Meet Dr. David Albin, Medical Director for the Hernia Center of Southern California and the Pasadena Surgery Center, LLC. A recognized expert in hernia repair, Dr. Albin has performed over 7,500 hernia surgeries. Certified by the American Board of General Surgery, a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a Qualified Medical Examiner, Dr. Albin has authored many published medical articles and has been appointed to the staff of several respected hospitals.

After attending Buffalo Medical School in New York, Dr. Albin completed his internship at the Downstate Medical Center before moving to California and completing his residency in surgery at King/Drew UCLA Medical Center, where he continues to teach residents the finer techniques of surgery.

Dr. Albin started his general surgical practice in Los Angeles, California in 1987. As a highly qualified trauma surgeon he remained affiliated with the King/Drew UCLA Medical Center where he worked for several years as a trauma team leader in the general surgical residency program trauma center where he was able to teach other surgeons the principles of surgery. In addition, Dr. Albin joined the teaching staff at White Memorial Medical Center, also in Los Angeles, where he continued to teach residents surgery.

Dr. Albin, determined to refine his surgical techniques, became
sub-specialized in the field of herniology. It is easy to know a little about a lot of things but to know everything is almost impossible. It was this ideology that brought Dr. Albin in to his present field as one of the few experts in herniology, or hernia repair. This field is small enough that you can know it all and know it perfectly and Dr. Albin feels he has accomplished this, which is why he has devoted his entire surgical practice to hernia repair. Dr. Albin feels it is important to remain abreast with the recent changes in the field of hernia repair. He attends the national and international hernia surgical meetings and reviews all of the journals as a means of staying informed with the advancements in this sub-specialty. He is a teacher, author, and medical legal expert in the filed of hernia repair. Dr. Albin is known throughout Los Angeles County as the surgeon to see for hernias. He is the hernia surgeon for the Los Angeles Police Department, Sheriff Department, California Highway Patrol, Los Angeles City and County Fire Departments and the Los Angeles Unified School District. In addition, many athletes and hernia patents come to Dr. Albin for hernia surgery from throughout California, the United States and the world.

He has completed four Ironman events; the Ironman Switzerland, Ironman Florida, Ironman Malaysia and the Ironman Coeur D'Alene in Idaho and has also completed in Half Ironman triathlons at Wildflower, Half Vineman, and the California Half Ironman. Dr. Albin believes in putting his own advice into practice, which is how he has been able to continually place in the top of his age group in Sprint and Olympic distance triathlon events.

Dr. Albin competed in the
Coeur D'Alene Ironman on
June 26, 2005.

Dr. Albin is married and his wife is a physician practicing obstetrics and gynecology. He is the proud father of four children, all of which are triathletes. His youngest son, Ben, placed first in his age group in the 2005 Los Angeles Triathlon. His oldest son Michael is studying at Penn State Medical School.