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Claus Ulrich Niemann, M.D.
Associate Professor of Surgery,
Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care
Co-Director, Ischemic Organ Injury Lab
Contact Information
University of California, San Francisco
521 Parnassus Avenue, C450
San Francisco, CA 94143-0648
Voice 415.502.2162
Fax 415.502.2224
niemannc@anesthesia.ucsf.edu
PublicationsEducation
- 1986-93, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany, M.D.
Residencies
- 1993-94, City Hospital St. Georg,, University of Hamburg, Germany, Intern, Emergency Medicine
- 1993-94, Klinikum Grosshadern, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany, Intern, Gynecology
- 1996-99, University of California, San Francisco, Resident, Anesthesia
Fellowships
- 1999-01, University of California, San Francisco, Fellow, Liver Transplant Research
Postdoctoral Training
- 1994-96, Department of Anesthesiology, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, Fellow, Postdoctoral Research
Board Certification
- American Board of Anesthesiology
Program Affiliations
- Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care
- Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation
Clinical Expertise
- Kidney Transplantation
- Liver Transplantation
- Pancreas Transplantation
Research Interests
View Research Profile at UCSF Clinical & Translational Science Institute
- Inflammatory response to injuryIschemia reperfusion injury
- Intensive Insulin Therapy in Deceased Donors-to improve renal allograft function and transplanted allograft outcomes
- Liver transplantation
- Metabolomics
- Organ donation
- Renal and hepatic injury during surgery
Selected Publications
- Serkova NJ, Niemann CU. Pattern recognition and biomarker validation using quantitative 1H-NMR-based metabolomics. Expert Rev Mol Diagn. 2006 Sep;6(5):717-31.
- Niemann CU, Serkova NJ. Biochemical Mechanisms of Nephrotoxicity: Application for Metabolomics. Expert Opinion on Drug Metabolism & Toxicology. 2007 Aug;3(4):527-544.
- Niemann CU, Feiner J, Behrends M, Eilers H, Ascher NL, Roberts JP: Central venous pressure monitoring during living right donor hepatectomy. Liver Transplantation. 200713: 266-271,
- Sekova N, Jackman, Brown JL, Liu T, Hirose R, Roberts JP, Maher JJ, Niemann CU: Metabolic profiles of livers and blood from obese rats. J Hepatol. 2006 May;44(5):956-62. Epub 2005 Aug 2.
- Hirsch J, Hansen K, Choi J, Noh, J, Hirose R, Roberts JP, Matthay M, Burlingame A, Maher JJ, Niemann CU: Warm ischemia induced alterations in oxidative and inflammatory proteins in Kupffer cells. Mol Cell Proteomics. 2006 Jun;5(6):979-86 2006, Epub Apr 24.
In the News
UCSF Receives Grant to Improve Outcomes in Organ Donor Transplantation
UCSF News - Oct 20, 2011Claus Niemann, MD, Associate Professor in the UCSF Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care and co-Director of the Ischemic Organ Injury Lab (pictured left), has been awarded a $2 million grant by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to improve outcomes in organ donor transplantation. The grant award also included collaborators John Feiner, MD, Ryutaro Hirose, MD, and John Roberts, MD, chief of the UCSF Division of Transplant Surgery, the California Transplant Donor Network and Darren Malinoski, MD, of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. The innovative project is designed to determine the optimal management of organ donors before the procurement operation occurs. Research in this area has been hindered by numerous obstacles including the logistical challenges of conducting research in large hospitals in California and northern Nevada.
UCSF Liver Transplant Team Shares Expertise in Latin America
UCSF News Office - Mar 23, 2011"Previously, Uruguay had tried to go it alone, but high mortality rates soon caused doctors to shut the program down. After their initial visit, the UCSF transplant team, including anesthesiologist Claus Niemann, MD (pictured first), and surgeons Ryutaro Hirose, MD (pictured second), and Peter Stock, MD, PhD, (pictured third) continued to consult with the team in Uruguay, guiding them through everything from patient selection procedures to the use of immunosuppressive medications following surgery. When it came time for Uruguayan doctors to conduct their first liver transplant since revamping the program, UCSF doctors oversaw the operation by dialing in via Skype."
