Dr. Maz Ghodsian | Hemorrhoids Centers of Los Angeles

Education

8/01-5/05, Medicine, D.O., Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA
5/97-5/00, Law, J.D., Cum Laude, Pace University, White Plains, NY
5/97-5/00, Health Law & Policy, Health Law Certificate, Pace University, White Plains, NY
6/95-7/96, Nursing, B.S., Nursing, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
8/91-6/95, Undergraduate, B.S., Biology, Minor Philosophy, U.C. Riverside, Riverside, CA Post Graduate Residency

Post Graduate Residency

6/12-6/13, Chief Resident, Proctologic Surgery
Ohio Univ/Grandview Medical Center-Kettering Health Network Dayton, OH
6/11-6/12, Resident, Proctologic Surgery
Ohio Univ/Grandview Medical Center-Kettering Health Network Dayton, OH

Rotations at Affiliated Hospitals During Proctologic Surgery Residency Program

Dept. Colon and Rectal Surgery, Wright State University/Kettering Hospital-Kettering Health Network Dayton, OH
Dept. Colon and Rectal Surgery, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Dept. Colon and Rectal Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
Dept. Gastroenterology & General Surgery, Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, Colton, CA

Post Graduate Internship

6/05-6/06, Traditional Rotating Internship, Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, Colton, CA

Hospital Privileges

Present, Hoag Memorial Hospital, Newport Beach, CA
2014, Sharp Grossmont Hospital, La Mesa, CA
2014, Saddleback Memorial Hospital, Laguna Hill, CA
2014, Coastal Communities, Costa Mesa, CA
2014, Missions Hospital, Mission Viejo, CA
Present, St. Joseph Hospital, Orange, CA Surgical Center Privileges
2014, La Peer Surgery Center, Beverly Hills, CA
2014, Irvine Endoscopy, Irvine, CA
2013, K&B Surgical Center, Beverly Hills, CA
2013, Physicians Surgery Center, San Diego, CA Specialty Training Courses

Board Certifications

American Osteopathic Board of Proctology

Fellowship

11/06 American College of Legal Medicine, Fellow

Awards

2015, Best of West Hollywood Award for Proctologist
2014, Patient’s Choice Award, American Registry
2014, Top 10 Doctors in Proctologic Surgery Award, American Registry
2014, On Time Physicians Award, American Registry
2009-2011, Compassionate Doctor Recognition Award, American Registry
2000-2011, Patient’s Choice Award, American Registry
2009, On Time Physicians Award, American Registry
2005, Achievement of Excellence in Education, Association of Professors and Scholars of Iranian Heritage
2000, Outstanding Academic Contribution Award, Pace University, School of Law
2000, Outstanding Service Award, Pace University, School of Law
1998-1999, Ranking Scholar, Pace University, School of Law
1997-2000, Phi Alpha Delta Law Society
1993-1995, Dean’s List, University of California Riverside, College of Natural & Agricultural Sciences
1991, Outstanding Achievement Award, Future Health Professionals (Health Occupations Students of America)

Research Experience

1/13-6/13, Research Associate, Dept. Colon and Rectal Surgery, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 7/04
6/05, Research Associate, Dept. Nuclear Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
7/04-6/05, Research Associate, Dept. Radiation Oncology, USC School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
8/99-6/01, Research Associate, Dept. Anesthesiology, Mount Sinai Hospital/Bronx VA Medical Center, Bronx, NY 1/96
6/96 Research Associate, Dept. OB/GYN John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
9/93-6/95, Research Associate, Dept. Plant Pathology, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA

Professional Societies

2015-2016, Chair, American Osteopathic College of Proctology, Annual Clinical Assembly
2014-Present, Member, International Anal Neoplasia Society
2013-Present, Board Member, American Osteopathic College of Proctology
2001-Present, Member, California Bar Association
2001-Present, Member, American Osteopathic Association
1997-2000, Member, American Bar Association
1997-2000, Member, New York Bar Association
1997-2000, Member, New York Bar Association, Health Law Division
1996, Member, American Nurse Association

Editorial Boards

1999, Pace Law Chronicle

Special Appointments

Special Appointments
1996, Advisory Panel, Office of Admissions, John Hopkins University School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD United States Patients

Accepted Poster Presentations

9/20/14, American College of Osteopathic Surgeons, Annual Clinical Assembly, Boston, MA
Post Operative Compliance of Intermittent Pneumatic Compression Devices after Colorectal Surgery, One Institution’s Experience. Dept. of Colorectal Surgery, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA. Maz Ghodsian D.O., J.D., Philip Fleshner, M.D., Cheryl Lau, M.D.

