Claudia Emami, Surgeon (Pediatric)
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Claudia Emami

Surgeon (Pediatric) | Pediatric Surgery

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Dr. Claudia Emami practices Pediatric Surgery in Los Angeles, CA. Dr. Emami treats children who have a surgical disease. Some of the surgical problems seen by pediatric surgeons are often quite different from those commonly seen by adult or general surgeons. Dr. Emami diagnoses, treats, and manages childrens surgical needs such as abnormalities of the groin in childhood such as hernias, surgical repair of neonatal congenital diseases, surgical care of tumors, and minimally invasive procedures.

Education and Training

MD at the University of Southern California

UCLA school of Public Health MPH 2010

UCLA Microbiology and Molecular Gentetics B.S 2001

Board Certification

American Board of Surgery

Pediatric Surgery (Surgery)

Provider Details

Female English, Spanish, French, Persian 9 years of experience
Claudia Emami
Claudia Emami's Expert Contributions
  • Nausea after surgery

    The anesthesiologist maybe able to give you some anti nausea medication before they take you to the operating room and induce you for general anasthesia, that sometimes helps. Basically, the doctor that maybe able to help you with this is most likely the anasthesiologist. READ MORE

  • Can a colostomy bag ever be removed?

    The bag itself or are you referring to the colostomy itself? If you're referring to the colostomy, it can be reversed, it depends on why you're surgeon had to give you a colostomy to begin with. The colostomy bag is just an appliance, it can be removed and changed because it attaches onto the abdominal wall. READ MORE

Areas of expertise and specialization

General SurgeryPediatrics

Professional Memberships

  • American College of Surgeons  
  • The American Academy of Pediatrics  
  • American Pediatric Surgical Association  
  • Association of Women Surgeons  

Internships

  • LAC+USC Medical Center

Fellowships

  • McGill University

Professional Society Memberships

  • American Pediatric Surgical Association, Association of Women Surgeons

What do you attribute your success to?

  • Hard work and perseverance.

Hobbies / Sports

  • Traveling, Food, Cooking

Areas of research

Necrotising enterocolitis (NEC)

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