Vatche Garen Agopian MD FACS
Hepatobiliary Surgery, Transplantation
Professor of Surgery; Director - Dumont-UCLA Liver Cancer Center
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757 Westwood Plaza, Suite 8501Los Angeles, CA 90095
Phone+1 310-267-9605
Fax+1 310-267-9605
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Education & Training
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterResidency, Surgery, 2003 - 2010
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and SurgeonsClass of 2003
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 2005 - 2025
American Board of Surgery Surgery
American Board of SurgeryGeneral Surgery- American Society of Transplant SurgeonsAbdominal Multiorgan Transplantation
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- ASTS Rising Star in Transplantation Award American Society of Transplant Surgeons, 2018
- Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons, 2015
Clinical Trials
- Developing Prediction Models for Allograft Failure After Liver Transplantation Start of enrollment: 2022 Apr 01
Roles: Contact, Principal Investigator
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Center-Level variations are associated with disparate waitlist mortality and probability of liver transplant in MELD 35 and greater patients.Andrew Melehy, Dominic Amara, Shreya Gumate, Samer Ebaid, Fady M Kaldas
Liver Transplantation. 2025-04-02 - Protocol for an international multicenter, prospective, observational, non-competitive, study to validate and optimise prediction models of 90-day and 1-year allograft...Alfonso W Avolio, Gabriele Spoletini, Umberto Cillo, Kristopher Croome, Gabriel Oniscu
Updates in Surgery. 2025-03-27 - Liquid biopsy in hepatocellular carcinoma: Challenges, advances, and clinical implications.Jaeho Park, Yi-Te Lee, Vatche G Agopian, Jessica S Liu, Ekaterina K Koltsova
Clinical and Molecular Hepatology. 2025-02-01
Press Mentions
New Technology in Recent Clinical Study Aims Toward Earlier Detection of Hepatocellular CarcinomaAugust 4th, 2022
Update on Liver Cancer - Vatche G. Agopian, MD | UCLA Primary Care Update 2015October 3rd, 2016
Professional Memberships
- Member
- American Society of Transplant SurgeonsMember
- International Liver Transplantation SocietyMember
- Society of University Surgeons (SUS)Member
- American Society of Transplantation (AST)Member
- Pacific Coast Surgical Association (PCSA)Member
- International Liver Cancer Association (ILCA)Member
Other Languages
- Armenian
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