About Dr. Soumekh

Massoud Hertzel Soumekh, MD, FACS, is a Seasoned Neurosurgeon with Sharp HealthCare in California

Massoud Hertzel Soumekh, MD, FACS, is a well-versed neurosurgeon who diagnoses and treats patients at Sharp HealthCare in California. Primary practice locations include Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center, Sharp Grossmont Hospital in La Mesa, and Sharp Memorial Hospital in San Diego, California. As an orthopedic surgeon, he specializes in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of disorders of the bones, joints, ligaments, tendons, and muscles. Dr. Soumekh has an impressive professional journey that spans thirty years. His areas of clinical expertise cover anterior laminectomy, back evaluation and treatment, biopsy, brain tumor, cerebral bleed, laminectomy, minimally invasive spine surgery, nerve repair, spinal cord stimulator, spinal fusion, spine surgery, and stereotactic intracranial surgery. Dr. Soumekh is currently licensed to practice medicine in the states of California and Michigan. For more information about Dr. Massoud Soumekh, please visit https://www.sharp.com/san-diego-doctors/dr-m-hertzel-soumekh-51704.

M. Hertzel Soumekh, MD, FACS, attended the Tehran University of Medical Sciences in Tehran, Iran, and received his medical degree in 1974. Prior to relocating to the United States, he trained at the Hospital of Saint Raphael, Queen Pahlavi Heart Foundation, and the University of Teheran. Furthermore, he conducted his internship (1975 – 1976) at Yale-New Haven Hospital in New Haven, CT, and his residency in neurosurgery (1976 – 1981) at the Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit, MI. In addition, he completed his fellowship training at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario in Ottawa, Canada. Dr. Soumekh received board certification in neurosurgery from the American Board of Neurological Surgery. Moreover, he attained fellowship of the American College of Surgeons (FACS), having met the standards and guidelines required of the nation’s leading surgeons. He spends his spare time to with his family and gardening. Dr. Soumekh is fluent in Farsi and Spanish in addition to English and is a member of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. For more information about Dr. Massoud H. Soumekh, please visit https://www.findatopdoc.com/doctor/703982-Massoud-Soumekh-Neurosurgeon.