"Dr. Wohlgelernter earned his medical degree from the Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut. He completed his internship and residency in Internal Medicine, as well as a fourth year as chief medical resident, at the Yale Medical Center.
He trained in cardiology at Yale, and served on the Yale medical school faculty for two years before joining the UCLA faculty in 1985. He is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Cardiology (Cardiovascular Disease). He is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology.
Dr. Wohlgelernter has authored numerous medical journal articles and textbook chapters on a variety of topics pertaining to the diagnosis and treatment of heart disease. His special interests include preventive cardiology, management of lipid disorders and hypertension, and noninvasive management of arrhythmias.
Dr. Wohlgelernter was a recipient of The Thomas L. Stern, M.D. prize for excellence in teaching, awarded by the Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center Family Practice Residency Program. He was listed as a member of Southern California Super Doctors from 2010 to 2016 as featured in Los Angeles Magazine. He was named one of US News and World Report's 'Top Doctors' in September 2012 and was named one of California's Top Doctors from 2015 to 2019 in Los Angeles magazine. Dr. Wohlgelernter has also appeared on The Discovery Channel as a cardiology commentator."
