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Office
8631 West 3rd St.
Suite #240 East
Los Angeles, CA 90048Phone+1 310-423-2640Fax+1 310-967-1744
Summary
- Dr. Harmik Soukiasian is Chief of the Division of Thoracic Surgery and Vice-Chairman of the Department of Surgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. He received his medical degree from Keck School of Medicine of USC, Completed Cardiothoracic Surgery training at UCLA. After UCLA Dr. Soukiasian went to the University of Pittsburgh (UPMC) to complete a minimally invasive thoracic surgery fellowship focusing on esophageal surgery, following this he went to Cedars-Sinai to complete another minimally invasive thoracic surgery fellowship focusing on lung surgery. He stayed on at Cedars as the first faculty thoracic surgeon at Cedars-Sinai and has continued his career at Cedars since then and has been in practice 19 years. He specializes in robotic minimally invasive thoracic surgery, thoracic surgical oncology, mediastinal disease, as well as malignant and benign esophageal disease.
Education & Training
- University Of Pittsburgh2007 - 2008
- UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterFellowship, Thoracic Surgery, 2005 - 2007
- Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterResidency, Surgery, 2000 - 2005
- University of Illinois College of Medicine at ChicagoResidency, Surgery, 1999 - 2000
- University of Southern California/LACUSC Medical CenterInternship, Transitional Year, 1998 - 1999
- Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern CaliforniaClass of 1998
Certifications & Licensure
- CA State Medical License 2001 - 2025
- PA State Medical License 2007 - 2008
- American Board of Surgery Surgery
- American Board of Thoracic Surgery Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2013
- Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 156 citationsCo-activation of super-enhancer-driven CCAT1 by TP63 and SOX2 promotes squamous cancer progressionYuan Jiang, Yan-Yi Jiang, Jian-Jun Xie, Anand Mayakonda, Masaharu Hazawa
Nature Communications. 2018-09-06 - 199 citationsSenescence of Alveolar Type 2 Cells Drives Progressive Pulmonary FibrosisChangfu Yao, Xiangrong Guan, Gianni Carraro, Tanyalak Parimon, Xue Liu
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2021-03-15 - 22 citationsA video-assisted thoracoscopic approach to transaxillary first rib resection.Harmik J. Soukiasian, Daniel Shouhed, Derek Serna-Gallgos, Robert McKenna, Vahak Bairamian
Innovations. 2015-01-01
Journal Articles
- Patient Expectations After Collis GastroplastyDaniel Shouhed, Miguel Burch, Harmik J Soukiasian, Edward H Phillips, JAMA Surgery
Authored Content
- Patient Expectations After Collis GastroplastyJune 2020
Press Mentions
- Prediction of Tumor PD-L1 Expression in Resectable Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer by Machine Learning Models Based on Clinical and Radiological Features: Performance Comparison With Preoperative BiopsyMay 8th, 2023
- Mesothelioma Treatment Guidelines Not Followed Often EnoughJune 12th, 2019
- ALS Clinics Start Implanting Breathing-Assist Device Under New FDA ApprovalMay 2nd, 2012
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