Fariba Goodarzian, MD

Vice Chairman, Department of Radiology
Director, Radiology Quality Improvement
Director, Nuclear Medicine
Attending Physician
Associate Professor of Radiology, Keck School of Medicine of USC

Dr. Goodarzian is Vice-Chairman of the Department of Radiology at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and Associate Professor of Radiology at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California. She was awarded her MD degree from the Uremia School of Medicine in Iran in 1990.

Following medical school she did 3 years of training in Diagnostic Radiology in Tehran. She came to Children’s Hospital Los Angeles in 2001 where she did Fellowships in Pediatric Radiology and Pediatric Neuroradiology. In 2003, she was hired on as a full Faculty member. In 2012, she was appointed Vice Chair of the CHLA Radiology Department.

Clinical Interests

Neuroblastoma, Fetal MRI, MR Enterography, Musculoskeletal MRI, Soft Tissue Sarcoma

Education

Medical School

Uremia Medical School, Iran

Internship

Children's Hospital Los Angeles: Pediatrics

Residency

Tehran Medical School, Iran

Fellowship

University of California, San Francisco: Visiting Scholar
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles: Pediatric Radiology
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles: Neuroradiology

Accomplishments

Certifications

Radiology: American Board of Radiology
Pediatric Radiology: American Board of Radiology

Professional Memberships

American Board of Radiology
American College of Radiology
Society of Pediatric Radiology
American Roentgen Ray Society
American College of Physician Executives

Publications

Research

 Neuroblastoma, Brown Fat