About Us — Meet Dr. Steven T. Forman

Only recently has venous disease been recognized as a viable sub-specialty, and this is very good news for patients...
Cardiology specializes, in not just the heart, but the entire circulatory system. As an interventional cardiologist I am able to provide a more complete analysis of the venous problems, as they relate to the body's entire blood flow and overall health.

Seeing the Need for Cardiovascular Expertise
In 1999 Steven Forman, MD, FACC joined Los Alamitos Cardiovascular and has been its managing partner since 2005. While treating patients, Dr. Forman recognized a lack of awareness regarding venous disease. "Venous disease and treatment is not very well known, so many people with the disease and often their physicians do not know there are available treatments. Everybody is aware of heart disease so there is not much education required. Venous disease has only recently been recognized as a viable sub-specialty."

Building a Practice Devoted to Venous Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
As a vascular issue with implications for the entire circulatory system — including the heart, Dr. Forman saw that vein disease and treatment should legitimately fall within the expertise of a cardiovascular specialist, i.e., a cardiologist, as opposed to a dermatologist or primary care physician.

As an interventional cardiologist, Dr. Forman's specialized training includes the branch of internal medicine that performs coronary and peripheral angioplasties and angiographies. The minimally invasive techniques for treating vein disease, endovenous ablations and sclerotherapy, require essentially the same techniques Dr. Forman had been practicing for several years. Dr. Forman concluded that his training and skill set were an excellent fit for a practice centered around venous disease diagnosis and treatment, and as a result Dr. Forman formed Performance Vein Institute of Los Alamitos.

About Dr. Steven Forman
Steven Forman MD, FACC is fellowship-trained in cardiology and interventional cardiology. He is also board certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular disease and interventional cardiology. Dr. Forman studied pre-med at The Johns Hopkins University and medicine at Albany Medical College. Upon graduation Dr. Forman completed an internship and residency in internal medicine at the Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After completing his residency, Dr. Forman was fellowship-trained in cardiology and interventional cardiology at The New York Hospital. Dr. Forman has had some of his research published in American Journal of Cardiology and Catheter Cardiovascular Intervention.

Dr. Forman is managing partner of Los Alamitos Cardiovascular, and director of Performance Vein Institute of Los Alamitos. In June of 2010, Dr. Forman accepted the nomination as the Los Alamitos Medical Center representative to the California Dept. of Public Health (CDPH) Advisory Oversight Committee.