Maryam Gholizadeh

Biography

Maryam Gholizadeh, M.D., is Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of California, Irvine, and an attending surgeon at CHOC Hospital, where she has served in several administrative roles including Chairman of the Surgery Department from 2013 to 2017 and Pediatric Surgery Section Chief from 2007 to 2013. She received her M.D. from George Washington University and completed fellowships in pediatric surgery at Children's National Medical Center and pediatric surgical oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. She is board certified in both general surgery and pediatric surgery.

Gholizadeh's clinical and research work focuses on pediatric surgical oncology and complex neonatal conditions. Her research has examined surgical management of metastatic disease in children, including liver metastases and pulmonary metastases in osteosarcoma patients, as well as outcomes in high-risk neuroblastoma. She has also contributed to research on pediatric trauma outcomes, including studies of readmission risk and injury patterns in pediatric trauma patients with cancer.

Gholizadeh is a member of the American Pediatric Surgical Association, the American College of Surgeons, and the Children's Oncology Group. She currently serves on the Medical Staff Performance Committee and Medical Executive Committee at CHOC Hospital, and is a member of the PSF Board of Directors. She also chairs the Clinical Competency Committee for the Pediatric Surgery Fellowship at CHOC and serves on the hospital's performance improvement committee.

Education

• B.A., George Mason University, 1990
• M.D., George Washington University, 1994

Distinctions

• Best Chief Resident, 2000
• 2nd Place Annual Scientific Presentation, 1997, 2000
• Golden Key National Honor Society, 1987-1990
• Physicians of Excellence in Orange county
• W.T. Gill Research Fellowship, 1992
• Dean's list, George Mason University, 1987-1990