Dr. Navaran transferred  from the VA Central California Health Care System where he served the Chief of Surgery for seven years.  As Deputy Chief of Staff at VAPIHCS, Dr. Navaran provides direct oversight of the Specialty Care, Telehealth, Clinical Informatics, Care in the Community services, and of the Group Practice Manager section.  He is also spearheading the expansion of surgical services here.   Dr. Navaran is a General Surgeon with subspeciality training in Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery. He was a surgeon in the United States Navy Medical Corps, and served for 8 years on active duty, and was deployed with the United States Marine Corps in support of OIF and OEF.  He also served on Fleet Surgical teams on sea duty. After his military service, Dr. Navaran has served with the Veteran’s administration in Central California as a General Surgeon for 9  years to include as Chief of Surgery and as Chief of Internal Operations, Incident Command, COVID-19 response.