He traveled far for college, driving a whole 20 minutes down the 110 to the University of Southern California. He had been accepted into the 8-year Baccalaureate/MD program, which admits students directly to medical school from high school, allowing for academic variety in the undergraduate years. He took full advantage of this, filling the openings in his academic schedule with film and literature courses. Creative writing interested him, and he pursued it, learning from T.C. Boyle and eventually earning a BA in English with an emphasis in creative writing. On the science side, he augmented his course load, earning a BS in biological sciences, completing five years worth of classes in four years and graduating with honors.
His medical school and residency, through the Keck School of Medicine at USC, took place at Los Angeles County Hospital, exposing him to a wide variety of urologic conditions, trauma, and extreme disease presentations. After residency (which included a Chief Resident year), he did a fellowship in robotic and minimally-invasive urologic surgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, learning advanced surgical and endourological techniques.
Dr. Chandrasoma remains an avid reader and writer of stories, novels, screenplays and comic books. He loves drawing and Dungeons&Dragons. He lives in Pasadena with his wife and three children, and is happy to practice urology in the city that raised him. His stomach doesn’t tolerate Lucky Boy’s chili cheese fries as much these days, though he tests them about once a quarter to confirm.
In this, his first solo practice, he focuses on extended consultations to completely educate patients about their urologic issues and empower them to seek solutions that make sense for them as individuals. Patient visits are capped on clinic days to ensure little to no wait time and to allow appointments to last as long as necessary.
