Mouatou Mouanoutoua, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, UCSF
Interventional Cardiologist, Community Regional Medical Center
Program Director, UCSF Fresno Interventional Cardiology Fellowship

Dr. Mouanoutoua is board certified in coronary and peripheral vascular intervention.  He was the chief fellow during his cardiology training at the University of Wisconsin Medical School.  Dr. Mouanoutoua is considered a pioneer within the Fresno community being the first Hmong cardiologist in the Central Valley and the first Hmong cardiac interventionalist.  He is also the Interventional Fellowship Program Director.

John A. Ambrose, MD, FACC

Professor of Medicine, UCSF
Director of Cardiology, Community Regional Medical Center
Chief of Cardiology, UCSF Fresno
Program Director, UCSF Fresno Cardiovascular Fellowship
Former Governor, American College of Cardiology - New York Chapter
Former President, New York Cardiologic Society

Dr. John Ambrose is an internationally renowned expert in coronary artery disease and is one of the great pioneers in acute coronary syndromes. He has published extensively and his work has laid the foundation for the current theories on unstable angina, myocardial infarction and the vulnerable plaque, among others. Before coming to Fresno, Dr. Ambrose was the Director of the Cardiovascular Center at Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers in Manhattan. Before that, he was the Director of Cardiac Catheterization at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York. He has been included in every edition of “Best Doctors in America.” Dr. Ambrose sang professionally in New York and continues to sing with his wife with the Fresno Grand Opera.

Ryan Berg, MD, FACC

Assistant Professor of Medicine, UCSF
Interventional Cardiologist, Community Regional Medical Center

Dr. Ryan Berg is board certified in interventional cardiology and has special interest in coronary artery disease, structural heart disease, and percutaneous valvular therapies. He completed his internal medicine training at the University of California San Francisco. He completed both his cardiology and interventional cardiology fellowships at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

Before coming to Fresno, Dr. Berg served as the Associate Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Lab, Assistant Program Director for the Cardiology Fellowship and the Assistant Program Director for the Interventional Cardiology Fellowship at St. Louis University.  Dr. Berg also has special interest in medical education and received the teacher of the year award from both the cardiology fellowship and the internal medicine residents at St. Louis University.

Cyrus Buhari, DO, MSBME, FACC
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Interventional Cardiology

Dr. Cyrus Buhari grew up in Stockton, California.  He attended Boston University obtaining a bachelor of science degree in Biomedical Engineering in 1996.  He then completed a Master of Science degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Southern California.  Dr. Buhari attended Western University of Health Sciences/COMP for medical school and then completed internship and residency at UCSF Fresno Medicine Education Program.  He was intern of the year 2004 and resident of the year 2005 and 2006. Following his year as Chief Resident in Internal Medicine, he became part of the inaugural class of the Cardiovascular Disease fellowship matriculating in 2007 and graduating in 2010.  Following six months as UCSF Fresno core cardiology faculty, he then completed the Interventional Cardiology fellowship as its inaugural fellow.   He is ABIM board certified in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease, and board eligible for Interventional Cardiology.

Dr. Buhari now serves as a faculty member in the Cardiovascular Disease and Interventional Cardiology fellowship programs at UCSF Fresno.  He is the Director of the VA Central California Cardiac Catheterization laboratory.  He has special interests in high-risk coronary intervention, structural heart disease, and percutaneous ventricular support devices.  He also serves on the Heart Failure (HF) and Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) team at Community Regional Medical Center.  He is a rabid San Diego Charger fan and attends home games throughout the NFL season.