(L.A.) Afshin Broukhim, 36, Ended His Life

Case Number: 2020-07941

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 36-year-old Caucasian male that occurred in Glendale.

The coroner’s office has identified the man as Afshin Broukhim, resident of Studio City.

Manner of Death: Suicide

Cause of Death: Effects of Rocuronium Bromide

RIP AFSHIN BROUKHIM (November 30, 1983 – August 29, 2020)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Saturday at 3:45 p.m.

Place of Death: Hyatt Place, Room 521
225 West Wilson Avenue, Glendale, CA 91203

The decedent was a 2012 graduate of Rush University in Chicago. He was an anesthesiologist working in Valley Glen and had a license to practice medicine in California.

Rocuronium bromide (brand names Zemuron, Esmeron) is an aminosteroid non-depolarizing neuromuscular blocker or muscle relaxant used in modern anaesthesia to facilitate tracheal intubation by providing skeletal muscle relaxation, most commonly required for surgery or mechanical ventilation.