Avital Harari, MD FACS

Dr. Avital Harari is an Endocrine Surgeon and Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Texas at Austin, graduating with Highest Honors and as a member of the Phi Beta Kappa National Honor Society. Thereafter, she received her medical degree with distinction at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, graduating in the top 10% of her medical school class. She trained in general surgery at Columbia University in New York City prior to completing the premier Endocrine Surgery fellowship in the country at the University of California, San Francisco (2010). Thereafter she completed a Master's of Science in Clinical Research as a new faculty member at UCLA. In 2022, she completed an MBA with Healthcare Specialization from UCLA Anderson School of Management with an Outstanding Academic Excellence Award (top 2% of her class). She is a member and leader of a wide range of professional organizations including the American College of Surgeons, the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons, and the American Thyroid Association. Dr. Harari has received many academic honors at all levels of her education and has a growing bibliography. Dr. Harari’s clinical and research interests include the multidisciplinary management of benign and malignant tumors of the adrenal, thyroid, and parathyroid glands as well as the neuroendocrine pancreas. She is also interested in familial endocrine disorders (such as multiple endocrine neoplasia). She offers a wide range of unique services including retroperitoneal or transabdominal laparoscopic adrenalectomy, mini-incision thyroid and parathyroid surgery, central and modified neck dissection, and laparoscopic removal of pancreatic tumors. Her interests in addition to endocrine surgery include promoting women in the field of surgery, global health, surgical education and surgical outcomes.

Endocrine (Gland)

• adrenal cancers/tumors
• adrenal surgery
• Endocrine (Gland)
• hyperparathyroidism
• pancreatic endocrine tumors
• parathyroid cancer
• parathyroid surgery
• pheochromocytoma
• thyroid nodules/cancer
• thyroid surgery

Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center

Los Angeles, CA

Attending

09/2010—Present

Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center

Los Angeles, CA

Attending

09/2010—Present

University of California, Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine

Los Angeles, CA

Assistant Professor

09/2010—Present

University of California, Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine

Los Angeles, CA

Associate Professor

07/2018—Present