Sharvina Ziyeh, MD

Sharvina Ziyeh, M.D., first pursued a medical career to help address the needs of underrepresented patients. As a medical oncologist, she connects with patients and builds trust through a process of shared decision-making, with the goal of not only extending life but preserving quality of life. Dr. Ziyeh earned her medical degree from Saint Louis University in Missouri, then completed an internal medicine residency and a hematology/oncology fellowship at UCLA-Olive View Medical Center. The fellowship provided unique opportunities for her to train at other medical centers, including Cedars-Sinai and Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center, and to run her own continuity clinic. As a clinical research coordinator at UCSF, Dr. Ziyeh was part of the team behind a multicenter phase 2 clinical trial evaluating a combination protocol of targeted treatments for chemotherapy-resistant pancreatic adenocarcinoma. As a fellow, she co-authored the review article, “Advances in Endocrine Therapy for Hormone Receptor-Positive Advanced Breast Cancer,” which appeared in Current Oncology Reports. She is a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the American College of Physicians and the American Society of Hematology.