Dr. Ronney Shantouf

Dr. Ronney Shantouf, MD, is a Staff Physician in the Heart and Vascular Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi.

Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Shantouf was a Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, where he has served as the Director of the Cardiac Catheterization lab of Olive View-UCLA Medical Center since 2016. He further served as the Cardiology Education Course Chair for the Olive View-UCLA Internal Medicine Residency program. As an Interventionalist, he specializes in transradial coronary interventions, intravascular imaging and invasive hemodynamic assessment. He has also performed thousands of cardiac catheterizations throughout his career.

Dr. Shantouf is American Board certified. He received his medical degree from the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) and went on to complete his residency in Internal Medicine at the UCLA Medical Center.

Dr. Shantouf enjoys spending his free time with his wife and son. When not at work, he enjoys playing the guitar, listening to music, discovering new travel destinations and reading.​​​​​​​

PROFESSIONAL JOURNEY

• 2001 - 2006: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES, CA, USA. Doctor of Medicine (MD)
• 2006 - 2007: UCLA DIVISION OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE ＆ HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH, LOS ANGELES, CA, USA. Intern
• 2007 - 2009: UCLA ANDERSON SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, US. Resident
• 2013 - 2014: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (USC) MEDICAL CENTER, LOS ANGELES, CA. Fellow, Interventional Cardiology
• 2010 - 2013: HARBOR-UCLA MEDICAL CENTER, TORRANCE, CA. Fellow, Cardiology

WORK EXPERIENCE

• 2016 - 2019: OLIVE VIEW-UCLA MEDICAL CENTER, SYLMAR, CA, USA. Director, Cardiac Catheterization Lab
• 2014 - 2016: OLIVE VIEW-UCLA MEDICAL CENTER, SYLMAR, CA, USA. Interventional Cardiologist
• 2014 - 2019: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES (UCLA), LOS ANGELES, CA, USA. Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor

Achievements & Career Highlights

• American Board Certified in Internal Medicine​
• American Board Certified in Cardiology
• American Board Certified in Interventional Cardiology
• Trained in advanced coronary interventions and hemodynamic assessment
• Performs coronary interventions using minimally invasive transradial techniques
• Awarded American Heart Association Scholarship Cardiovascular Disease & Stroke, 2005
• Awarded Excellence in Medical Student Teaching, 2006 and 2008
• Served as Principal Investigator of NIH/NCRR GCRC Grant to study Malnutrition and Inflammation on Coronary Artery Calcification, 2004
• Served as Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Lab at Olive-View UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, USA, 2016 to 2019