Dr. Ara Klijian graduated from the Albany Medical College and then did his General Surgery residency at the Lenox Hill Hospital. He also did a fellowship in Thoracic Surgery at the UC San Diego Medical Center. Dr. Klijian is a board-certified thoracic and cardiac surgeon and is practicing for more than two decades. He is currently affiliated with multiple hospitals including the Sharp Grossmont Hospital, Paradise Valley Hospital, Sharp Coronado Hospital, Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center. He has also contributed to three research papers.