Pedram Salimpour

HealthCorps Announces Pedram Salimpour, MD, MPH as Board Member

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Friday, December 31, 2021

Salimpour started his medical career in pediatrics and recognizes the importance of developing positive lifestyles as a young person.

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  • Salimpour started his medical career in pediatrics and recognizes the importance of developing positive lifestyles as a young person.
  • He has also served on the board of advisors at Boston University School of Medicine, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, and was a founding board member at the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine.
  • Teens Make Health Happen is HealthCorps' latest program designed to create youth change-makers and healthier communities in the process.
  • You can find health tips for teens from HealthCorps on the @teensmakehealthhappen Instagram channel.

Pedram Salimpour Joins HealthpointCapital Board of Advisors

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Thursday, December 23, 2021

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- HealthpointCapital, the leading private equity firm focused on musculoskeletal health care, is proud to announce Pedram Salimpour, MD as a member of its Board of Advisors.

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  • LOS ANGELES, Dec. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- HealthpointCapital, the leading private equity firm focused on musculoskeletal health care, is proud to announce Pedram Salimpour, MD as a member of its Board of Advisors.
  • In 2015, Dr. Salimpour was the keynote speaker at the annual Scientific Colloquium at the Whitehead Institute at MIT.
  • Salimpour also serves as Commissioner for the Los Angeles Fire and Police Pensions board, with over $25 billion under management.
  • Notable recent exits for HealthpointCapital include OrthoSpace (acquired by Stryker), Blue Belt Technologies (acquired by Smith & Nephew) and BioHorizons (acquired by Henry Schein).

Vivera Pharmaceuticals Offers No-Cost COVID-19 Testing to LAPD and LAFD

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Thursday, November 11, 2021

Shocked by the recent developments surrounding potential ethics violations by an LA City Commissioner and a $3 Million testing contract , Vivera stands by its promise to support local communities.

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  • Shocked by the recent developments surrounding potential ethics violations by an LA City Commissioner and a $3 Million testing contract , Vivera stands by its promise to support local communities.
  • If the LAPD and LAFD need free testing to continue to do their jobs, we will support them.
  • The City has mandated a single testing vendor , Bluestone, owned in part by Pedram Salimpour and his company PPS Health, LLC.
  • Vivera proposes to offer convenient testing centers at various locations in Southern California to make testing easier and more affordable for anyone that needs COVID-19 testing.