13 things about San Diego, California’s Dr. Poneh Rahimi

Dr. Poneh Rahimi is a resident of San Diego, California, United States. The city is home to Naval Medical Center San Diego.

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BIOGRAPHY

Rahimi is a Persian-American gastroenterologist. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. She is board certified in gastroenterology.
2. She is a member of the American College of Gastroenterology and the Southern California Society of Gastroenterology.
3. She is affiliated with Intermountain Health Logan Regional Hospital in Logan, Utah, USA.
4. She is an alumnus of the University of California, Irvine in Irvine, California and the American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine in Cupecoy, Sint Maarten.
5. Aside from San Diego, she has lived in other parts of California including Laguna Hills and Ontario.
6. She grew up in Orange County, California.
7. She earned her bachelor’s degree in biology from UC Irvine.
8. She spent one year training at Epsom General Hospital in Epsom, England, United Kingdom.
9. In 1998, she graduated from the American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine with a medical degree.
10. In 2002, she completed her internship and residency in internal medicine at Medical College of Pennsylvania (MCP)-Hahnemann in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
11. In 2005, she pursued a fellowship in gastroenterology at Long Island College Hospital in Brooklyn, New York, which is affiliated with the State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate Health Sciences University.
12. In 2006, she started serving her community of South Orange County.
13. In January 2025, she turned 58.

TIMELINE

Rahimi promotes awareness for colon cancer screening. She speaks Farsi and English.

2000s

• In June 2002, Gastroenterology Clinics of North America published “Barrett’s Esophagus: Clinical Characteristics”, which she co-wrote with James C. Reynolds and David Hirschl.

2010s

• In September 2017, she was featured in a Voyage LA Magazine article, which has since been deleted.

2020s

• On January 7, 2021, A Medical Billing Co. filed a small claim lawsuit against her in Orange, Orange County.
• On May 28, 2024, “That Danesh Guy” Danesh Noshirvan took to social media to share a video of her asking two Spanish-speaking men to speak English because they “are in America”.