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Dr. Rappard graduated from UCLA in 1992. Having been a history buff since early childhood, Dr. Rappard received a Bachelor of Arts degree in History. Rappard specialized in Greco-Roman studies. Read More...
Dr. Rappard travelled to Washington D.C. almost immediately after graduating from UCLA and started medical school at the George Washington University School of Medicine (GW). GW is the 11th oldest medical school in the USA, founded in 1824. Read More...
After graduating medical school, Dr. Rappard entered into a surgical internship at The Medical College of Georgia (MCG), graduating in 1997. MCG is the only public medical school in the state of Georgia and was founded in 1828. Read More...
After completing a surgical internship, the next step on the path to becoming a Neurointerventional Surgeon was a four-year residency in Diagnostic Radiology at the University of California at Irvine (UCI). Dr. Rappard was now a “Resident.” A Resident is a physician Read More...
Immediately after finishing residency and becoming board certified in Diagnostic Radiology, Dr. Rappard had the good fortune to be selected into a one-year Neuroradiology fellowship, followed by a 2-year Neurointerventional Surgery fellowship, at the University of Texas Read More...
For some time after completing sub specialization in Neuroradiology and sub-sub specialization in Neurointerventional Surgery, Dr. Rappard was absorbed with one of the busiest Neurocritical Care and Neurointerventional Surgery practices in Los Angeles Read More...
Board certification is an independent evaluation of a physician’s skill and expertise within a medical specialty. Board certification used to be considered an “extra step” along the path of a physician’s development. It is now common for physicians to be board certified. However, board certification in more than one specialty is still relatively uncommon. In the United States, the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) is considered the premier and universally recognized entity for board certification. The ABMS is an umbrella organization, consisting of member boards in various medical specialties. The ABMS member boards concerned with Dr. Rappard’s specialization in Neurointerventional Surgery are the American Board of Radiology and The American Board of Neurological Surgery. Read More...
First private practice neuroendovascular surgery program in Los Angeles. In 2004 Dr. Rappard established his medical practice in Los Angeles. At the time, the only neurointerventional/neuroendovascular surgery medical specialists in Los Angeles were located at the major medical centers of UCLA, USC and Cedars Sinai. The people of Los Angeles County having neurovascular emergencies and requiring specialized consultation were required to travel to these three facilities. In many cases, critically ill patients would die because hospital beds were not available to facilitate transfers to these facilities. This changed when Dr. Rappard opened his practice in the San Fernando Valley. Rappard started performing complex neurointerventional/neuroendovascular procedures at Glendale Adventist Medical Center in 2004. Soon, the facility became one of the busiest neurovascular hospitals in Los Angeles County. Dr. Rappard and his team were receiving, on average, a critically ill patient from somewhere else in the county every day of the year. Read More...
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