Thyroid Surgeon in Hancock Park
Hancock Park and this practice share a street. Dr. Jason S. Cohen, MD, FACS, a board certified surgical oncologist devoted to thyroid and parathyroid surgery, sits at the western end of 3rd Street in the Cedars-Sinai Medical Towers, ten to fifteen minutes from the neighborhood’s historic blocks.
The Specialist at the Other End of Your Street
Few referrals in Los Angeles are this literal: 3rd Street runs from Hancock Park’s hedges directly to the Medical Towers’ front door. For a neighborhood that has watched medical fashions come and go for a century, the appeal of a surgeon who does one thing exceptionally well needs no explanation.
From June Street to Rossmore, from Windsor Square to the Fremont Place gates, 3rd or Beverly Boulevard west covers the trip in ten to fifteen minutes. Telehealth exists for the appointments that never needed a car, though at this distance many patients simply come in.
Dr. Cohen reviews your imaging himself, examines you without hurry, and gives the recommendation with its reasoning: monitoring on a proper schedule when that is sound, surgery sized exactly to the finding when it is not.
A Complete Practice
Hancock Park households use every side of Dr. Cohen’s work.
Thyroid & Parathyroid Surgery
Thyroidectomy, lobectomy, and focused parathyroid operations with nerve monitoring throughout.
Minimally Invasive Surgery
Small, carefully placed incisions and faster recoveries wherever the diagnosis allows.
Surgical Oncology
Fellowship trained cancer surgery, from thyroid malignancies to complex tumors.
Robotic Surgery
Da Vinci robotic technique for precision in confined anatomy, adopted early by Dr. Cohen.
Breast Cancer Surgery
Oncologic breast surgery from the former director of the Cedars-Sinai surgical oncology and breast clinic.
General Surgery
Advanced laparoscopic general surgery, handled with the same specialist standards.
What Comes Down the Street
The classics: nodules from thorough annual imaging, calcium quietly high across years of physicals, goiters that decades enlarged, and thyroid cancers deserving an oncologic surgeon from the outset.
Multigenerational households bring multigenerational cases, and the same consultation handles both: the parent’s parathyroid workup and the adult child’s nodule read, each with its own plan.
An imaging report waiting in a drawer on Larchmont? Send it down the street and have it read this week. Call 310-986-3359.
Old Fashioned Thoroughness, Modern Technique
The consultation is unhurried and the surgery is contemporary: nerve monitoring through every case, magnification, robotic technique where anatomy favors it, and hormone verification during parathyroid operations.
Incisions sit inside natural creases and stay short, healing to something you would have to point out. Results are shown at consultation rather than promised.
Three Steps Down the Street
Send, Then Visit
Imaging and labs go ahead; the consultation, in person at this distance or by video, opens with conclusions.
A Plan With Reasons
Operate, test further, or monitor with dates: whichever it is, you hear the why in plain language.
Cedars-Sinai and Home by Lunch the Next Day
Surgery happens at Cedars-Sinai beside the office; most patients are back behind the hedges within a day.
Getting Here From Hancock Park
3rd Street west from Rossmore or Highland runs practically door to door in ten to fifteen minutes from the 90004 and 90020. Beverly Boulevard west to San Vicente serves the northern blocks identically.
Valet at the West Tower of 8635 W. 3rd Street; Suite 880W is on the eighth floor.
Office of Dr. Jason S. Cohen
Cedars-Sinai Medical Towers
8635 W. 3rd St., Suite 880W
Los Angeles, CA 90048
Frequently Asked Questions
How far is the office from Hancock Park?
Ten to fifteen minutes straight down 3rd Street, or Beverly Boulevard west. The Cedars-Sinai Medical Towers sit at 8635 W. 3rd Street with valet at the West Tower entrance.
Can appointments be arranged quickly?
Usually within days, particularly with records sent ahead. Proximity makes both scheduling and follow up flexible.
My mother and I both have findings. Can we be seen together?
Yes. Same day consultations for family members are straightforward to arrange, and each case leaves with its own written plan.
Is surgery always the answer for a goiter that has grown for years?
Not always, but goiters that compress swallowing or breathing, extend behind the breastbone, or keep growing generally do better operated on before they force the timing. The consultation sorts which category yours occupies.
What does Dr. Cohen treat beyond thyroid disease?
Parathyroid surgery, thyroid cancer operations, breast cancer surgery, robotic procedures, and advanced laparoscopic general surgery, as a fellowship trained surgical oncologist.
Where does surgery take place?
At Cedars-Sinai, adjacent to the office at the western end of 3rd Street. Most patients are home the next day.
Your Street Already Leads Here
Cedars-Sinai Medical Towers, ten minutes west.
Request an Appointment
Complete the form and the office will contact you to schedule, or call 310-986-3359 directly.
Dr. Jason S. Cohen, MD, FACS is a board certified surgeon and fellowship trained surgical oncologist serving Hancock Park from the Cedars-Sinai Medical Towers in Los Angeles. This page is for education and scheduling; it is not medical advice.
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