Jeffrey A. Hagen, MD

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Areas of Treatment:

Specialties:

  • Cardiovascular Disease
  • Lung Cancer
  • Thoracic Surgery

Title:

  • Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery
  • Program Director, General Surgery Residency Program

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Locations:

Sub-specialties:

  • Thoracic and Foregut Surgery

Background:

Jeffrey A. Hagen, M.D., assistant professor of Surgery, is the Chief of the Thoracic/Foregut Surgery at LAC+USC Medical Center. A board certified General and Thoracic surgeon, his interests focus on benign and malignant diseases of the esophagus and lungs. His clinical and research interests include the treatment of a wide variety of esophageal disorders, with a special emphasis on esophageal cancer, and the treatment of other diseases of the chest including lung cancer, mediastinal and tracheal tumors, and surgical treatment of emphysema. Dr. Hagen earned his undergraduate and medical degrees from Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. While there, he completed a general surgery residency before coming to USC to gain additional expertise in esophageal surgery as a clinical fellow in 1991 under the direction of Dr. Tom DeMeester. He then completed his cardiothoracic surgery residency, which focused on general thoracic surgery and lung transplantation at Barnes Hospital, Washington University in St. Louis. He joined the USC faculty in 1994.


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Education:

  • Doctor of Medicine, Medicine, Creighton University, 1986 magna cum laude

Internships:

  • Creighton University; General Surgery, 1986 - 1987

Residencies:

  • Creighton University - General Surgery, 1987 - 1991
  • Barnes Hospital / Washington University - Thoracic Surgery, 1992 - 1994

Fellowships:

  • LAC+USC Medical Center - Esophageal Surgery, 1991 - 1992

Board Certification:

  • American Board of Surgery
  • American Board of Thoracic Surgery

Professional Society Memberships:

  • Alpha Omega Alpha
  • American College of Chest Physicians
  • American College of Gastroenterology
  • American College of Surgeons
  • American Gastroenterological Association
  • Esophageal Surgery Club
  • General Thoracic Surgical Club
  • International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus
  • Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons
  • Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
  • Society of Thoracic Surgeons
  • Los Angeles County Medical Association
  • Los Angeles Surgical Society
  • Salerni Collegium
  • Society of Graduate Surgeons
  • Trudeau Society

Awards:

  • Valedictorian - Armstrong Senior High, 1978
  • Presidential Scholarship - Creighton University, 1978
  • Pi Mu Epsilon Mathematics Honor Society, 1980
  • John A. Gentleman Honor Scholarship, 1983
  • Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society, 1984
  • Creighton University Surgical Society Distinguished Student Award 1986

Languages:

  • English