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Raffi Tachdjian, MD
- Pediatric Allergy and Immunology
Languages
Education
Medical Board Certification
Allergy and Immunology, American Board of Allergy and Immunology, 2009
Fellowship
Allergy & Immunology, UCLA School of Medicine, 2007
Residency
Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital, 2004
Internship
Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital, 2002
Degrees
MD, Morehouse School of Medicine, 2001
MPH, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1994
Recognitions
- Super doctors, Southern California, 2024
- Super Doctors® Southern California, 2024
- Top Doctors, Los Angeles Magazine, 2021
Hospital Affiliations
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center
UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital
Medical Services
Research
Interests
- Asthma
- Hereditary Angioedema
- Chronic Granulomatous Disease
- Allergic Rhinitis
- Pain and Inflammation
Publications
- Tachdjian R, Keller JJ, Pfeffer M. Infect Dis Ther. 2014 Oct 7 A Bad Case of Good's Syndrome.
- Tachdjian R. Complex regional pain syndrome treated with intravenous immunoglobulin in a patient with common variable immune deficiency. Pain Ther. 2013 Dec;2(2):129-34.
- Young G, Tachdjian R, Baumann K, Panopoulos G.Comprehensive management of chronic pain in haemophilia. Haemophilia. 2014 Mar;20(2):e113-20.
- Kuhlen J, Guyer A, Morphew T, Tachdjian R, Banerji A. Assessment of home infusion program for treating nonlaryngeal hereditary angioedema attacks. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2014 May;112(5):471-2
- MacGinnitie AJ, Davis-Lorton M, Stolz LE, Tachdjian R. Use of ecallantide in pediatric hereditary angioedema. Pediatrics. 2013 Aug;132(2):e490-7
- Tachdjian R, Al Khatib S, Schwinglshackl A, Kim HS, Chen A, Blasioli J, Mathias C, Kim HY, Umetsu DT, Oettgen HC, Chatila TA. In vivo regulation of the allergic response by the IL-4 receptor alpha chain immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibitory motif. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2010 Apr 12.
- Tachdjian R, Mathias C, Al Khatib S, et al. Pathogenicity of a disease-associated human IL-4 receptor allele in experimental asthma. J. Exp. Med. 2009.
- Chang AD, Tachdjian R, Gallagher K, McCurdy DK, Lassman C, Stiehm ER, Yadin O. Type III Mixed Cryoglobulinemia and Antiphospholipid Syndrome in a Patient with Partial DiGeorge Syndrome. Clinical & Developmental Immunology, June-December 2006; 13(2-4):261-264.
- Tachdjian R, Tourangeau L, Schneider JL, Nel A. Urticaria Associated With Necrotic Uterine Leiomyomas Infected With Salmonella. Obstet Gynecol, AUGUST 2010 VOL. 116,(2):1-4.
- Bhatara A, Babikian T, Laugeson E, Tachdjian R, Sininger YS. J Autism Dev Disord. 2013 Oct;43(10):2312-28. Impaired timing and frequency discrimination in high-functioning autism spectrum disorders.
In the News
The sound of music aids children on the mend (UCLA Newsroom)
Insurance
- Aetna
- Anthem Blue Cross
- Blue Shield of California
- Centivo
- Cigna
- First Health
- Health Net of California
- Interplan (part of HealthSmart)
- L.A. Care
- Medicare Advantage
- MultiPlan
- UFCM Health System
- Prime Health Services
- Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
- TRICARE
- UnitedHealthcare
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Recognitions
- Super Doctors® Southern California, 2024
- Top Doctors, Los Angeles Magazine, 2021