Our Mission

Our mission is to improve the liver health of the community we serve with a commitment to excellence in all that we do.

Our Core Values

  • We are dedicated to providing quality patient care. Our patients always come first.

  • We provide patient-centered service by caring for the whole person. We consider their history, relationships, culture, and needs.

  • We treat each of our patients with respect and attentiveness.

  • We are compassionate listeners.

  • We use a team approach in providing health care and involve the patient as part of our team decision making process. We organize and coordinate health care services to meet the needs of our patients, especially those with complex medical care.

  • We are here to fight for your medical care.

Meet the Team

Dr. Edward Mena

Hepatologist and Medical Director of the Pasadena Liver Center
President and CEO of California Liver Research Institute (CLRI)

Dr. Mena’s interests include nonalcoholic fatty-liver disease in adult and pediatric patients, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis in response to chronic Hepatitis C and Liver Cancer and coordinating outreach programs in the Latino, Armenian, and Egyptian communities to better understand the role of Hepatitis B and C and cirrhosis within these populations. Dr. Mena also focuses on managing and curing patients with primary liver cancer.

Education

Fellowship, Hepatology, University of Southern California Liver Unit, Rancho Los Amigos Medical Center Residency, Internal Medicine, White Memorial Medical Center- Chief resident at White Memorial Medical Center Medical Degree, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine Post-Baccalaureate Program, University of California, San Diego Bachelor of Science, Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles

Research Interests

Hepatitis B and C, nonalcoholic fatty-liver disease, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis treatment response to interferon-based therapies in chronic hepatitis C, hepatitis C in the Latino community, hepatitis C epidemiology in Egyptian patients in southern California

Awards

Hispanic Health Leadership Award 2019 Health Care Visionary Award - American Liver Foundation 2020

Affiliations

USC Transplant Center Cedars-Sinai Transplant Center AASLD – American Association For The Study Of Liver Diseases EASL – European Association For The Study Of The Liver Huntington Memorial Medical Center

Languages

English and Spanish

Iman Jomaa PA-C

Iman Jomaa is a nationally board-certified Physician Assistant specializing in hepatology working with Dr. Edward Mena at the Pasadena Liver Center. Iman is also a Sub-Investigator at the California Liver Research Institute which is a non-profit research organization that is focused on the advancement of treatment and curing of all forms of liver disease.

Iman holds a Bachelor of Science degree and completed her physician assistant training at the Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science in 2012. She worked in Family/Internal Medicine for 3 years before joining the Pasadena Liver Center in 2015. She is fluent in English, Arabic, French and speak Medical Spanish. Her primary philosophy is to treat patients as she would treat her own family members. When not practicing medicine, Iman enjoys spending time with her 2 baby boys and husband!