Dr. Amir A. Rahnemai-Azar, MD, is the head of the hepatopancreatobiliary and oncology surgery at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center’s Cancer Care Center, and one of a handful of surgeons in the USA to have completed fellowships in two of the most complex and demanding surgical specialties: multi-organ transplantation surgery and surgical oncology. After receiving his Doctor of Medicine degree in his native nation of Iran, he completed his general surgery residency at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine Bronx Hospital. Subsequently, he completed a complex surgical oncology fellowship at the UW Health University Hospital in Madison, followed by an advanced training in minimally invasive liver, pancreas, and gastrointestinal oncology surgery in one of the world’s most prestigious healthcare institutes, Asan Medical Center in Seoul, Republic of Korea.