West Los Angeles
11800 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90025
The Angeles Clinic and Research Institute
Marina Del Rey
4767 Admiralty Way #301
Marina Del Rey, CA 90292
Dr. Hurst is a trained robotic surgeon offering a vast experience in robotic GI and gastric malignancies, ventral and inguinal hernias and gallbladder disease who has been honored with the recognition of being one of America’s Top Surgeons. Born and raised in South Central Los Angeles, he completed his General Surgical training at Martin Luther King/Drew Medical Center and his Surgical Oncology training under the tutelage of world renowned surgical oncologist Dr. Steven A. Rosenberg at the National Cancer Institute. During his training at the King/Drew Medical Center, Dr. Hurst exemplified an unprecedented level of commitment and performance in reference to surgical education, leading to his selection as Executive Chief resident year and earned him the prestigious recognition of best teaching resident by the Drew Medical School Class of 2000.
Dr. Hurst fostered a background in research as part of the Minorities in Biomedical Research Support (MBRS) early and throughout his Surgical Residency and Oncology Fellowship. During his Surgical Oncology Fellowship, his research efforts concentrated in tumor immunology; analyzing TCRbV usage in response to tumor vaccines for melanoma using the method of cPCR (competitive PCR) to quantitate the frequency of TCR subfamilies in PBMC. Dr. Hurst joined the Department Surgery at the King/Drew Medical Center from 2000-2003 as Chief of the Surgical Oncology Service. During his term, he served as the Chief of Surgical Oncology and Director of the Surgical Breast Center.
In 2001, Dr. Hurst joined the staff at Centinela, Marina Del Rey(now Cedar-Sinai), Southern California Hospital at Culver City, and Little Company of Mary hospitals as a surgical oncologist specializing in complicated/advanced breast, colorectal, and sarcoma cancers as well as general surgery. While at Centinela Hospital he developed and instituted the robotic program and served as the Director of the Robotic Program. Currently he is serving as Chairman of the Department Surgery at Cedar-Sinai Marina Del Rey Hospital.
Dr. Hurst has established an extensive community outreach program offering free lectures on breast, colon and gyn malignancies as well as free mammograms by inner-city communities from 2012-2018. This allows underserved populations to have access to state-of-the-art cancer care without leaving their community. During the past 22 years, Dr. Hurst served in many leadership roles demonstrating his passion and commitment to advancing quality health care and physician wellness, including:
Chief of Surgical Oncology Division of General Surgery at King Drew Medical Center 2000-2004
Assistant Professor of Surgery at Charles Drew 2001-2004
Director of Breast Center at King Drew Medical Center 2000-2004
Vice Chair Dept. of Surgery at Daniel Freeman Memorial 2005-2006
Vice Chair Dept of Surgery at Centinela Hospital 2009-2010
Chief of Surgery at Centinela Hospital 2016-2018.
Chief of Surgery at Cedars-Sinai Marina Del Rey Hospital 2020-2024
Hospital Treasurer at Cedars-Sinai Marina Del Rey Hospital 2020-2024