Colleen L. Coleman, MD

About Colleen L. Coleman, MD

Colleen Coleman, M.D. is board certified in general surgery through the American Board of Surgery, and she was the first woman to serve as chairman of the Department of Surgery at Hoag. Dr. Coleman is focused on breast and endocrine surgeries with experience in oncoplastic surgery, intraoperative radiation therapy, open and transoral thyroid surgeries and parathyroid surgery. Dr. Coleman became a member of the medical staff at Hoag in 2000 after completing a residency in general surgery at the University of California, Los Angeles. Her general surgery residency included two years of research at Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles. She graduated from University of California, Davis with high honors and received her medical degree from the University of Southern California in 1993 and was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society.

Her interests outside of medicine include spending time with her two children, husband of over 30 years, and mother who has lived in Irvine for over 40 years. She enjoys music, skiing and travel.