Alireza Zadsalamat, DO
Internal Medicine Physician (“Dr. Z”)
- Accepting new patients
- Speaks English
Fresno-raised osteopathic internist with years of experience leading hospital medicine programs, including as Chief of Medicine.
Dr. Zadsalamat — “Dr. Z” to most of his patients — started his education at Fresno City College and Fresno State before earning his osteopathic medical degree at Nova Southeastern University and completing internal medicine residency in Illinois.
His career has centered on caring for patients with complex medical conditions. He has served as a hospitalist, hospitalist program director and Chief of the Medicine Department, coordinating care between specialists, nurses and families from admission to discharge, and has served on critical care, quality improvement and utilization review committees.
Board certification
- American Osteopathic Board of Internal Medicine
Education and training
Internal Medicine Residency
Midwestern University / Riverside Medical Center, Illinois, 2013
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine, 2010
B.A. Chemistry and History
California State University, Fresno, 2006
A.A. Liberal Arts
Fresno City College, 1999
Experience
- Chief of Medicine Department, Porter Regional Hospital, Valparaiso, IN (2016–)
- Hospitalist Program Director, Porter Regional Hospital, Valparaiso, IN (2014–)
- Hospitalist, Porter Regional Hospital, Valparaiso, IN (2013–)