Dr. Zab Mosenifar is among the most preeminent and knowledgeable lung specialists in the world. An admired member of the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center staff since 1979, he currently serves as Director of the Women's Guild Lung Institute at Cedars-Sinai. Dr. Mosenifar is also professor of medicine at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

One of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's leading experts, Dr. Mosenifar holds current directorship posts in many lung-related areas of the organization, including Pulmonary Ambulatory Care, Respiratory Therapy Services, the Pulmonary Physiology Laboratory and the Division of Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine. He is also Executive Vice Chairman of Cedars-Sinai's Department of Medicine. Dr. Mosenifar is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Pulmonary Diseases.

A researcher of wide reputation and investigative talent, Dr. Mosenifar is frequently awarded peer reviewed grants to pursue new discoveries for the treatment of pulmonary diseases and conditions. He was one of the principal investigators of the National Emphysema Treatment Trial (NETT).

Dr. Mosenifar is a frequent lecturer, symposium participant, and editorial consultant for leading pulmonary and medical journals. A prolific author, he has published over two hundred articles, chapters and abstracts in such prestigious publications as the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine and the Journal of Chest. Dr. Mosenifar is a member of serveral professional societies, including the American Thoracic Society, Western Association of Physicians, American Federation for Clinical Research and American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is also a fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians and a member of the Respiratory Care Steering Committee. He is also an American College of Physicians fellow.

Dr. Mosenifar earned his medical degree in 1973 from the University of Tehran School of Medicine, and New Jersey College Affiliated Hospitals, where he was ranked first in his graduating class. After completing an internship at Burlington County Hospital, New Jersey, he served a two-year residency in medicine at Thomas Jefferson University, Pennsylvania and completed a two-year pulmonary medicine fellowship at UCLA.

Dr. Leonard M. Fromer received his medical degree magna cum laude from the State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center. He completed his residency in Family Medicine at the University of California at Irvine, Long Beach Memorial Medical Center. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians, and a diplomate of both the American Board of Family Practice and the National Board of Medical Examiners. He has been  in private practice in Santa Monica, California, with Prairie Medical Group for 28 years. Dr. Fromer has served on the group's Board of Directors and has been its Managing Director as well as its Chief Financial Officer.

Dr. Fromer is a past president of the California Academy of Family Physicians and has served over ten years as a member and Chairman of the American Academy of Family Physicians Commission on Health Care Services. He is currently a member of the AAFP Commission on Quality and Practice. He has also served on the Physicians Capital Source Project Steering Committee for the American Medical Association, the Advisory Board of Directors for the American Medical Informatics Association and the Advisory Board for the World Foundation for Studies of Female Health. Dr. Fromer has lectured extensively on the topics of diabetes, allergy, asthma, and health-system reform, and has been featured on CBS News, ABC News, and in the Wall Street Journal.

Dr. Fromer is a member of the board of TransforMED, LLC. He also acts as a consultant to TransforMED in the area of clinical integration: center of excellence quality improvement in the chronic diseases coupled with successful practice transformation to the patient centered personal medical home model of care.

 

As Executive Medical Director of the Group Practice Forum, Dr. Fromer leads a team engaged in national projects with group practices that deliver education, tools, and services to achieve success in their clinical integration efforts.