Ernest H. Agatstein, M.D., FACS, QME

Additional Offices:
575 East Hardy Street, Suite 215, Inglewood, CA 90301
11411 Brookshire Avenue, Suite 508, Downey, CA 90241
3801 Katella Avenue, Suite 223, Los Alamitos, CA 90720

Undergraduate Education
•  B. A. University of California, Bacteriology, Los Angeles 1973-1977
•  Honors: Summa Cum Laude; Phi Beta Kappa; Regent Scholar; Alumni Scholar; California State Scholar

Medical Education
•  M.D. University of California, Los Angeles 1977-1981
•  Honors: Alpha Omega Alpha; Regent Scholar, Graduate State Fellowship

Postgraduate Medical Education
•  Internship: UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles 1981-1982
•  Surgical Residency: UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles 1982-1983
•  Urologic Surgery: UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles 1983-1987

Physician – Urological Surgeon
•  Private Solo Practice, Gardena, California July 1987 – December 1989
•  Founding Partner, Paletz Agatstein Urology Group Inc. January 1990 – December 2002
•  Corporate Founder / President, West Coast Urology (dba for Paletz Agatstein Urology Group Inc.), 3 Locations, January 2003 – present

•  Research Fellow – Lautenberg Center for Tumor Immunology, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel, June – September 1977
•  Research Fellow – Urology, UCLA Medical Center, July 1984 – June 1985

•  National Board of Medical Examiners, June 1982
•  California Board of Medical Quality Assurance, July 1982
•  DEA: AA1702895

•  Diplomate American Board of Urology, Certified, February 1989

•  Recertified, February 1997
•  Second Recertification, November 2006 (expiration Feb 2019)
•  Third Recertification October 2016 (expiration Feb 2029)

•  Assistant Clinical Professor, July 1987 – 2019, Department of Urology, UCLA School of Medicine
•  Assistant Clinical Professor, July 1987 – 2019, Department of Urology, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

•  ExtraCorporeal Shockwave Lithotripsy (ESWL)
•  Percutaneous nephrolithotomy/ureteroscopy
•  Lasers in Urology(Holmium,Laser TURP,VLAP, Neodynium Yag,CO 2)
•  Laparascopic Lymphadenectomy/Varicocoelectomy
•  Microsurgery Transurethral Needle Ablation (TUNA)
•  Water Induced Thermotherapy (WIT,Aquatherm)
•  Microwave Thermotherapy of the Prostate
•  Contigen/Coaptite Implant
•  Urolift Prostatic Implant
•  Interstim Sacral Neuromodulation

•  Neuro-urology and Urodynamics
•  Female Urology/Incontinence/Pelvic Reconstruction
•  Urologic Oncology
•  Urologic Prosthesis

•  Urologic Consultant and Expert Medical Reviewer, Medical Board of California 1995-present
•  Chief Medical Officer , Spinal Singularity , Biotech start-up, 2015 – present

•  Qualified Medical Evaluator (QME) 1987 – present
•  Agreed Medical Examiner (AME) 1987 – present

•  Fellow, American College of Surgeons (FACS), 1989 – present
•  Member, Western Section, American Urologic Association, 1989 – present
•  California Urologic Association,1992 – present
•  Los Angeles Urologic Society,1983 – 1990; 2004 – 2009

•  Alpha Omega Alpha
•  Phi Beta Kappa
•  Who’s Who in California
•  Top Doctors – Southern California elected 2012

•  Los Angeles County Medical Association (LACMA), 1982 – 2010
•  California Medical Association (CMA), 1987 – 2010

•  Committee on Library Services LACMA 1987 – 1992
•  Executive Committee District 9 LACMA 1989 – 1991
•  Secretary – Young Physicians Section CMA 1990 – 1992
•  Secretary – Treasurer Los Angeles Urologic Society 2005 – 2006
•  President Elect Los Angeles Urologic Society 2006 – 2007
•  President – Los Angeles Urologic Society 2007 – 2008

•  Centinela Hospital Medical Center – Senior 1987 – present
•  Downey Regional Medical Center – Active 1990 – present
•  Marina Del Rey Hospital – Attending 1996 – present
•  Lakewood Regional Medical Center – Active 2001 – present
•  Los Alomitos Hospital – Active 2014 – present

Centinela Hospital Medical Center
•  Vice-Chairman, Dept. of Urology 1992 – 1994
•  Chairman – Dept. of Urology 1994 – 1996
•  Member Risk Management Team 1994 – 1998
•  Chairman Risk Management Team 1998 – 2000
•  Secretary/Treasurer Medical Staff 2000 – 2002
•  Chairman Credentials 2000 – 2002
•  Vice-President Medical Staff 2002 – 2004
•  Chairman Medical Records 2002 – 2004
•  Urology Representative Dept. of Surgery 1998 – 2000
•  President Elect – Medical Staff 2005 – 2007
•  Chairman Quality Council 2005 – 2007
•  President Medical Staff 2008 – 2010

RFK Medical Center (on staff 1987 – 2004 when hospital closed)
•  Chairman Credentials 1990 – 1992
•  Chairman Dept. of Surgery 1992 – 1994
•  Chairman Credentials 1994 – 1996
•  Chairman Dept. of Surgery 1998 – 2000

Downey Regional Medical Center
•  Chairman Div. of Urology 2002 – present
•  Vice-Chair Dept. of Surgery 2002 – 2004

Hawthorne Hospital (on staff 1987 – 1997 when hospital closed)
•  Vice-Chair Dept. of Surgery 1988 – 1990
•  Chairman Dept. of Surgery 1990 – 1992
•  Chairman Credentials 1992 – 1994
•  Chairman Dept. of Surgery 1994 – 1996

Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
•  Appointed to Medical Executive Committee 1996 -1998

•  Verity Health Board of Directors 2015 – present
•  Downey Board of Directors 2012 – 2013
•  Centinela Hospital Board of Directors 2008 – 2012

•  Third Prize, Annual Urologic Residents Program
•  Los Angeles Urologic Society
•  Publication: The Use of Fine Needle Aspiration of the Prostate To Detect Stage A Carcinoma of the Prostate, Los Angeles, June, 1985