Education:

University of Illinois
Urbana, IL
B.A., 1982
B.S., 1983
Curriculum Honors
M.S., 1984

University of Illinois
School of Medicine
Doctor of Medicine, 1988
James Scholar Honors

Internship:

Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
1988-1989

Residency:

Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
1989-1991
 
L.A. County / USC Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
1992-1995

Fellowship:

Pediatric Surgery
L.A. Children’s Hospital
1991-1992

Certification:

American Board of Surgery
1999
 
Fellow American College of Surgeons
2000


James E. Camel M.D., M.S., F.A.C.S.

James E. Camel
M.D., M.S., F.A.C.S.

Dr. Camel received his general surgery training at both the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX and L.A. County/USC medical center in Los Angeles, CA. He also spent one year in a Pediatric Surgery Fellowship at L.A. Children’s Hospital. After his training, he became one of the busiest general surgeons in Ventura County excelling in advance laparoscopic and radioguided surgery. He has now relocated and brought his new family to Torrance joining the Association of South Bay Surgeons. He has special interest in gastroesophageal reflux disease, and advance laparoscopic, endocrine, cancer, and breast surgery.






These are some of the diseases that Doctor Camel treats:

Abscess, Appendicitis, Biopsy, Breast Surgery, Cancer, Colon, Cyst, Gallbladder Surgery, General Surgery, Stomach, Hernia Repair, Lipoma, Mass, Melanoma, Myopathy, Parathyroid, Radioguided Surgery, Spleen, Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping, Thyroid