VatcheGarenAgopianMDFACS
General Surgery • Los Angeles, CAHepatobiliary Surgery, Transplantation
Professor of Surgery; Director - Dumont-UCLA Liver Cancer Center
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Office
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
757 Westwood Plaza, Suite 8501
Los Angeles, CA 90095Phone+1 310-267-9605Fax+1 310-267-9605
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
- 317 citationsSurvival Benefit of Solid-Organ Transplant in the United StatesAbbas Rana, Angelika C. Gruessner, Vatche G. Agopian, Zain Khalpey, Irbaz Bin Riaz
JAMA Surgery. 2015-03-01 - 23 citationsQuality measures in HCC care by the Practice Metrics Committee of the American Association for the Study of Liver DiseasesSumeet K. Asrani, Marwan Ghabril, Alexander Kuo, Raphael B. Merriman, Timothy R. Morgan
Hepatology. 2021-11-15 - 42 citationsThe Mortality and Overall Survival Trends of Primary Liver Cancer in the United States.Yi-Te Lee, Jasmine J. Wang, Michael Luu, Mazen Noureddin, Kambiz Kosari
Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 2021-11-02
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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