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 - 2027
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
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory 2014 Certified EHR Suite, Epic Systems Corporation, 2015-2017
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory 2014 Certified EHR Suite, Epic Systems Corporation, 2015-2017
Clinical Trials
- Developing Prediction Models for Allograft Failure After Liver Transplantation Start of enrollment: 2022 Apr 01
Roles: Contact, Principal Investigator
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 3 citationsAASLD AST Practice Guideline on adult liver transplantation: Diagnosis and management of graft-related complications.Helen S Te, Vatche G Agopian, Anthony J Demetris, Paul Y Kwo, Brendan M McGuire
Liver Transplantation. 2026-03-01 - Letter to the editor: Beyond the TIPS paradox-Balancing the mitigation of post-transplant complications with potentially increased waiting-list morbidity.Alfonso Wolfgang Avolio, Marco Biolato, Burcin Ekser, Zhiyong Guo, Paulo Martins
Liver Transplantation. 2026-02-27 - Reducing demographic bias in biomedical machine learning for cancer detection using cfDNA methylation.Shuo Li, Weihua Zeng, Wenyuan Li, Chun-Chi Liu, Yonggang Zhou
Genome Biology. 2026-02-25
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
Other Languages
- Armenian
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