Anna Kazaryan, M.D., is board certified in internal medicine and rheumatology.

Dr. Kazaryan attended the University of California, Davis where she received her Bachelor of Science in biochemistry and molecular biology. She attended medical school at St. George’s University School of Medicine in Grenada. Upon receiving her medical degree, Dr. Kazaryan served as Associate Chief resident during her internal medicine residency at Northwell Long Island Jewish Medical Center in Queens, New York. Dr. Kazaryan completed a fellowship in rheumatology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, New York.

Throughout training, Dr. Kazaryan participated in many research studies. As a resident, she collaborated with UC Davis to study biochemical components involved in rheumatoid arthritis synovial fluid and serum using mass spectrometry. During her fellowship, Dr. Kazaryan initiated and conducted a quality improvement project in Lupus at Mount Sinai Hospital. During the pandemic, as an attending physician at UCSF Fresno, she piloted a study titled COVID19 in patients with Vitamin D Deficiency (COVIDD). This topic sparked the interest of many and she was asked to be a guest speaker for local and statewide news agencies. If you asked Dr. Kazaryan what her favorite course of her medical degree was, she would say rheumatology and immunology because she was always fascinated by the immune system, the concept of autoimmunity, and the complexity of diseases as a consequence of lack of control. 

Dr. Kazaryan is very passionate about teaching. She’s tutored and mentored other students from early college years to post-doctoral training and served as an assistant clinical professor at UCSF Fresno. She’s enjoyed teaching students from many different backgrounds, specialties and walks of life. 

When she’s not conducting research or helping patients, you can find Dr. Kazaryan spending time with her family and friends.  Some of her hobbies include making music with her husband and daughter, creating art using pastels and gardening. 

Dr. Kazaryan was born in Yerevan, Armenia and is also fluent in Armenian.