Selected Presentation & Lectures

9/23/16, American College of Osteopathic Surgeons & Proctology, Annual Clinical Anal and Vaginal Rejuvenation
9/23/16, American College of Osteopathic Surgeons & Proctology, Annual Clinical Assembly Advanced Techniques in High Resolution Anoscopy
10/04/15, American College of Osteopathic Surgeons & Proctology, Annual Clinical Assembly Cosmetic Proctology and Anal Beautification
10/04/15, American College of Osteopathic Surgeons & Proctology, Annual Clinical Assembly Telemedicine
9/20/14, American College of Osteopathic Surgeons & Proctology, Annual Clinical Assembly
Post Operative Compliance of Intermittent Pneumatic Compression Devices after Colorectal Surgery
9/20/14, American College of Osteopathic Surgeons & Proctology, Annual Clinical Assembly Medical-Legal aspects of Colo-Proctology
4/24/13, Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Grandview Medical Center/Kettering Health Network Medical Student Lecture Series-Medical Jurisprudence for Medical Students
4/2/13, Dept. of Proctologic Surgery, Grandview Medical Center/Kettering Health Network Pediatric Hirschsprung’s, Anorectal Malformations and Other Conditions
3/26/13, Dept. of Proctologic Surgery, Grandview Medical Center/Kettering Health Network Pelvic Floor Disorders
3/19/13, Dept. of Proctologic Surgery, Grandview Medical Center/Kettering Health Network Constipation
3/12/13, Dept. of Proctologic Surgery, Grandview Medical Center/Kettering Health Network Rectal Prolapse
3/5/13, Dept. of Proctologic Surgery, Grandview Medical Center/Kettering Health Network Incontinence
11/27/12, Dept. of Proctologic Surgery, Grandview Medical Center/Kettering Health Network Stoma Complications
11/20/12, Dept. of Proctologic Surgery, Grandview Medical Center/Kettering Health Network Internal Stomas
11/13/12, Dept. of Proctologic Surgery, Grandview Medical Center/Kettering Health Network
Less Common Benign Disorders of the Colon and Rectum
11/6/12, Dept. of Proctologic Surgery, Grandview Medical Center/Kettering Health Network Surgery for Crohn’s Disease
10/3/12, American College of Osteopathic Surgeons & Proctology, Annual Clinical Assembly Legal Pitfalls of the Surgeon & Risk Prevention Techniques
9/25/12, Dept. of Proctologic Surgery, Grandview Medical Center/Kettering Health Network Surgical Management of Ulcerative Colitis
9/18/12, Dept. of Proctologic Surgery, Grandview Medical Center/Kettering Health Network Medical Management of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
9/11/12, Dept. of Proctologic Surgery, Grandview Medical Center/Kettering Health Network Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Diagnosis and Evaluation
9/4/12, Dept. of Proctologic Surgery, Grandview Medical Center/Kettering Health Network Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colon Cancer
8/28/12, Dept. of Proctologic Surgery, Grandview Medical Center/Kettering Health Network Miscellaneous Neoplasms
8/21/12, Dept. of Proctologic Surgery, Grandview Medical Center/Kettering Health Network Presacral Tumors
8/14/12, Dept. of Proctologic Surgery, Grandview Medical Center/Kettering Health Network Anal Cancer
8/7/12, Dept. of Proctologic Surgery, Grandview Medical Center/Kettering Health Network Colorectal Cancer: Metastatic Palliation
7/31/12, Dept. of Proctologic Surgery, Grandview Medical Center/Kettering Health Network Management of Locally Advanced and Recurrent Rectal Cancer
7/24/12, Dept. of Proctologic Surgery, Grandview Medical Center/Kettering Health Network Colorectal Cancer Surveillance
7/17/12, Dept. of Proctologic Surgery, Grandview Medical Center/Kettering Health Network Adjuvant Therapy for Colorectal Cancer
7/10/12, Dept. of Proctologic Surgery, Grandview Medical Center/Kettering Health Network Surgical Treatment of Rectal Cancer
7/3/12, Dept. of Proctologic Surgery, Grandview Medical Center/Kettering Health Network The Preoperative Staging of Rectal Cancer
5/29/12, Dept. of Proctologic Surgery, Grandview Medical Center/Kettering Health Network Surgical Management of Colon Cancer
5/22/12, Dept. of Proctologic Surgery, Grandview Medical Center/Kettering Health Network Colon Cancer Evaluation and Staging
5/15/12, Dept. of Proctologic Surgery, Grandview Medical Center/Kettering Health Network Polyposis Syndromes
5/8/12, Dept. of Proctologic Surgery, Grandview Medical Center/Kettering Health Network Polyps
4/24/12, Dept. of Proctologic Surgery, Grandview Medical Center/Kettering Health Network Screening for Colorectal Neoplasms
4/17/12, Dorothy Lane Lecture Series, Dayton, OH Colon Health and Wellness
4/17/12, Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Grandview Medical Center/Kettering Health Network Medical Student Lecture Series-Management of Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding
11/8/12, Dept. of Proctologic Surgery, Grandview Medical Center/Kettering Health Network Colorectal Cancer: Epidemiology, Etiology and Molecular Bodies
10/28/12, Dept. of Proctologic Surgery, Grandview Medical Center/Kettering Health Network Colon and Rectal Trauma and Rectal Foreign Bodies
10/15/11, Dept. of Proctologic Surgery, Grandview Medical Center/Kettering Health Network Endometriosis
10/11/11, Dept. of Proctologic Surgery, Grandview Medical Center/Kettering Health Network Lower Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
10/4/11, Dept. of Proctologic Surgery, Grandview Medical Center/Kettering Health Network Colonic Volvulus
9/27/11, Dept. of Proctologic Surgery, Grandview Medical Center/Kettering Health Network Diverticular Disease
9/17/11, American College of Osteopathic Surgeons & Proctology, Annual Clinical Assembly Intestinal Helminthic Infections
9/5/11, College of Osteopathic Surgeons & Proctology, Annual Clinical Assembly Sexually Transmitted Diseases
8/30/11, Dept. of Proctologic Surgery, Grandview Medical Center/Kettering Health Network Perianal Dermatology and Pruritis Ani
8/23/11, Dept. of Proctologic Surgery, Grandview Medical Center/Kettering Health Network Pilionidal Disease and Hidradenitis Suppurativa
8/16/11, Dept. of Proctologic Surgery, Grandview Medical Center/Kettering Health Network Rectovaginal Fistulas
8/9/11, Dept. of Proctologic Surgery, Grandview Medical Center/Kettering Health Network Anorectal Abscess and Fistulas
8/2/11, Dept. of Proctologic Surgery, Grandview Medical Center/Kettering Health Network Anorectal Fissures
7/26/11, Dept. of Proctologic Surgery, Grandview Medical Center/Kettering Health Network Anorectal Hemorrhoids
7/19/11, Dept. of Proctologic Surgery, Grandview Medical Center/Kettering Health Network Colonic Physiology
7/12/11, Dept. of Proctologic Surgery, Grandview Medical Center/Kettering Health Network Anatomy and Embryology of the Colon, Rectum and Anus

