Aria Fallah
Epilepsy Surgeon | Pediatric and Adult | Building Seizure-Free Futures | Clinical AI Strategy (Red Teaming)
- Role
- Associate Professor and Epilepsy Neurosurgeon at UCLA Health
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Aria Fallah
Dr. Aria Fallah, MD, MSc, MBA, FRCSC, is an internationally renowned epilepsy surgeon and leading authority in both pediatric and adult epilepsy surgery. He holds the Dr. Alfonsina Q. Davies Endowed Chair in Epilepsy Research at UCLA, where he serves as Director of Epilepsy Surgery, one of the busiest NAEC Level-4 centers in the United States. Patients and families travel from across the U.S. and internationally to UCLA for his care.Dr. Fallah has performed over epilepsy surgeries, including hemispherectomy, corpus callosotomy, laser ablation (LITT), and neuromodulation (RNS, DBS, VNS). He was the first in the U.S. to perform thalamic responsive neurostimulation and one of the earliest adopters of corpus callosotomy for infants with spasms. His expertise spans both minimally invasive techniques and the most complex resective and disconnective procedures.An internationally recognized academic leader, Dr. Fallah has published 170+ peer-reviewed papers in the top epilepsy and neurosurgical journals and speaks regularly at global conferences. He has advanced epilepsy surgery programs in India, China, Chile, and Haiti, and continues to collaborate worldwide.Medical AI Strategy & Innovation Beyond the operating room, Dr. Fallah operates at the frontier of healthcare technology as a Strategic Clinical Advisor for Tier-1 AI development. Leveraging his dual expertise in neuroscience and business (MBA), he specializes in Adversarial Testing (Red Teaming) and Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF). He designs high-complexity clinical benchmarks to stress-test Large Language Models (LLMs), bridging the gap between surgical precision and algorithmic reasoning to ensure the next generation of medical AI is safe, accurate, and aligned with clinical standards.Through his surgical innovation, global outreach, and commitment to multidisciplinary care, Dr. Fallah is recognized among the best epilepsy surgeons, improving the lives of children and adults with the most challenging forms of epilepsy.
Experience
Associate Professor and Epilepsy Neurosurgeon
Sep 2015 — Present · Los Angeles, CA, US
Education
University of Toronto
Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, Neurosurgery
2008 — 2014
Western University
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Biology (Honours)
2002 — 2005
McMaster University
Master of Science (MSc), Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics
2011 — 2013
McMaster University
Doctor of Medicine (MD), Medicine
2005 — 2008
UCLA Anderson School of Management
Executive MBA, Business
2023 — 2025
University of Miami
Pediatric Neurosurgery Fellowship at Miami Children's Hospital
2014 — 2015
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