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Dr. Allen Kamrava

Colon and Rectal Surgery
Beverly Hills, CA
17 years experience male

About

Bio

Allen Kamrava M.D. earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Neuroscience at University of California, Los Angeles. His studies continued in Philadelphia, where he completed a dual graduate degree in medicine and business administration at Temple University’s School of Medicine, and The Fox School of Business. He then completed his General Surgical residency at Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Los Angeles. Dr. Kamrava continued his training with a fellowship in Colon and Rectal Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania where he fulfilled his lifelong desire of obtaining a highly specialized skill set. The University of Pennsylvania is the major tertiary care center in the tri-state region and Dr. Kamrava learned the advanced skills needed to treat complex colon and rectal diseases. He simultaneously received certification in advanced laparoscopic and robotic surgical techniques. Dr. Kamrava’s clinical research interests include the care of patients with inflammatory bowel disease, advanced colorectal cancers, and complex anal diseases. He is also developing methods for improving healthcare workflows and efficiencies. His specialized training in colorectal surgery and his advance education in business administration allow him to provide both advanced and time-tested solutions for his patients and the system as a whole. Dr. Kamrava is board certified.

Specialties
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Colon and Rectal Surgery

General Surgery

Doctor Q&A

397 Answers
117 Agrees
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A 21-year-old member asked:
Dr. Allen Kamrava
Colon and Rectal Surgery 17 years experience
Yes: Hepatitis a is transferred via fecal to oral route.
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A 23-year-old member asked:
Dr. Allen Kamrava
Colon and Rectal Surgery 17 years experience
No but: It can help with your recovery from surgery but not change the cancer itself.
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A 23-year-old member asked:
Dr. Allen Kamrava
Colon and Rectal Surgery 17 years experience
Depends on the stage: Colon cancer is staged. The stages dictate survival rates which are calculated based on a five year survival rate.
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A 44-year-old member asked:
Dr. Allen Kamrava
Colon and Rectal Surgery 17 years experience
All Different: Fissure: think paper cut in your anus hemorrhoids: think varicose veins in the anus fistula: much more complex - think aberrant tract from rectu... Read More
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A 43-year-old member asked:
Dr. Allen Kamrava
Colon and Rectal Surgery 17 years experience
See your surgeon: Ask your surgeon. It depends on the procedure. If it was a lay open technique, then probably not. Ultimately, your surgeon will know what techniqu... Read More
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A 60-year-old female asked:
Dr. Allen Kamrava
Colon and Rectal Surgery 17 years experience
Sometimes: Sometimes for both questions. Ct is not the best test for colon ca, but if it is advanced enough to cause a blockage, it is more likely to show it.... Read More
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A 32-year-old member asked:
Dr. Allen Kamrava
Colon and Rectal Surgery 17 years experience
Depends: Depending on your symptoms there are a few other options. In the end, however - if they find something you will likely still need a colonoscopy.
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A 41-year-old member asked:
Dr. Allen Kamrava
Colon and Rectal Surgery 17 years experience
Water & Fiber: Start with water and fiber (psyllium - unflavored). Avoid using the ipad on the toilet. Speak with your doctor - make sure it is hemorrhoids an... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:
Dr. Allen Kamrava
Colon and Rectal Surgery 17 years experience
Depends: Speak with your physician. Depends on the cause of your pain. Is it because of a stricture? Constipation? Ibd? Ibs? There are many causes of pain. ... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:
Dr. Allen Kamrava
Colon and Rectal Surgery 17 years experience
???: Constipation and bowel obstruction are two completely separate things. If you have: distention, vomitting and can't keep anything down - head stra... Read More
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A 20-year-old male asked:
Dr. Allen Kamrava
Colon and Rectal Surgery 17 years experience
Live your life: Spontaneous pneumothoraces usually occur in tall, skinny men. But not exclusively. That being said, there is a defined risk of recurrence. If you ... Read More
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A 49-year-old female asked:
Dr. Allen Kamrava
Colon and Rectal Surgery 17 years experience
Complex problem: This is a rectovaginal fistula. You really need to see a specialist for this as there are numerous causes. Depending on the cause and location a surge... Read More
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A female asked:
Dr. Allen Kamrava
Colon and Rectal Surgery 17 years experience
Psyllium Fiber: If you want to only care for this without any surgical intervention, then psyllium fiber or an equivalent is likely the best treatment for long term. ... Read More
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A 22-year-old female asked:
Dr. Allen Kamrava
Colon and Rectal Surgery 17 years experience
Yes: Bleeding, infection, cardiovascular collapse, DVT to pe, enterotomies, neurovascular compromise .... There are many many ways to die from any surgery.... Read More
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A 26-year-old female asked:
Dr. Allen Kamrava
Colon and Rectal Surgery 17 years experience
