Alen A. Nourian, MD, QME

Biography

Dr. Nourian was an orthopedic spine attending at Ventura Orthopedics (September 2015–February 2021) and has practiced independently since March 2021, across multiple Southern California offices — Moorpark, Thousand Oaks, North Hollywood, West Covina, and Rancho Cucamonga/Montclair — with additional affiliations at US HealthWorks/Concentra and Cedars-Sinai Marina Del Rey Hospital; he was Director of Orthopedic Spine at Simi Valley Hospital (2017–2019). He earned a BA in Economics from UCLA (2000–2005, summa cum laude, 3.94 GPA, Golden Key National Honor Society president) and his MD from the USC Keck School of Medicine (2005–2009, Alpha Omega Alpha, USMLE Step 1 score 243). He completed his orthopedic surgery residency at SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn (2009–2014, serving as Chief Resident), and a spine surgery fellowship at the San Diego Center for Spinal Disorders (2014–2015). He is a board-certified orthopedic spine surgeon and holds Qualified Medical Examiner (QME) / Agreed Medical Evaluator (AME) status in California. He is a member of AAOS, the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery, the California Medical Association, the North American Spine Society, and the Ventura County Medical Association. He provides IMEs for personal injury litigation serving both plaintiffs and defendants, with focus on car accident, slip-and-fall, premises liability, and pedestrian injury cases, and is a frequent national and international lecturer who has authored articles and contributed book chapters. His publications include a study of vascular complications in anterior lumbar interbody fusion (Spine, January 2016) and a paper in Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research (July 2016).

Credentials & Certifications

• MD
• QME
• Board Certified Orthopedic Spine Surgeon

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