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Nishan Tchekmedyian,

M.D.

Medical Oncologist and Hematologist

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Location
City of Hope Orange County Lennar Foundation Cancer Center
1000 Five Point
Irvine, CA 92618
Specialties
Hematologic Oncology
Medical Oncology
Education
Medical school:
Degrees
  • 2010, Doctor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA

  • 2006, BA, University of California, Los Angeles, Business Economics

  • 2006, BS, University of California, Los Angeles, Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology

Fellowship
  • 2013-2016, Clinical Fellow in Hematology and Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL, University of South Florida

  • 2010-2013, Clinical Fellow in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Internship
  • 2010-2013, Intern and Resident in Internal Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA

Professional Experience
  • Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Medical Oncology & Therapeutics Research, City of Hope, Huntington Beach, Irvine, Newport Beach, Torrance, California

  • 2018-2021, Medical Director, Orange County Pod, Pacific Shores Medical Group

  • 2016-2021, Hematologist-Oncologist, Pacific Shores Medical Group, Huntington Beach, Irvine, Newport Beach, Torrance, California

Academic Appointments
  • Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Medical Oncology & Therapeutics Research
  • Deputy Physician-in-Chief, City of Hope Orange County
About Me

Dr. Nishan Tchekmedyian is a medical oncologist and hematologist at City of Hope®, where he also serves as deputy physician-in-chief for City of Hope’s Orange County Lennar Foundation Cancer Center

A compassionate and dedicated physician, Dr. Tchekmedyian has been honored multiple times by Greater Newport Physicians for his commitment to excellent, patient-centered care, being named New Physician of the Year in 2017 and Specialist of the Year for three years in a row (2019–2021). 

Dr. Tchekmedyian completed his medical degree at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles. He went on to pursue internal medicine training at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center at Harvard Medical School, then a medical oncology and hematology fellowship at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute in Tampa, Florida. His research has helped explore new cancer treatment options for patients, including immunotherapy for advanced prostate cancer and targeted therapy for a rare genetic mutation found in lung and other cancers. 

Dr. Tchekmedyian is fluent in Spanish and Armenian.

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