Dr. Payam Moazzaz Orthopedic Surgeon

• 2010-2011

  San Diego Spine Fellowship

  • Comprehensive spinal training in degenerative, trauma, adult/pediatric deformity, and minimally-invasive spine surgery.
  • San Diego Center for Spinal Disorders and Scripps Green Clinic.
  • Drs. Akbarnia, Eastlack, Bruffey, Mundis, Bagheri.

  La Jolla, CA
• 2006-2010

  Orthopaedic Surgery Residency
  University of California, Los Angeles
  Los Angeles, CA
• 2005-2006

  General Surgery Internship
  University of California, Los Angeles
  Los Angeles, CA
• 2001-2005

  University of California, Davis School of Medicine

  • Junior AOA
  • Ernest M. Gold Award for Excellence: given to two students with highest academic performance in medical school

  Sacramento, CA
• 1996-2000

  University of California, Berkeley

  • Bachelor of Arts, Molecular and Cell Biology

  Berkeley, CA
• 1992- 1996

  Rancho Bernardo High School

  • Palomar Medical Center 500 hour junior volunteer award
  • Palomar Medical Center junior volunteer scholarship

  San Diego, CA

• 2011

  Can LIFTAR (Lateral Interbody Fusion with Transpsoas ALL Release) Replace Three Column Osteotomy for the Correction of Focal Sagittal Plane Deformity? Akbarnia B, Mundis G, Eastlack B, Moazzaz P. The Spine Study Group - 22nd Symposium: Mastering the Art of Spine Care. Palm Beach, FL (May 19-22).
• 2011

  Selective Non-Operative Treatment of Type II Supracondylar Humerus Fractures. Silva M, Spencer HT, Dorey F, Zionts LE, Moazzaz P, Dichter D, Wong M. Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America 2011 Annual Meeting. Montreal, Quebec (May 11-14).
• 2011

  Segmental Correction of Adult Focal Sagittal Plane Deformity Using "LIFTAR", a Novel Lateral Interbody Approach with Anterior Longitudinal Ligament Release. Akbarnia B, Mundis G, Eastlack B, Moazzaz P. International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery. Las Vegas, NV (April 26-29).
• 2011

  Contribution of Round vs. Rectangular Expandable Cage Endplates to Corpectomy Stability in a Cadaveric Model. Mundis G, Eastlak B, Moazzaz P, Turner A, Cornwall B. 4th Annual Society of Lateral Access Surgery Research Meeting. San Diego, CA (March 31-April 2).
• 2011

  Can LIFTAR (Lateral Interbody Fusion with Transpsoas ALL Release) Replace Three Column Osteotomy for the Correction of Focal Sagittal Plane Deformity? Akbarnia B, Mundis G, Eastlack B, Moazzaz P. 4th Annual Society of Lateral Access Surgery Research Meeting. San Diego, CA (March 31-April 2).
• 2010

  Can LIFTAR (Lateral Interbody Fusion with Transpsoas ALL Release) Replace Three Column Osteotomy for the Correction of Focal Sagittal Plane Deformity? Akbarnia B, Mundis G, Eastlack B, Moazzaz P. 4th Annual Society of Lateral Access Surgery Research Meeting. San Diego, CA (March 31-April 2).
• 2010

  Association of Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis and Risk for Subsequent Slip with BMI for-age. Moazzaz P, Barba D, Scaduto AA, Otsuka NY. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery 77th Annual Meeting. New Orleans, CA (March 9-13).
• 2009

  On the Field Evaluation of Cervical and Lumbar Spine Injuries. Moazzaz P. UCLA Combined Sports Medicine Conference Lecture. (September 9).
• 2009

  Engaging Versus Non-Engaging Hill-Sachs Lesions: Clinical Evaluation of the Glenoid Track. Crow SA, Moazzaz P. Western Orthopaedic Association's 73rd Annual Meeting. Seattle, WA (July 29-August 1).
• 2009

  Supracondylar Humerus Fractures in Children: A Prospective Review. Silva M, Moazzaz P, Alyeshrnerni AM, Penman A. Western Orthopaedic Association's 73rd Annual Meeting. Seattle, WA (July 29-August 1).
• 2009

  Factors Predicting the Decision to Operate for Children With Type 2 Supracondylar Humeral Fractures. Silva M, Moazzaz P, Wong M, Zionts L. Western Orthopaedic Association's 73rd Annual Meeting. Seattle, WA (July 29-August I).
• 2008

