
Vatche G. Agopian
@vatcheagopianmd
Liver Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgeon @ UCLA dedicated to the care of patients with end-stage liver disease and malignancies of the liver and bile ducts
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Outstanding presidential address by Timothy Donahue Society of University Surgeons (SUS) “Empowering leaders. Better together.” #ASC2024


Battle of the biopsies: Role of tissue and liquid biopsy in hepatocellular carcinoma Journal of Hepatology doi.org/10.1016/j.jhep… 👏Very comprehensive review on liquid and tissue biopsy in HCC 😅It's not a battle, it complements each other ... ESMO - Eur. Oncology EASLnews ILCA #livertwitter


Grateful to our amazing UCLA surgical and medical oncology team (and the support of our external HAIC community) to help initiate our #HAIC program today! 1st pump implanted ✅ Excited to be able to offer this therapy to select patients with metastatic CRC and iCCA UCLA Health.


The Comprehensive Liver Research Center UCLA Health is a team of 65+ NIH-funded 🔬 & 🩺. Our mission is to understand every aspect of #MASLD as it relates to the diverse population of LA County. The center is led by @autophagie1 & Vatche G. Agopian. 👉uclahealth.org/departments/me…


Registration open! UCLA Health faculty discuss prevalent liver diseases & their complications using a multi-disciplinary approach w/hepatologists, radiologists, addiction medicine & surgeons. #livertwitter 🔹CME 🔹Hybrid 👉 Registration & agenda ucla.cloud-cme.com/course/courseo…


Dr. Ronald Busuttil, distinguished professor of surgery emeritus at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, has been named a recipient of the 2024 Medawar Prize by The Transplantation Society. He was recognized for his work advancing knowledge of liver transplantation. Read more: ucla.in/4bJLW5C

🍂 October is #LiverCancer awareness month -now that summer is over and you’re making your conference plans, add HCC-LIVE Conference on your list. We have an amazing agenda/speaker list and doing some exciting pre-conference work!! Amit G Singal Anthony El-Khoueiry Riad Salem Julie Heimbach

Last week, I joined like-minded individuals passionate about liver research, ranging from translational to clinical studies, at the inaugural UCLA Health Comprehensive Liver Research Symposium. Already looking forward to next year!


Just out on the The Lancet Oncology : our NeoHCC Study 🗞️ 📈 Path response after neoadj ICI predicts for RFS in HCC 🔥 HR 0.26 for RFS improvement with MPR 📊 30% of MPR is not predicted by ORR using RECIST 1.1 🎯 90% regression is the best threshold for RFS David James Pinato 🇺🇦 ILCA



ctDNA-based MRD & survival in resectable CRC Nature Medicine doi.org/10.1038/s41591… 🔎CIRCULATE-🇯🇵 GALAXY, 2,240 pts 👉shorter DFS in MRD+ patients 👉Better outcome after sustained ctDNA clearance in response to ACT 🧐What else do we need to implement into clinical practice?


Y90 RADSEG now #1 bridging treatment in US ahead of TACE, ablation and EBRT JVIR Allison Kwong Daniel Sze Society of Interventional Radiology CIRSE ASTS AASLD EASLnews ILTS American Society of Transplantation (AST) ASTRO ACRO - American College of Radiation Oncology NorthwesternIR Northwestern Medicine jvir.org/article/S1051-…



Every year I feel so fortunate to be part of this #livercancer community with these amazing friends who are true leaders sharing a common goal! Amongst the beautiful chaos that is life, it’s important to find your passion and your people 🤍. That’s a wrap HCC-LIVE Conference!!


Center-Level variations are associated with disparate waitlist mortality and probability of liver transplant in MELD 35 and greater patients by Vatche G. Agopian and colleagues. journals.lww.com/lt/abstract/99…

The crew at American Surgical. Jennifer F Tseng MD MPH Flavio G Rocha, MD, FACS, FSSO Adam Yopp Ajay Maker


Transplant surgeon overload for our incredible American Surgical Association past president Dr Jim Economou. Humbled to be here. #AmerSurg25 Andrew Cameron Ali Zarrinpar UCLA Surgery
