Lawrence S.C. Czer MD

Heart Failure & Transplantation

Medical Director, Heart Transplant Program

127 S San Vicente BlvdSte A3100Los Angeles, CA 90048
Phone+1 310-423-3851
Fax+1 310-423-0127

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Summary

Dr. Lawrence Czer is a cardiologist in Los Angeles, CA and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. He received his medical degree from David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and has been in practice 40 years. He specializes in adult heart disease and heart failure & transplantation and is experienced in myocardial infarction, cardiomyopathies, transplant cardiology, congestive heart failure, and stem cell transplantation.

Education & Training

Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 1980 - 1983
UCLA-VA Greater Los AngelesResidency, Internal Medicine, 1977 - 1980
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLAClass of 1977

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Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1978 - 2028
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification OpTime Surgical 2014 Certified Module, Epic Systems Corporation, 2016
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Outgoing Public Health Reporting from EpicCare Functionality, Epic Systems Corporation, 2016
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Inpatient 2014 Certified EHR Suite, Epic Systems Corporation, 2016

Clinical Trials

Left Atrial Pressure Monitoring to Optimize Heart Failure Therapy
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Donor diabetes status impacts long-term survival in diabetic heart transplant recipients.
Brian Lim, Allen A Razavi, Aminah Sallam, Vikram Krishna, Federico Sertic
JHLT Open. 2026-11-01
Loss of ATP-Dependent Citrate Lyase Drives Left Ventricular Dysfunction by Metabolic Remodeling.
Shijie Liu, Seth T Gammon, Lin Tan, Yaqi Gao, Kyoungmin Kim
Circulation. 2026-07-21
Corrigendum to 'Evaluating the mechanism of action behind controlled hypothermic preservation of donor hearts: A randomized pilot study' [J Heart Lung Transplant, 44 (...
Allen A Razavi, Jon Kobashigawa, Aleksandr Stotland, Qiudong Chen, Jignesh Patel
The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2026-01-01

Journal Articles

Oxford University Press Has Registered This DOI Pre-Publication
Michelle Kittleson, Heidi Reich, Lawrence Czer, Dominick Megna, Jignesh Patel, Fardad Esmailian, Jon Kobashigawa, Oxford University Press
Use of Durable Mechanical Circulatory Support on Outcomes of Heart–Kidney Transplantation
Jon A Kobashigawa, Jaime Moriguchi, Joshua L Chan, Francisco Arabia, Fardad Esmailian, Dominick Megna, Lawrence S Czer, Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Lectures