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Serving the Greater Los Angeles Area for over 15 years.

About Us

Welcome to the
Century Gastroenterology Instutite

 

Century GI has gained international recognition for its excellence in the field of Gastroenterology treating liver, pancreas, biliary diseases and other digestive disorders. Our multi-specialty approach to patient care gives you access to nationally recognized medical doctors and other allied health professionals.

Having your procedure performed with us gives you the comfort and safety of knowing your care is provided by the most experienced doctors and nurses, the latest technology and all the amenities.  We provide procedures and care for the following below.

Call Century GI at 310.556.7747 to schedule your appointment with Dr. Vosoghi. We can consult, diagnosis and treat same day, and/or schedule your procedure as early as one week. We accept Medicare, work with your insurance carrier and can obtain pre-authorization if your insurance requires it.

Ask about our all-inclusive cash payment option as well as our cost effective measures including controlling fees for anesthesia.

Meet Our Specialist.
Dr. Merhdad Vosoghi, MD FACG

Board Certified Gastroenterologist

EXPERIENCE

Medical Director of the Pancreatobiliary Program (CDDI) at Olympia Medical Center | 07/2006 – 03/2021

Medical Director of Century Gastroenterology Institute | 03/2021 – Current

Research and Publications

June 1992-May 1995

Laboratory of Dr.Dhoni Glitz at UCLA Department of Biological
Chemistry. Electron microscopy with immunogold staining of the ultra
thin frozen and plastic sections of several human tissues and red blood cells.
Ribonuclease inhibitor of human protein erythrocytes;
Catheterization, loss of activity in response to oxidative stress, Result
published in April 1998.

Jan.1997-Feb.1999

Michel Moenner, Mehrdad Vosoghi, Sergry Ryazantsev, Dhon Glitz.
Blood, Cells, Molecules, and Diseases; 24(8): 149-164.
Kutheran General hospital, Department of Surgery
Case study of extensive number of laparoscopic cholecystectomy
procedures, to identify possible complications of this procedure that lead
to open cholecystectomy

Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Division of Gastroenterology

Ten year follow-up treatment of patients with esophageal cancer at
Harbor-ULCA Medical Center. Seventy-seven cases were selected and
classified into three groups: (1) Chemotherapy plus radiation without surgery; (2) Surgery alone; and (3) No intervention. Results showed that
patients with stage IIB/III (local lymph node metastasis) who received
Chemotherapy ad radiation therapy survived longer when compared with surgery alone or no intervention.

Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

Experience of 14 patients with EUS-guided pancreatic pseudocyst drainage and literature review of pancreatic pseudocyst management. In this review, we compared the success rate, recurrence rate, morbidity, and mortality of surgical, percutaneous,
transpapillary, and transenteric drainage of pancreatic pseudocyst.

The results of our study had been published on Medscape 7/18/2002. I was listed as the first author.

 

Education

  • Undergraduate
    University of Los Angeles, CA (UCLA)
    Bachelor Degree in Biology
  • Graduate
    University of Los Angeles, CA (UCLA)
    Master Degree in Biological Chemistry
  • Medical School
    Finch University of the Health Science/The Chicago
    Medical School
    MD Degree and Master Degree in Physiological Science
  • Residency
    Internal Medicine
    Harbor-UCLA Street
    1000 Carson Street
    Torrance, CA 90509
    June 1999-June 2002

Language Fluency

  • English
  • Farsi
  • Spanish

 

Awards

  • Olympia Medical Center Physician of the Quarter, 4th Quarter, 2008