Mehraneh D. Jafari, MD

• Colorectal Disease Services
• Gastrointestinal Cancer Services
• Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Services

• American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Colon & Rectal Surgery
• American Board of Surgery, Surgery

• English

Drexel University College of MedicineMD

UC IrvineGeneral Surgery

University of California Irvine Medical CenterGeneral Surgery

Columbia University - NY Presbyterian HospitalColon and rectal surgery
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterColon and Rectal Surgery
Weill Cornell University- NY Presbyterian HospitalColon and Rectal Surgery

• Assistant Professor — Division of Colon & Rectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, UCI School of Medicine
• Associate Program Director — Colon and Rectal Surgery Residency (Fellowship) Program, UCI School of Medicine
• Associate Director of Education — General Surgery, UCI School of Medicine
• Co-chair — Gastrointestinal Disease Oriented Team, UC Irvine Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Member — American College of Surgeons
• Member — Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons
• Member — American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons
• Member — Clinical Robotic Surgery Association

• Best Presentation Award June 2017 — American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgery Annual Meeting
• Best Paper Award January 2017 — Southern California Chapter of the American College of Surgeons
• Excellence in Research Award October 2015 — American College of Surgeons Scientific Forum
• John E. Connolly Chairman Award, Outstanding Achievement as a Resident June 2015
• Best Video Presentation June 2015 — American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons
• 5th Worldwide Congress Best Selected Video Presentation October 2013 — Clinical Robotic Surgery Association
• Best Video Presentation June 2013 — International Congress of the European Association for Endoscopic Surgery

Dr. Mehraneh Dorna Jafari is a board-certified UCI Health colon and rectal surgeon who specializes in diseases and disorders of the lower gastrointestinal tract.

Jafari’s clinical interests include colon, rectal and anal cancer, recurrent cancer, ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease, diverticulitis, colon and rectal polyps, rectal prolapse, anal fissures, fistulas and hemorrhoids. She also specializes in minimally invasive robot-assisted surgical approaches to colon and rectal surgery as well as multidisciplinary treatments for recurrent and advanced colon and rectal cancer.

Jafari earned her medical degree from Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia, followed by a residency in general surgery at UCI School of Medicine in Irvine. She completed a fellowship in colon and rectal surgery at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center and at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.

Jafari sees patients at UCI Health H.H. Chao Comprehensive Digestive Disease Center in Orange and at UCI Health Digestive Disease Center — Newport in Costa Mesa.

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