverly Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90048
July, 1996 to June 1999 / Associate Clinical Professor Step I, Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles
July, 1990 to July, 1996 / Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles
Professional Activities
Societies: / American Heart AssociationAlpha Omega Alpha
San Bernardino Medical Society
Committees: / Chairman, Critical Care Committee
Barstow Community Hospital – ~1999-2001
Vice-Chairman, Department of Internal Medicine
St. Mary Regional Medical Center
Apple Valley, CA ~1999
Honors and Special Awards
Magna Cum Laude, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, 1980Phi Beta Kappa, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, 1980
Alpha Omega Alpha, Emory University School of Medicine, 1987.
Media Appearances
Heart patients get InSync for new life, Daily Press, Victorville, CA, April 3, 2002High desert has a heart for Fiji teen, Daily Press, Victorville, CA, May 15, 2001
Waiting for life, Desert Dispatch, Barstow, CA, March 16, 2001
Hospital Privileges
October 1995 to present / Barstow Community Hospital555 South Seventh Street
Barstow, CA 92311
October 1995 to present / Desert Valley Hospital
16850 Bear Valley Road
Victorville, CA 92392
September 1995 to March 2005 / St Mary Regional Medical Center
18300 Highway 18
Apple Valley, CA 92307
September 1995 to present / Victor Valley Community Hospital
15248 Eleventh Street
Victorville, CA 92392
July 1990 to June 1995 / Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
8700 Beverly Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90048
Publications/Bibliography
1. Luo H. Steffen W. Cercek B. Arunasalam S. Maurer G. Siegel RJ. Enhancement of thrombolysis by external ultrasound. American Heart Journal. 125(6):1564-9, 1993 Jun
2. Arunasalam S. Siegel RJ. Rapid resolution of symptomatic acute pericarditis with ketorolac tromethamine: a parenteral nonsteroidal antiinflammatory agent. American Heart Journal. 125(5 Pt 1):1455-8, 1993 May
3. Arunasalam S. The evaluation of aortic dissection and aortic atheromatosis, in Transesophageal Echocardiography, McGraw-Hill Professional, Chapter 11, January, 1994.
August 30, 2005