Neurosurgery, Brain & Spinal Tumor, Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery, Pituitary Surgery, Skull Base Neurosurgery, Surgery

Walavan Sivakumar, MD, is a fellowship-trained neurosurgeon with a focus on skull base and minimally invasive and endoscopic neursosurgery. Dr. Sivakumar has a particular interest and expertise in brain tumors, skull-base tumors, pituitary/parasellar tumors, and intra-ventricular brain tumors, and he applies the keyhole concept, utilizing advanced neuroimaging and microsurgical techniques to minimize collateral damage to the brain.

Dr. Sivakumar sees patients at Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center Torrance and Providence Saint John’s Health Center in Santa Monica. He is available for consultation and his office staff may be reached at 310-582-7450.

Critical Care Medicine, Internal Medicine and General Medicine, Healthcare Management, Medical Education

Surgery of the Hand, Orthopedic Surgery, wrist Surgery, Infectious Diseases, Medical Education. Clinical Research, Arthroscopic Surgery, Reconstructive Surgery, Pediatric and Congenital Hand Surgery

Dr. Glickel is a prominent hand surgeon who is devoted to surgery of the hand, wrist, forearm and elbow with a particular interest in Dupuytren Disease, arthritis reconstruction, trauma, nerve compression, elbow surgery, arthroscopy and sports injuries. He was Director of the CV Starr Hand Surgery Center from 2001 to 2016, and is currently the Director of Hand Surgery at The Roosevelt Hand to Shoulder Center at OrthoManhattan and a Clinical Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at NYU Langone Medical Center.

Dr. Glickel received his Doctor of Medicine degree from Harvard Medical School, after which he did an internship and residency in General Surgery at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York. He completed a residency in Orthopedic Surgery at the Harvard Combined Orthopedic Program which included the Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Boston Children’s Hospital.

Surgery, Cardiovascular Surgery, Regenerative Medicine, Cardiovascular Physiology

Dr. Yoshiki Sawa is the Professor at Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine and the Advisor to CiRA (Center for iPS cell Research and Application) at Kyoto University. His research activities include heart transplantation, artificial organs, gene and regenerative therapies. His dedication to the research led to receive numerous awards and honors, such as Japan Biomaterial Association Award, Scientific Technology Award sponsored by Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare award.

He is also the Director of Japanese Surgical Society and the President of Japanese Society of Regenerative Medicine. He earned a medical degree from Osaka University Medical School in 1980 and joined the First Department of Surgery, Osaka University School of Medicine. In 1989, he earned Humboldt scholarship to pursue further education in both the departments of cardiovascular physiology and cardiac surgery at the Max-Planck Institute in Germany. After returning to Japan, he became Chief surgeon at the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery in 2004, Professor and Chief at the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, the Director at Medical Center for Translational Research at Osaka University Hospital in 2006. He was appointed to the Dean at Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine from 2015 – March 2017.

Nursing, Healthcare Management, Internal Medicine, Medical Education, Clinical Research, Nursing Education, Primary Care, Critical Care, Acute Care