See a doctor: See a doctor immediately. It sounds infected and will only worsen if it is not drained. This needs to be drained and then in the future removed wit... Read More
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A 31-year-old male asked:
Dr. Allen Kamrava
Colon and Rectal Surgery 17 years experience
See your doctor: There are a few different things that this can be. I would suggest seeing your doctor for further evaluation and examination.
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A member asked:
Dr. Allen Kamrava
Colon and Rectal Surgery 17 years experience
See your doctor: Not possible to provide you sound medical advice with that description. Would suggest you follow up with your primary care physician.
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A 61-year-old female asked:
Dr. Allen Kamrava
Colon and Rectal Surgery 17 years experience
No: 10 year follow up after a colonoscopy is routine. It depends when your father was diagnosed with colon cancer. Still yet, you are at an age that an... Read More
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A 43-year-old member asked:
Dr. Allen Kamrava
Colon and Rectal Surgery 17 years experience
Speak with your doc: It is likely another diagnosis. Diverticulosis should not be causing you any pain symptoms.
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A 39-year-old male asked:
Dr. Allen Kamrava
Colon and Rectal Surgery 17 years experience
Psyllium Fiber: If you want to only care for this without any surgical intervention, then psyllium fiber or an equivalent is likely the best treatment for long term. ... Read More
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A 28-year-old male asked:
Dr. Allen Kamrava
Colon and Rectal Surgery 17 years experience
Recurrence: Recurrence after pilonidal surgery is a real entity and it happens, unfortunately more often than we'd like to admit. It sounds like you are having... Read More
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A 30-year-old female asked:
Dr. Allen Kamrava
Colon and Rectal Surgery 17 years experience
Discussion needed: Stage iii colon cancer does have a well defined 5-year survival rate with appropriate chemotherapy. However the chances that there is tumor spread... Read More
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A 33-year-old member asked:
Dr. Allen Kamrava
Colon and Rectal Surgery 17 years experience
Nest of Hair: Pilus literally is the latin word for nest. It is a nest of hair in the gluteal cleft. 79, 000 soldiers had this disease during world war ii. It was c... Read More
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A 48-year-old member asked:
Dr. Allen Kamrava
Colon and Rectal Surgery 17 years experience
Yes, but won't cure : Yes, you can "pop" it - but that will not provide for a cure. It will likely come back. It is best to see a physician in this situation to ensure ... Read More
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A 64-year-old female asked:
Dr. Allen Kamrava
Colon and Rectal Surgery 17 years experience
Needs work up: Elaine - there are a few things that come to mind. It is absolutely imperative that the cause be figured out however. It depends on how the per... Read More
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A 39-year-old male asked:
Dr. Allen Kamrava
Colon and Rectal Surgery 17 years experience
Yes: Play soccer and live your life. Fistulas can take a long time to treat successfully. You must live and enjoy life during this time.
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A male asked:
Dr. Allen Kamrava
Colon and Rectal Surgery 17 years experience
Hernia?: You may have an umbilical hernia or other derivation of similar etiologies. I'd suggest seeing a doc for further eval with history and then a good phy... Read More
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A 64-year-old female asked:
Dr. Allen Kamrava
Colon and Rectal Surgery 17 years experience
Yes: It is true that diverticulitis is most often on the left side of the abdomen. However right sided diverticulitis does occur and is not a result of con... Read More
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A 48-year-old female asked:
Dr. Allen Kamrava
Colon and Rectal Surgery 17 years experience
For years, BUT!: Internal hemorrhoids can bleed chronically. Nonetheless, it is extremely rare for somebody to become anemic from hemorrhoids. Realize that a small... Read More
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A 39-year-old male asked:
Dr. Allen Kamrava
Colon and Rectal Surgery 17 years experience
Colonoscopy: If you ware worried about colon cancer, get a colonoscopy. But really, you should speak with your doc to have a risk assessment and evaluation.
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A 27-year-old male asked:
Dr. Allen Kamrava
Colon and Rectal Surgery 17 years experience
See a doctor: Anal fissures should not feel like worms. I would suggest having a thorough discussion with a physician with an examination.
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A 24-year-old male asked:
Dr. Allen Kamrava
Colon and Rectal Surgery 17 years experience
Probably: You should see a doctor to be sure but common things being common more than likely hemorrhoids due to constipation.
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A 27-year-old male asked:
Dr. Allen Kamrava
Colon and Rectal Surgery 17 years experience
Suppository: You may have hard impacted stool in your rectum that is being pushed out by the loose stool from above. Try a suppository to see if it may soften ... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:
Dr. Allen Kamrava
Colon and Rectal Surgery 17 years experience
Impossible to say: Needs a full eval by a physician. Impossible to give you good advice like this. Go see her primary care physician for sound advice.
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A 18-year-old female asked:
Dr. Allen Kamrava
Colon and Rectal Surgery 17 years experience
Organs: Uti: urinary system appendicitis: gastrointestinal system they are different organs.
