About
Meet Dr. Kamrava, Colorectal Surgeon in Los Angeles
Allen Kamrava, MD, MBA, FACS, FASCRS
A colon and rectal surgeon in Beverly Hills, board-certified in both colon & rectal surgery and general surgery, and Associate Teaching Faculty in the Division of Colon & Rectal Surgery at Cedars-Sinai since 2012. Most of what he treats is treated in the office, under local anesthetic, in a single visit.
He trained in general surgery at Kaiser Permanente in Los Angeles and in colon and rectal surgery at the University of Pennsylvania, and has practised in Beverly Hills since. His clinical interests are inflammatory bowel disease, advanced colorectal cancer, and complex anal disease — and, increasingly, the ordinary, embarrassing, extremely common problems that people put off for years.
#3
in the nation
Cedars-Sinai · Gastroenterology & GI Surgery
Since 2012
Cedars-Sinai faculty
Associate Teaching Faculty, Colon & Rectal Surgery
12 yrs
Top Doctor
Best of the Best, Los Angeles Magazine
4.7 / 5
patient rating
Yelp, Vitals and others
Board-certified in Colon & Rectal Surgery and General Surgery · Fellow, American College of Surgeons (FACS) · Fellow, American Society of Colon & Rectal Surgeons (FASCRS) · Colon & Rectal Surgery fellowship, University of Pennsylvania. Ranking: U.S. News & World Report, Best Hospitals 2026–27.
Credentials
Board-certified twice, and fellowship-trained at Penn.
- Board certification
- Colon & Rectal SurgeryAmerican Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery
- General SurgeryAmerican Board of Surgery
- Society fellowships
- FACSFellow, American College of Surgeons
- FASCRSFellow, American Society of Colon & Rectal Surgeons
- Appointment
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center — since 2012Associate Teaching Faculty, Department of Surgery, Division of Colon & Rectal Surgery. Cedars-Sinai ranks #3 in the United States for Gastroenterology & GI Surgery.
- Hospital affiliations
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
- La Peer Health Systems
- Degrees
- MDTemple University School of Medicine
- MBATemple University, Fox School of Business
- B.S. NeuroscienceUniversity of California, Los Angeles
Hospital ranking: U.S. News & World Report, Best Hospitals 2026–27, Gastroenterology & GI Surgery. The ranking is the hospital's; the appointment is his.

About
Fourteen years of training for one conversation.
Dr. Kamrava has served as Associate Teaching Faculty in the Division of Colon & Rectal Surgery at Cedars-Sinai since 2012, and presented original outcomes data at the American Society of Colon & Rectal Surgeons Annual Scientific Meeting. Clinical interests include inflammatory bowel disease, advanced colorectal cancer, and complex anal disease.
| Undergraduate | UCLA | B.S. Neuroscience |
|---|---|---|
| Medical + business | Temple University | MD, School of Medicine; MBA, Fox School of Business |
| Residency | Kaiser Permanente, Los Angeles | General Surgery |
| Fellowship | University of Pennsylvania | Colon & Rectal Surgery |
| Appointment | Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | Associate Teaching Faculty, Dept. of Surgery, Division of Colon & Rectal Surgery — since 2012 |
Beyond the clinic
Research, teaching, and a set of board notes given away for a decade.
Presenting original outcomes at the specialty's own scientific meeting, and handing your board notes to the people sitting the exam behind you, are both harder to fake than an adjective. They are also, between them, most of what a resident or a referring physician would actually want to know.
Research
Pilonidal laser outcomes, presented at ASCRS
A series of 196 procedures in 178 patients through June 2025 — 94% first-pass cure in patients with no prior surgery, 99% overall — presented at the 2026 American Society of Colon & Rectal Surgeons Annual Scientific Meeting in Tampa. The manuscript is under review; it is not yet published.
Pilonidal disease →Teaching
Board review notes for residents
The notes he took chapter by chapter through the ASCRS textbook as a fellow at Penn, and has kept rewriting since — the current set covers all 72 chapters of the fourth edition. Posted free since 2014: 452 pages across 5 PDFs, no sign-up.
Study guides for residents & fellows →Writing
Colorectal Surgery Review
An academic, sponsor-free podcast on colorectal surgery, plus a condition library of sixty entries written and reviewed here rather than licensed in.
The podcast →
Recognition
- Best of the Best Top Doctors — Los Angeles MagazineColon & rectal surgery, twelve consecutive years, most recently 2026.
- Super Doctors — Southern CaliforniaSix consecutive years, 2022 through 2027.
- Super Doctors Rising Stars — Southern CaliforniaThree consecutive years, 2014 through 2016.
- Presented at the American Society of Colon & Rectal SurgeonsOriginal pilonidal laser outcomes, 2026 Annual Scientific Meeting, Tampa.
As seen in
- Los Angeles Magazine
- Huffington Post
- Women's Health
- Healthline
- Modern Healthcare
- General Surgery News
- Becker's ASC Review
Patient rating 4.7 / 5 across Yelp, Vitals and others.
Biography
The office
435 N. Bedford Drive, Beverly Hills.
Third floor, Suite 308 — the entrance is on Bedford Drive. Free public parking lot on Bedford Drive, adjacent to the building. Consultations are also available by video.
Monday–Friday, 9 am – 5 pm · 424.279.8222
Surgery is never self-scheduled — it is arranged with a coordinator by phone.
