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| From L to R: Drs. Loftus, Heidarian, and Bornfleth |
From clerkships to battalion surgery, Dr. Bornfleth’s experiences in military medicine introduced him to a wide reange of patients: from those suffering from rare diseases to many others with common medical ailments. While in the military, he taught and oversaw the training of more than 60 Corpsmen in trauma and primary care. Additionally, he provided medical care to hundreds of United States and Coalition forces, Iraqi detainees and civilians--all of which served to strengthen his commitment to the practice of medicine.
Dr. Bornfleth has received a number of military honors, including the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, and the Military Outstanding Volunteer Medal, among others. After his commitment to the military was completed, Dr. Bornfleth went on to finish his internal medicine residency training at University of California, Irvine Medical Center.
Dr. Bornfleth is Board-Certified in Internal Medicine, and has the following focus areas:
- Sports medicine
- Integrative medicine
- Bioidentical hormone replacement therapy
Sheda Heidarian, M.D. Dr. Heidarian graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Dr. Heidarian then received her Doctor of Medicine degree from Ross University School of Medicine in Edison, New Jersey before completing her residency in internal medicine at Lutheran Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York. Dr. Heidarian finished a fellowship in geriatric medicine at the at the Long Island Jewish Medical Center/North Shore Health System in Long Island, New York.
While attending medical school, Dr. Heidarian earned honors in internal medicine, family medicine, pediatrics, psychiatry, emergency medicine, neurology, and endocrinology. In 2008, Dr. Heidarian developed a teaching module on delirium for interns and medical residents at her medical center in Long Island. She also developed a geriatric curriculum for medical students at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University in Bronx, New York.
Dr. Heidarian has been involved in numerous research projects and presentation, the most recent in July 2009 at the World Congress/International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics in Paris, France. She is Core Faculty for the new Eisenhower Internal Medicine Residency program, slated to start in summer, 2013.
Dr. Heidarian is Board-Certified in Internal Medicine and in Geriatric Medicine, and has the following focus areas:
- Geriatrics
- Primary Care
Rick Loftus, M.D. A cum laude graduate of Yale College, Dr. Loftus served as editor-in-chief of The Yale Herald. His work as an AIDS activist with ACT UP led him to clinical research and then medical school. At the Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology, he worked in Dr. Mike McCune’s laboratory on the first study showing thymus function in HIV-positive persons, and with Dr. Steven Deeks on the SCOPE cohort, which produced the first study of HIV treatment failures in the HAART era.
Upon graduation from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine in 2001, he was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha (medical honor society) and won the Gold-Headed Cane, the school’s highest honor. That year, he also won the UCSF Chancellor’s Award for GLBT Leadership. He completed his residency in primary care medicine at UCSF, where he won both the Intern (2002) and Resident of the Year (2003) awards.
In 2004, the students of UCSF School of Medicine recognized his devotion to medical education with a TEACH award, and UCSF Medical Center acknowledged his dedication to patient care with its Exceptional Physician award.
Dr. Loftus completed a fellowship in HIV Clinical Care at San Francisco General Hospital in 2005. His survival guide for medical students, The Nerd’s Guide to Pre-Rounding, was released by Cambridge University Press in June 2006. He is the Associate Program Director for Eisenhower’s Internal Medicine Residency program, which will start in the summer, 2013.
Dr. Loftus is Board-Certified in Internal Medicine and is an AAHIVM-certified HIV Specialist, and has the following focus areas:
- Prevention and wellness
- HIV Medicine
- Integrative Medicine
- Full-spectrum LGBT care