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A 24-year-old female asked:
Dr. Allen Kamrava
Colon and Rectal Surgery 17 years experience
This really depends: I wish i could give you a simple answer, but i can't. However, neither hemorrhoids nor fissure should give nausea. Fissure can cause loss in appetite,... Read More
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A 23-year-old female asked:
Dr. Allen Kamrava
Colon and Rectal Surgery 17 years experience
See a surgeon: The infection with pilonidal disease does not come from the outside/skin. Those measures, while may intuitively make sense, will not prevent recurrenc... Read More
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A 19-year-old male asked:
Dr. Allen Kamrava
Colon and Rectal Surgery 17 years experience
Drainage: It sounds like your hemorrhoid may have drained itself, and thus why you see the hole. I would suggest you see your primary care physician to evaluate... Read More
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A 36-year-old female asked:
Dr. Allen Kamrava
Colon and Rectal Surgery 17 years experience
Perforation: The two main risks of colonoscopy are perforation and missed lesions. The national rate of perforation is 1 in every 3, 000 to 5, 000 colonoscopies... Read More
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A 44-year-old female asked:
Dr. Allen Kamrava
Colon and Rectal Surgery 17 years experience
VHR? : Realize specialties all have their own abbreviations. Vhr can mean something different per specialty. If you are asking about after an open ventral... Read More
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A 29-year-old female asked:
Dr. Allen Kamrava
Colon and Rectal Surgery 17 years experience
Yes: Maintain normal hygiene however it is safe.
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A 37-year-old female asked:
Dr. Allen Kamrava
Colon and Rectal Surgery 17 years experience
No: What form of colitis? Diverticulitis? You should speak with a surgeon regarding the colitis. If they decide to do something surgically, often time... Read More
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A 27-year-old female asked:
Dr. Allen Kamrava
Colon and Rectal Surgery 17 years experience
NSAIDs: Nsaids such as motrin/ibuprofen over the counter should help. Anything stronger, speak with a physician first.
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A 27-year-old female asked:
Dr. Allen Kamrava
Colon and Rectal Surgery 17 years experience
See a doctor: If you surgery was in june, there is the possibility that these two things are unrelated. There are a few things that can be related to the surgery... Read More
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A 61-year-old female asked:
Dr. Allen Kamrava
Colon and Rectal Surgery 17 years experience
Should be fine: Without knowing anything other than that you have had colonoscopies that were fine, then more than likely this is a benign process of the anal area - ... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
Dr. Allen Kamrava
Colon and Rectal Surgery 17 years experience
Motility Disorder: Need to have a Gastroeterologist that you trust and work through these issues with. Look for one that specializes in Motility Disorders
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A member asked:
Dr. Allen Kamrava
Colon and Rectal Surgery 17 years experience
May know: I may know a few weight mgmt docs that may be interested.
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A 22-year-old female asked:
Dr. Allen Kamrava
Colon and Rectal Surgery 17 years experience
Continuum: There are numerous disorders that fall within a wide spectrum. They can be independent or closely related. There are numerous tests as well as you... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
Dr. Allen Kamrava
Colon and Rectal Surgery 17 years experience
2 day prep: The bowel prep can be done over two days rather than one for individuals with really bad constipation.
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A 37-year-old member asked:
Dr. Allen Kamrava
Colon and Rectal Surgery 17 years experience
Not necessarily: There are many reasons for B12 deficiency. It can be as simple as being a vegetarian. Speak with your doctor.
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Testimonials
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Feb 27, 2013
A highly skilled surgeon and compassionate and down to earth physician. I highly recommend him.
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Mar 7, 2013
He answered my question clearly,wisely ad supportively .he also advised me to proceed with my drs.health plans.highly recommend this dr. based on this question.
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Feb 28, 2013
A very knowledgable and caring doctor. He spent a great amount of time explaining my condition to me. Great bedside manner. I highly recommend him.
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Thank you, your answer or tip was very helpful! I went to have a checkup and the doctor said I had fissures in my rectum which is causing the pain.
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Thank you, your answer or tip was very helpful! What does it mean when you make a bowl movement but you cant get it to pass but yellow mucus
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful! I have no other option as steroids even not working and my doctor is going to remove colon. Plz hlp

Education & Training

Medical/Graduate school

Temple University School of Medicine, PA
Graduated 2006MD

Medical/Graduate school

Fox School of Business
Graduated 2005MD

Residency

KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - LOS ANGELES

Awards

Health Grades Honor Roll
Top Doctor, Second Place, Los Angeles, CA - Winter
2013
Thought Leader, Second Place, Los Angeles, CA - Winter
2013

Affiliations

American College of Surgeons
American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons
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