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GIST Specialist Serving Los Angeles and Surrounding Areas

Joshua Ellenhorn, MD, FACS treats gastrointestinal stromal tumors at Cedars-Sinai and sees patients from across Los Angeles County and out of state. Select your area below.

GIST Specialist for Agoura Hills

The whole pathway, from diagnosis through surgery to follow-up.

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GIST Specialist for Arizona

Records reviewed remotely first, so you only travel if it changes your plan.

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GIST Specialist for Bel Air

Being in the best possible condition before the operation.

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GIST Specialist for Beverly Crest

How long adjuvant therapy should actually run, and why.

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GIST Specialist for Beverly Hills

Why a rare tumor warrants a narrow specialty, ten minutes from the Golden Triangle.

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GIST Specialist for Brentwood

Tumors found incidentally on imaging, and surgery in older patients.

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GIST Specialist for Burbank

Reading your pathology report, and the tumors GIST is mistaken for.

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GIST Specialist for Calabasas

How to evaluate any GIST surgeon, including this one.

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GIST Specialist for Century City

Recovery timelines and downtime for a working population.

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GIST Specialist for Cheviot Hills

Drug resistance, and why the treatment sequence exists in that order.

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GIST Specialist for Culver City

How recurrence risk is graded, and why you should know your category.

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GIST Specialist for El Segundo

Positive margins, and when a second operation is not needed.

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GIST Specialist for Encino

Shrinking a bulky tumor with medication before operating on it.

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GIST Specialist for Glendale

Rectal GIST, and preserving the sphincter rather than accepting a stoma.

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GIST Specialist for Hancock Park

How GIST differs from other sarcomas, and why the label changes treatment.

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GIST Specialist for Hermosa Beach

Week by week return to activity after surgery.

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GIST Specialist for Holmby Hills

Very small tumors, how common they are, and when to leave them alone.

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GIST Specialist for La Cañada Flintridge

Which scan answers which question, and which ones you do not need.

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GIST Specialist for Larchmont

Written for the family member coming to the appointment.

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GIST Specialist for Los Feliz

Living with targeted therapy across three years.

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GIST Specialist for Malibu

Peritoneal spread, and the honest limits of what surgery achieves.

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GIST Specialist for Manhattan Beach

GIST under forty, and its genetic dimension.

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GIST Specialist for Marina del Rey

Why a responding tumor can look bigger on a scan.

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GIST Specialist for Marina Peninsula

What the first forty eight hours after the operation involve.

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GIST Specialist for Nevada

Four hours from Las Vegas, with records reviewed before you drive.

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GIST Specialist for Pacific Palisades

Obstruction and perforation, the two presentations that cannot wait.

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GIST Specialist for Palos Verdes Estates

Why GIST is so often mistaken for something benign for months.

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GIST Specialist for Pasadena

Metastatic disease and liver-directed treatment.

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GIST Specialist for Playa del Rey

A GIST alongside another cancer, and which one sets the agenda.

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GIST Specialist for Playa Vista

How to obtain your own imaging and pathology, and why it matters.

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GIST Specialist for Rancho Palos Verdes

Life after treatment, and the fear that tends to follow it.

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GIST Specialist for Redondo Beach

Esophageal and junctional tumors, and keeping your anatomy intact.

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GIST Specialist for Rolling Hills Estates

Getting a second opinion without the awkwardness.

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GIST Specialist for San Marino

Clinical trials, and when they are genuinely relevant to GIST.

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GIST Specialist for Santa Monica

Small bowel GIST and the unexplained anemia workup that finds it.

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GIST Specialist for Sherman Oaks

Duodenal GIST, and why it often does not require a Whipple.

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GIST Specialist for South Pasadena

Tumor rupture, and why the capsule matters more than the margin.

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GIST Specialist for Studio City

Bleeding GIST, and which symptoms genuinely need the same day.

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GIST Specialist for Tarzana

Surveillance after surgery, and rebuilding a follow-up plan that lapsed.

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GIST Specialist for Toluca Lake

The specialists involved, and which decision each one owns.

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GIST Specialist for Trousdale Estates

Which part of the stomach comes out, and what that costs you.

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GIST Specialist for West Hollywood

Gastric lesions found on endoscopy, and when watching beats operating.

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GIST Specialist for Westwood

Institutional reputation versus how many your surgeon has actually done.

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GIST Specialist in Los Angeles

Whether you are looking for a GIST surgeon in Los Angeles, a second opinion on gastrointestinal stromal tumor treatment, or simply a specialist to review the scans you already have, the starting point is the same. Send your imaging and pathology and you will get a specific answer on whether surgery is indicated, which operation, and whether medication should come first.

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