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Amir Berjis
Amir Berjis, M.D., M.A.C.M.
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1700 Mt. Vernon Ave.
Background
Vice Chair, Department of Surgery, Kern Medical Center (2021-Present)
Member, Board of Governors of the Kern County Hospital Authority (2016-Present)
Designated Institutional Official, Kern Medical Center (2017-Present)
Director of Medical Education, Kern Medical Center (2015-Present)
Director, Thoracic Surgery, Kern Medical Center (2013-Present)
Director, Thoracic Oncology Program, AIS Cancer Center (2013-2015)
Attending Physician and Director, Bakersfield Thoracic Surgery (2007-2015)
Clinical Instructor, Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of California, Los Angeles (2006-2007)
Other Interests
Graduate Medical Education
Undergraduate Medical Education
Thoracic Oncology
Thoracic and Cardiac Trauma
Additional Educational Information
University of California, Los Angeles (B.S., Biochemistry 1995)
Saint Louis University, School of Medicine (M.D. 1999)
Kern Medical Center, General Surgery Residency (1999-2004)
Medical College of Wisconsin, Cardiothoracic Residency (2004-2006)
University of California, Los Angeles, Thoracic Oncology Fellowship (2006-2007)
University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Masters of Academic Medicine (2019-2021)
Practice Areas
- Thoracic