Radiologist Dara Ghasemizadeh, D.O., has always been interested in medicine. Before becoming a physician, he spent several years as a hospital volunteer and then became a phlebotomist. While in medical school, Dr. Ghasemizadeh started his university’s first radiology club and tutored fellow students as an anatomy lab instructor.
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Dr. Ghasemizadeh’s interest in anatomy helped inspire his career in radiological imaging. He has been published in the journal Diagnostics, presented at a Pima County Medical Society Meeting and volunteered in a medical laboratory in Tehran, Iran. As a physician, Dr. Ghasemizadeh’s philosophy is to always display the utmost professionalism, empathy and flexibility when working with his patients.
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A Southern California native, Dr. Ghasemizadeh was drawn to City of Hope because of its reputation as one of the best cancer treatment centers in the nation.
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In his free time, Dr. Ghasemizadeh enjoys hiking, biking, spending time at the beach and visiting his cabin in the Frazier Park Mountains.