Selected Bibliography

Roberts v. Galen: The Supreme Court Rejects and Improper Motive Requirements for Asserting an EMTALA (Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act) Claim, 4 HEALTH LAW JOURNAL 2 (1999).
The Rapid Detoxification Solution as a Condition of Probation, an Alternative to Incarceration for Opiate Possession. Accepted for publication in THE JOURNAL OF LEGAL MEDICINE.
Evaluation of Metastatic Meningioma with 2-Deoxy-2-[18F] Fluoro-D-Glucose PET/CT, Maz Ghodsian, RN, JD, Sebastian
Obrzut, MD, Christian C. Hyde, MD, Willaim J. Watts, MD and Christiann Schiepers, MD, PhD. Clin Nuci Med. 2005 Nov; 30(11): 717-20.
The use of CybeKnife Therapy in the Treatment of Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Gabella, Oscar Streeter, MD., Maz Ghodsian, R.N., D.O., J.D. Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Southern California.
Post Operative Compliance of Intermittent Pneumatic Compression Devices after Colorectal Surgery; One Institution’s Experience, Maz Ghodsian D.O., J.D., Phillip Fleshner, M.D., Cheryl Lau., Department of Colorectal Surgery, Cedars Sinai Medical Center

The Hemorrhoids Centers of Los Angeles (Beverly Hills, Newport Beach, and Huntington Beach) specialize in taking exceptional care of each patient from the initial consultation to the post-recovery period. The honor and privilege of caring for patients comes with the responsibility and dedication of the doctor’s staff to the utmost standard of excellence in patient care and final outcome. As a best in class, top rated Los Angeles Proctologist, Dr. Maz Ghodsian, and his team of specialists provide highly personalized and comprehensive care. If you have any questions or would like to schedule a consultation, please use the eForm on the right or contact the location closest to you to get started on the road to recovery:

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