
Shirin Attarian, MD
Hematology-Oncology
Dr. Shirin Attarian is a board-certified UCI Health medical oncologist who focuses on treating patients with head and neck cancer.
She earned her medical degree at Shahid Beheshti Medical University in Tehran, Iran. She pursued a post-doctoral research fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital, followed by a residency in internal medicine and fellowship in hematology/oncology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. Prior to joining UCI, Attarian served as an assistant professor at Northwell Health Cancer Institute in New York.
Attarian's research interests include evaluating innovative treatment protocols for patients with head and neck cancer in clinical trials, improving the quality of life and symptoms in patients with head and neck cancer and clinical-epidemiological studies of head and neck cancer.
She is deeply committed to providing leading-edge, compassionate, personalized, evidence-based and multidisciplinary care to her patients.
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Professional Positions
- Associate Professor — Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, UCI School of Medicine
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Gender
Female -
Board Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine -
Residencies
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine
- Montefiore Medical Center
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Languages Spoken
Farsi, English
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Fellowships
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine
- Montefiore Medical Center
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Education
- Shahid Beheshti Medical University