  Assessing Community Function in Children With Cerebral Palsy: Correlations Between the GMFCS and SFA. Moazzaz P, Caron C, McGee J, Gates PE, Otsuka NY. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery 75th Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA (March 5-9).
• 2008

  Assessing Community Function in Children With Cerebral Palsy: Correlations Between the GMFCS and SFA. Moazzaz P, Caron C, McGee J, Gates PE, Otsuka NY. American Academy of Pediatrics Meeting, Boston, MA (Oct. 11-14, 2008).
• 2007

  Positional MRI: a valuable tool in the assessment of cervical disc bulge. Moazzaz P, Hong SW, Miyazaki M, Ashkan M, Wang J. Twenty Second Annual Meeting of the North American Spine Society, Austin, TX (October23-27).
• 2004

  rhBMP-7 Induced Posterior Spinal Fusion in Female Rats is Dependent on Estrogen Status. Moazzaz P, Gupta MC, Maitra S, Gilotra M, Martin RB, Reddi AH. Fourth International Workshop on Musculoskeletal and Neuronal Interactions, Chalkidiki, Greece (May 28-31).
• 2003

  Estrogen Deficiency: A Negative Influence on Spine Fusion with rhBMP-7. Moazzaz P, Gupta MC, Maitra S, Gilotra M, Martin RB, Reddi AH. Eighteenth Annual Meeting of the North American Spine Society, San Diego, California (October 21-25).
• 2003

  rhBMP-7 Induced Posterior Spinal Fusion in Female Rats is Dependent on Estrogen Status. Moazzaz P, Gupta MC, Maitra S, Gilotra M, Martin RB, Reddi AH. Thirty-eighth annual meeting of the Scoliosis Research Society, Quebec, Canada (September 10-13).
• 2003

  rhBMP-7 Induced Posterior Spinal Fusion in Female Rats is Dependent on Estrogen Status. Moazzaz P, Gupta MC, Maitra S, Gilotra M, Martin RB, Reddi AH. Thirty third annual International Sun Valley Hard Tissue Workshop, Sun Valley, Idaho (Aug. 3-7). *recipient of Alice L. Jee Memorial Young Investigator Award*
• 2003

  Medial Malleolar Stress Fracture in an Intercollegiate Football Player. Moazzaz P, Chang CJ. Twelfth annual meeting of the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine, San Diego, California (April 5-9).
• 2003

  Effects ofBMP-7 on Posterior Spinal Fusion in Female Rats: Preliminary Results for an Osteoporotic Model. Moazzaz P, Gupta MC, Maitra S, Gilotra M, Martin RB, Reddi AH. Forty-fourth annual National Student Research Forum, Galveston, Texas (April 3-5). *recipient of University of Texas Center on Aging Research Award*
• 2003

  Effects of BMP-7 on Posterior Spinal Fusion in Female Rats: Preliminary Results for an Osteoporotic Model. Moazzaz P, Gupta MC, Maitra S, Gilotra M, Martin RB, Reddi AH. Thirty-first annual Western Student Medical Research Forum, Carmel, California (Jan. 28-Feb. 1).

• Silva M, Moazzaz P. Coronal Shear Fracture of the Distal Humerus in an Eleven-Year-Old Patient. J Pediatr Orthop B 2011;20(1)50-5.
• Moazzaz P, Wang JC. Lumbar Disc Herniation and Degenerative Disc Disease in Athletes. Semin Spine Surg 2010; 4: 206-09.
• Moazzaz P, Otsuka NY. "Complications in the Management of Talipes Equinovarus." Drennan's The Child's Foot and Ankle. Ed. James J McCarthy, James C Drennan. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2009. 98-116.
• Moazzaz P, Gupta MC, Maitra S, Gilotra M, Martin RB, Reddi AH. Estrogen-Dependent Actions of Bone Morphogenetic Protein 7 on Spine Fusion in Rats. Spine 2005; 30:1706-11.
• Moazzaz P, Gupta MC, Maitra S, Martin RB, Reddi AH. rhBMP-7 Induced Posterior Spinal Fusion in Female Rats is Dependent on Estrogen Status. J Musculoskel Neuron Interact 2003; 3: 425.
• Moazzaz P, Gupta MC, Maitra S, Martin RB, Reddi AH. Effects of BMP-7 on posterior spinal fusion in female rats: preliminary results for an osteoporotic model. J Investig Med 2003; 51: S181.
• Moazzaz P, Chang CJ. Two unusual cases of acetabular fractures sustained during sports. Clin J Sport Med 2002; 12: 127-9.

