Department of Surgery Welcomes Clinical Assistant Professor Dr. Lusine Mesropyan

The University of Arizona College of Medicine Tucson Department of Surgery is pleased to welcome Lusine Mesropyan, DO, MA, as a clinical assistant professor in the Division of Surgical Oncology.

Dr. Mesropyan is board certified in general surgery and fellowship trained in hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery. Prior to joining the College of Medicine Tucson, Dr. Mesropyan led the Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery program at the Conemaugh Health System in Pennsylvania.

Improving quality of life through medicine, surgery and education is the intent of my daily interactions with patients and of my profession, she said. It is a privilege to be trusted with the health of an individual and an honor to serve each patient.

Dr. Mesropyan earned her Medical Degree from Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine in California and pursued research at the University of Southern California Research Center for Liver Diseases. She completed general surgery residency at Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Following residency, she completed a hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery fellowship at Florida Hospital in Orlando.

Dr. Mesropyan is a passionate educator and holds research interests in the fields of both benign and malignant diseases of the liver and pancreas. She is a member of the American College of Surgeons, Americas Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association, and the International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association.

When Dr. Mesropyan is not seeing patients, she enjoys reading and traveling.