Darryl T Hiyama MD

Surgical Oncology (Other than Breast), Minimally Invasive Surgery, Clinical Informatics

Professor, Surgery, University of California Los Angeles David Geffen SOM

100 UCLA Medical PlazaSuite 700Los Angeles, CA 90095
Phone+1 310-794-7788

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Summary

Darryl Hiyama, MD, is a general surgeon based in Los Angeles, CA, with subspecialties in surgical oncology, minimally invasive surgery, and clinical informatics. He received his medical education from the University of Hawaii and further trained at the University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Children's Hospital. Dr. Hiyama is currently an attending physician at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, a professor of Clinical Surgery at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. His areas of expertise include gastroesophageal reflux, esophageal cancer, gastric cancer, gastroparesis, and minimally invasive surgery. Dr. Hiyama has published multiple works in reputable journals and has received several awards for his outstanding contributions, including the Golden Scalpel Award for Teaching Excellence.

Education & Training

University of Cincinnati Medical Center/College of MedicineResidency, Surgery, 1984 - 1990
University of Cincinnati School of MedicineNone, Surgical Nutrition and Metabolism, 1987 - 1988
Cincinnati Children's Hospital None, Neonatal ECMO, 1987 - 1988
University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of MedicineClass of 1984
Seattle UniversityB.S., Biology, 1980

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Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1990 - 2027
OH State Medical License 1989 - 2018
American Board of Preventive Medicine Clinical Informatics
American Board of Surgery Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Top Doctors:LA Area Castle Connolly, 2013-2023
Top Doctors:Southern California Castle Connolly, 2012-2023
Golden Scalpel Award for Teaching Excellence, Professor UCLA Division of General Surgery, 2011, 2022

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Benign Finding or Malignancy: von Meyenburg Complexes Found during Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy.
Daniel Carrera, Jordan Rook, Darryl T Hiyama
CRSLS. 2022-12-24
12 citations
Patient experience with electronic health record-integrated postoperative telemedicine visits in an academic endocrine surgery program.
Max A. Schumm, Howard Q Pyo, Roben Ohev-Shalom, Chi-Hong Tseng, Masha J. Livhits
Surgery. 2021-05-01
1 citations
Variability in multimodality treatment influences survival in non-metastatic gastric cancer patients
Tuyen Hoang, Farshid Dayyani, Ariceli Alfaro, Jasmine Huynh, Jingran Ji
Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology. 2020-10-19

Books/Book Chapters

Conn’s Current Therapy
Chapter: Parenteral Nutrition.
Hiyama DTEditors: Rakel RE, Bope ET.Elsevier Science, Philadelphia, PAEdition 54th,2004
Maingot’s Abdominal Operations
Chapter: Peritonitis and Intra-abdominal Abscess.
Hiyama DT, Bennion RBEditors: Zinner MJ, Schwartz SI, Ellis H.Appleton & Lange, Stamford, CTEdition 10th,1997
Cardiac Anesthesia
Chapter: Nutritional Support in Cardiac Surgery.
Hiyama DTEditors: Williams JP.Churchill-Livingstone, New York, NY1995

Abstracts/Posters

Does D2 Lymph Node Dissection Reduce Locoregional Recurrence in Gastric Adenocarcinoma?
A Oskowitz, J Phan, S Sadeghi, Z Wainberg, J Hecht, D Hiyama, Pacific Coast Surgical Association ePoster, Napa Valley, CA, 2/18/2012
Unplanned Emergency Department Visits and Readmissions After Surgical Procedures: Can They Be Prevented?
R Lukman, M Maggard Gibbons, D Saltzman, A Tillou, D Hiyama, Pacific Coast Surgical Association ePoster, Napa Valley, CA, 2/18/2012
Teaching geriatrics to surgical residents: curriculum development and an assessment of learners needs.
Ko CY, Moore A, Davis J, Hiyama DT, Chodosh J, American Geriatrics Society National Meeting, Washington, DC, 5/8/2002

Lectures