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- Is this information wrong?
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
- Association of Residency Applicants' Hobbies and Subsequent Technical Proficiency Ratings as General Surgery Chief Residents: A Multi-Institutional Study.Cook, J., de Virgilio, C., Purdy, A., Poola, V., Tolles, J., Smith, B., Simms, E., Calhoun, K., Jarman, B., Salcedo, E., Frey, E., Wu, E., Agopian, V., Cryer, C., Flei...> ;Journal of Surgical Education. 2024 Mar 1
- 1 citationsPortable hypothermic oxygenated machine perfusion for organ preservation in liver transplantation: A randomized, open-label, clinical trial.Panayotova, G., Lunsford, K., Quillin, R., Rana, A., Agopian, V., Lee-Riddle, G., Markovic, D., Paterno, F., Griesemer, A., Amin, A., Alonso, D., Rocca, J., Borja-Cach...> ;Hepatology. 2023 Dec 13
- Single center experience using stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) on orthotopic liver transplant protocol for unresectable cholangiocarcinoma.Trudy C Wu, Jie Deng, Fang-I Chu, Saeed Sadeghi, Richard Finn, Vatche G Agopian, Percy Lee, Ann C Raldow> ;HPB. 2024 Mar 1
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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
Hospital Affiliations
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical CenterLos Angeles, California- UCLA Medical Center-Santa MonicaSanta Monica, California
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