Dr. Farin Amersi is an attending physician at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center with offices located at the Outpatient Cancer Center at the Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute. Her specialty is in surgical oncology with clinical expertise in breast cancer and endocrine, melanoma, sarcoma, and gastrointestinal surgery.

Dr. Amersi has received numerous awards and honors for her accomplishments in research. She has had over 40 publications in prestigious peer-reviewed journals such as the Journal of Clinical Investigation, Annals of Surgery, and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and has had multiple presentations at national meetings. She is the author of five book chapters on topics ranging from melanoma, to colorectal and breast cancer.

Dr. Amersi is a member of several professional organizations, including the Society of Surgical Oncology, Association of Women Surgeons, American Association for Cancer Research, American Society of Clinical Oncology and American College of Surgeons. She has also served as the Medical Director for the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer.

Dr. Amersi received her medical degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. She completed her residency in general surgery at the University of California, Los Angeles, where she was a postdoctoral fellow in the division of liver transplantation. She completed her surgical oncology fellowship at the John Wayne Cancer Institute. She is board certified by the American Board of Surgery.