Stephen M. Sentovich, M.B.A., M.D.
Dr. Sentovich received his medical degree from University of California Los Angeles and completed his residency at University of California Irvine. After a fellowship in colon and rectal surgery, he began his career teaching at Harvard Medical School. He later moved to Boston Medical Center where, in addition to maintaining a very busy clinical practice, he completed a Masters in Business Administration, with honors, from Boston University’s School of Management.
Known for providing the highest quality care for his patients, Dr. Sentovich is a recognized authority on colon and rectal cancer having published dozens of articles and served as associate editor for the medical journal, Diseases of the Colon & Rectum.
Colon and rectal surgery
General surgery
1984, B.S., Biomedical Sciences, High Honors, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA
1987, M.D., University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
2012, M.B.A., Boston University School of Management, Boston, MA, Graduated No. 1 in class with full-time clinical responsibilities, Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society
1992-1994, Colorectal Surgery Fellow, Creighton University, Omaha, NE
1987-1992, General Surgery Resident, University of California Irvine Medical Center, Orange, CA
2018-present, Physician Lead in Clinical Operations, City of Hope, Duarte, CA
2014-present, Clinical Professor, Division of Colorectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, City of Hope, Duarte, CA
2014-2018, Chief, Section of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, City of Hope, Duarte, CA
1999-2013, Chief, Colon and Rectal Surgery, Attending Surgeon, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA
1999-2013, Associate Professor of Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
1999-2009, Staff Physician, Quincy Medical Center, Quincy, MA
1999-2009, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
1994-1999, Attending Surgeon, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
1994-1999, Instructor in Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
1981, Jessica Jenkins Scholar, UC Riverside
1981, Regents Scholar, UC Riverside
1984, High Honors Graduate, UC Riverside
1984, NIH Short Term Training Grant, UCLA
1992, Premier Award, Omaha Mid-West Clinical Society
1994, New England Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons Award, American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL
1995, Harry E. Bacon Foundation Award, American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons Annual Meeting, Montreal, QC
1998, Chicago Society of Colorectal Surgery Durand Smith, M.D. Award, American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX
1999, 1998, Best Paper on Pelvic Floor Disorders, American Society of Colon Rectal Surgeons Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.
2002, American College of Gastroenterology Presidential Poster Award
2012, Graduated No. 1 in M.B.A. class
Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society
American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons
American College of Surgeons
American Gastroenterological Association
Boston Surgical Society
Massachusetts Medical Society
New England Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons
New England Surgical Society
Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons