Otalaryngologist

Facial Paralysis Institute
Babak Larian, MD, FACS
Director, Head & Neck Surgery

Babak Larian, M.D. Is the Director of the Center for Advanced Head & Neck Oncology. He is also an Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Prior to creating the Center for Advanced Head & Neck Oncology he was a founding member of the Cedars-Sinai Head & Neck Cancer Center and continues to be actively involved in running it.

He received his medical degree from the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine, where he was recognized for academic and humanitarian distinction. He completed his residency in head and neck surgery at UCLA Medical Center . He is a board certified diplomate of the American Board of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery and a Fellow of both the American College of Surgeons as well as the American Head and Neck Society. Dr. Larian has extensive experience in treatment of all head and neck cancers, including complex advanced tumors, skull base tumors and recurrent cancers. He has considerable expertise in minimally invasive surgical approaches, image-guided surgery, as well as endoscopic laser surgery. The treatment options considered by him and his team of experts takes into account all of the patients individual characteristics, while optimizing function (speech, swallowing, facial movement, etc.) appearance, and the best possible outcome.

He has been published in numerous scientific journals, and offers presentations at professional symposia and academic meetings, nationally and internationally. Dr. Larian continues to be involved educational endeavors and has a keen interest in innovative techniques and treatment modalities that offer his patients the greatest outcomes while minimizing risk and morbidity.

In addition to his surgical practice, Dr. Larian has been involved in several humanitarian causes. He travels with a number of different organizations to developing countries to treat children and adults with complex head and neck disorders.

Babak Larian