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Ryutaro Hirose, M.D.

Ryutaro Hirose, M.D.

  • Professor of Surgery 
  • Division of Transplant Surgery
  • Vice Chair of Clinical Operations and Value
  • Associate Program Director,
  • UCSF General Surgery Residency Program
  • Surgical Medical Director, Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR).

Contact Information

(415) 353-1888 Clinical, Liver
(415) 353-1551 Clinical, Kidney and Pancreas
(415) 353-8783 Academic
[email protected]   
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  • Columbia College, Columbia University, B.A., Mathematics, 1981-85
  • Columbia University College of Physicians And Surgeons, M.D., 1985-89
  • University of California, San Francisco, Intern and Resident, Surgery, 1989-92
  • University of California, San Francisco, Resident, Surgery, 1995-96
  • University of California, San Francisco, Chief Resident, Surgery, 1996-97 
  • University of California, San Francisco, Fellow, Transplant Surgery, 1997-99
  • University of California, San Francisco, Postdoctoral Fellow, Molecular Medicine, 1992-95
  • American Board of Surgery, 1998
  • Bile Duct Cancer (Cholangiocarcinoma)
  • Bile Duct Injuries
  • Bile Duct Strictures
  • Complex Cancer Resections
  • Fulminant Hepatic Failure
  • Hepatitis B
  • Hepatitis C
  • Hepatocellular Carcinoma (Liver Cancer)
  • Kidney Transplantation
  • Liver Resection
  • Liver Transplantation
  • Living Donor Kidney Transplantation
  • Living Donor Liver Transplantation
  • Pancreas Transplants
  • Pediatric Kidney Transplantation
  • Pediatric Liver Transplantation
  • Portal Hypertension
  • Radio Frequency Ablation (RFA)
  • Surgical Shunts
  • Ischemia Reperfusion Injury in Fatty Livers
  • Ischemia-reperfusion Injury in Kidneys and Hyperglycemia
  • Living Donor Liver Transplantation
  • Non-melanoma Skin Cancer in Organ Transplant Patients
  • Outcomes in Renal Transplant Recipients
  • Pathogenesis of Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis

Ryutaro Hirose, M.D. is a professor of surgery and Vice Chair of Clinical Operations and Value. He is also Surgical Medical Director of the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR).

Dr. Hirose performs liver, kidney and pancreas transplants. After graduating from Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, he completed his clinical and research training at UCSF as a resident in general surgery as well as a fellow in molecular medicine and transplantation surgery. His research interests include renal and hepatic ischemia - reperfusion injury, immune monitoring and skin cancer in transplant recipients. He has received funding from the NIH, NKF, UCSF, ASTS, and private industry. He is also actively involved with teaching students and residents. 

Dr. Hirose's research focus is ischemia-reperfusion injury and potential interventions to ameliorate renal and hepatic I-R injury. His group uses animal models, performs clinical and translational research as well as research on deceased donors. He collaborates with Dr. Claus Niemann, MD from the Dept. Anesthesia and they are co-Directors of the Ischemic Organ Injury Lab.

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  1. Meier RPH, Nunez M, Syed SM, Feng S, Tavakol M, Freise CE, Roberts JP, Ascher NL, Hirose R, Roll GR. DCD liver transplant in patients with a MELD over 35. Front Immunol. 2023; 14:1246867. View in PubMed
  2. Yilma M, Cogan R, Shui AM, Neuhaus JM, Light C, Braun H, Mehta N, Hirose R. Community-level social vulnerability and individual socioeconomic status on liver transplant referral outcome. Hepatol Commun. 2023 07 01; 7(7). View in PubMed
  3. Yilma M, Dalal N, Wadhwani SI, Hirose R, Mehta N. Geographic disparities in access to liver transplantation. Liver Transpl. 2023 09 01; 29(9):987-997. View in PubMed
  4. Snyder JJ, Schaffhausen CR, Hart A, Axelrod DA, Dils D, Formica RN, Gaber AO, Hunt HF, Jones J, Mohan S, Patzer RE, Pinney SP, Ratner LE, Slaker D, Stewart D, Stewart ZA, Van Slyck S, Kasiske BL, Hirose R, Israni AK. Stakeholders' perspectives on transplant metrics: the 2022 Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients' consensus conference. Am J Transplant. 2023 07; 23(7):875-890. View in PubMed
  5. Hart A, Patzer RE, Spear J, Hirose R, Tabatabai A, Wood NL, Schaffhausen CR, Axelrod DA, Israni AK, Snyder JJ. Time to discard the term "discard". Am J Transplant. 2023 05; 23(5):608-610. View in PubMed
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