• Outstanding Student in Surgery 2005
• Paul Lipscomb Award for Excellence in Orthopaedics 2005
• AOA Co-President, selected as junior medical student 2004-2005
• UC Davis Ernest M. Gold Award for Excellence 2004
• 33rd International Sun Valley Hard Tissue Workshop Young Investigator Award Aug. 2003
• University of Texas Center on Aging Research Award April 2003
• UC Davis Predoctoral Research Fellowship 2002-2005
• University of California Sports Medicine Apprenticeship Scholarship 1998- 2000
• UC Alumni Scholar's Association Roy B. Christie Endowment 1998- 2000
• University of California, Berkeley Alumni Scholarship 1996- 2000
• Palomar Medical Center Junior Volunteer Scholarship 1996

• UC Davis Predoctoral Research Fellowship

  $6,000

  July 2004 - May 2005
  
  P. Moazzaz, Munish Gupta, R. Bruce Martin, and Hari Reddi. Lumbar Spinal Fusion Using Recombinant Human Growth and Differentiation Factor-5 in a Rabbit Model: Implications of Estrogen-Deficiency.
• UC Davis Predoctoral Research Fellowship

  $6,000

  Jan. 2003 - Jan. 2004
  
  P. Moazzaz, Mark Lee, Hari Reddi. Effect of Exogenous Noggin on Fracture Healing in the Rat
• UC Davis Predoctoral Research Fellowship

  $7,000

  June 2002-June 2003
  
  P. Moazzaz, Munish Gupta, R. Bruce Martin, and Hari Reddi. Effect of BMP-7 on Spinal Fusion in Ovariectomized Rats.

• 2011

  Incidence and risk fracture for compression fractures and graft subsidence after lumbar anterior lumbar interbody fusion. Moazzaz P, Akbarnia B, Eastlack R. San Diego Center for Spinal Disorders.
• 2011

  Focal sagittal deformity correction using a minimally invasive XLIF technique. Moazzaz P, Akbarnia B, Mundis G, Eastlack R. San Diego Center for Spinal Disorders.
• 2011

  Contribution of Round vs. Rectangular Expandable Cage Endplates to Corpectomy Stability in a Cadaveric Model. Mundis G, Eastlak B, Moazzaz P, Turner A, Cornwall B. San Diego Center for Spinal Disorders, Scripps Green Clinic.
• 2011

  Bone morphogenetic protein-related seromas with lateral interbody fusion surgery. Moazzaz P, Bruffey J.
• 2010

  Brake Reaction Time Following Cervical and Lumbar Spine Surgery. Moazzaz P, Wallach CJ, Wang JC. UCLA Comprehensive Spine Center & Department of Orthopaedic Surgery.
• 2009

  Influence of radiographs on patient-reported outcomes following spinal fusion for idiopathic scoliosis. Moazzaz P, Scaduto AA, Bowen RE. Shriners Hospital for Children- Los Angeles, UCLA Department of Orthopaedic Surgery.
• 2009

  Type II Supracondylar Humerus Fractures in Children: Prospective Analysis of Operative vs. Nonoperative Treatment. Silva M, Moazzaz P, Zionts LE. Orthopaedic Hospital, UCLA Department of Orthopaedic Surgery.
  * Currently submitted for publication
• 2007

  Assessing community function in children \Yith cerebral palsy: correlations between the GMFCS and SFA. Moazzaz P, Caron C, McGee J, Gates PE, Otsuka NY. Shriners Hospital for Children- Los Angeles, UCLA Department of Orthopaedic Surgery.
  * Currently submitted for publication
• 2007

  Positional MRI: a valuable tool in the assessment of cervical disc bulge. Moazzaz P, Hong SW, Miyazaki M, Ashkan M, Wang J. UCLA Department of Orthopaedic Surgery.
  * Presented at 2007 North American Spine Society 22nd Annual Meeting, Austin, TX (Oct. 23-27, 2007)
  ** Currently submitted for publication

I had a disc replaced by robotic surgery its been 30 days I feel very good my doctor did a great job and I think hes really one of the best at robotic surgeries of the back his name is dr Payam Moazzaz. if you have any doubt about this surgery talk to him. His staff did really well in caring for me. and therapist who really care about my health. thanks again north county orthopedics.

~ Roy Williams ~

OSNC is the best for what ever is hurting. I had a very big back fusion surgery by Dr Moazzaz that turned out great. I had a great experience with all of the office employees and Dr Moazzaz's "team" of assistants. I'm 74 & he opened me in the front and the back to install the ""screws, etc"". I will definitely go back to OSNC even for my physical therapy.

~ polite lion ~

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