Dr. Abraham Ishaaya, a respected physician and teacher, has had an extensive private practice in Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine since 1996.  He balances his time between treating patients and teaching residents and fellows at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, part of the UCLA School of Medicine, where he is also an assistant clinical professor.

Dr. Ishaaya is on staff as a Los Angeles lung doctor at several Los Angeles-based hospitals including Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Olympia Medical Center and Brotman Medical Center. He speaks English, Hebrew, Russian and Spanish.

At the age of 16, Dr. Ishaaya entered UCLA, where he graduated with honors.  By the age of 19, he began studying medicine at the University of Maryland, which awarded the young doctor his medical degree. He completed his residency in internal medicine and his fellowship in pulmonary and critical care, with a special emphasis in sleep medicine, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

As a Los Angeles sleep doctor and pulmonary doctor, and former co-director of the Cedars-Sinai Sleep Laboratory, Dr. Ishaaya later went on to direct the Brotman Medical Center sleep laboratory and the Century City Hospital sleep service. Currently Dr. Ishaaya is the medical director of Midway Sleep Lab in Los Angeles. He is also associated with other sleep laboratories in Los Angeles and Orange counties.

Taking a comprehensive holistic approach to medicine, Dr. Ishaaya realized that many of his patients’ diseases were the result of being over-weight, and thus he trained in bariatric medicine, and now offers a medical weight loss program which includes laser therapy for weight loss. He has been appointed the medical director for the Medical Weight Loss Center at Olympia Medical Center in Los Angeles.

Board certified in internal medicine, pulmonary medicine, sleep medicine, and geriatrics medicine, Dr. Ishaaya is a member of the American Thoracic Society and the American College of Chest Physicians.

He is also a Fellow of the College of Chest Physicians. His research has been published in Chest, a respected, peer-reviewed journal of pulmonary medicine. Dr. Ishaaya has also been retained in many legal cases as a lung specialist, providing expert medical testimony. He was appointed Corporate Medical Director for the Country Villa nursing homes.

Dr. Ishaaya has received numerous awards and has held many appointments at several hospitals and medical associations.  He was accepted as a life member of the National Registry of Who’s Who. He is discreet and professional – which is why he is the doctor of choice for a number of high-profile, celebrity patients.

Dr. Ishaaya is well respected among his peers and patients. He is compassionate and committed and will appreciate the opportunity to help you to improve your health.