DebraLSudanMD

General Surgery • Durham, NC

Hepatobiliary Surgery, Transplantation

Professor, Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine

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Office
40 Duke Medicine Cir
Durham, NC 27710
Phone(919) 681-1400
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Summary

Dr. Debra Sudan is a general surgeon in Durham, NC and is affiliated with Duke University Hospital. She received her medical degree from Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine and has been in practice 25 years. She specializes in hepatobiliary surgery and transplantation and is experienced in liver transplant surgery, intestinal failure, renal transplant surgery, general / gastrointestinal surgery, and hepatopancreatobiliary surgery.

Education & Training

University of Nebraska Medical CenterResidency, Transplant Surgery, 1994 - 1996
Wright State UniversityResidency, General Surgery, 1989 - 1994
Wright State University Boonshoft School of MedicineClass of 1989

Certifications & Licensure

NC State Medical License 2008 - 2021
OH State Medical License 1991 - 1996
American Board of Surgery Surgery
ASTS certification in Liver, Kidney, Pancreas and Intestine transplantationASTS Transplant Surgery Certification

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons

Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Post‐Transplant Outcomes in Older Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) are Driven by non‐HCC Factors
Nia Adeniji, Vinodhini Arjunan, Vijay Prabhakar, Ajitha Mannalithara, Tara Ghaziani, Aijaz Ahmed, Paul Y. Kwo, Mindie H. Nguyen, Marc L. Melcher, Ronald W. Busuttil, S...> ;Liver Transplantation. 2020 Dec 11
Transplant social worker and donor financial assistance to increase living donor kidney transplants among African Americans: The TALKS Study, a randomized comparative ...
L. Ebony Boulware, Debra L. Sudan, Tara S. Strigo, Patti L. Ephraim, Clemontina A. Davenport, Jane F. Pendergast, Iris Pounds, Jennie A. Riley, Margaret Falkovic, Avie...> ;American Journal of Transplantation. 2020 Nov 19
Surgical Resection of Native Viscera to Manage Persistent Ascites after Multivisceral Transplant.
Shaw, B. I., Barbas, A. S., Sudan, D. L.> ;Case reports in transplantation. 2020 Oct 22
Planned Initiation of Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Prior to Liver Transplantation in a Patient With Severe Portopulmonary Hypertension.
Andrew S. Barbas, Jacob N. Schroder, Deeplaxmi Borle, Arturo Suarez, Nader Abraham, Michael W. Manning, Timothy E. Miller, Carl L. Berg, Terry Fortin, Debra L. Sudan, ...> ;Liver Transplantation. 2020 Oct 5
Synchronous Abdominal Wall and Small-bowel Transplantation: A 1-year Follow-up.
Atia, A., Hollins, A., Erdmann, R. F., Shammas, R., Sudan, D. L., Mithani, S. K., Ravindra, K. V., Erdmann, D.> ;Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open. 2020 Aug 18
Outcomes in Kidney Transplantation Between Veterans Affairs and Civilian Hospitals: Considerations in the Context of the MISSION Act.
Kesseli, S. J., Samoylova, M. L., Moris, D., Connor, A. A., Schmitz, R., Shaw, B. I., Gloria, J. N., Abraham, N., McElroy, L. M., Sudan, D. L., Knechtle, S. J., Barbas...> ;Annals of surgery. 2020 Aug 11
Striking a Balance in Simultaneous Heart Kidney Transplant: Optimizing Outcomes for All Wait-Listed Patients.
Shaw, B. I., Sudan, D. L., Boulware, L. E., McElroy, L. M.> ;Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN. 2020 Jun 6
Textbook Outcomes in Liver Transplantation.
Moris, D., Shaw, B. I., Gloria, J., Kesseli, S. J., Samoylova, M. L., Schmitz, R., Manook, M., McElroy, L. M., Patel, Y., Berg, C. L., Knechtle, S. J., Sudan, D. L., B...> ;World journal of surgery. 2020 Jun 4
Surgical Techniques for Revascularization in Abdominal Wall Transplantation.
Atia, A., Hollins, A., Shammas, R., Phillips, B. T., Ravindra, K. V., Sudan, D. L., Giele, H., Mithani, S. K., Erdmann, D.> ;Journal of reconstructive microsurgery. 2020 Apr 26
Pathologic Response to Pretransplant Locoregional Therapy is Predictive of Patient Outcome After Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Analysis From the ...
Joseph DiNorcia, Sander Florman, Brandy Haydel, Parissa Tabrizian, Richard Ruiz, Goran B. Klintmalm, Srinath Senguttuvan, David D. Lee, C. Burcin Taner, Elizabeth C. V...> ;Annals of Surgery. 2020 Apr 1
Center-level Variation in HLA-incompatible Living Donor Kidney Transplantation Outcomes.
Kyle R. Jackson, Jane Long, Jennifer D. Motter, Mary G. Bowring, Jennifer K. Chen, Madeleine M. Waldram, Babak J. Orandi, Robert A. Montgomery, Mark D. Stegall, Stanle...> ;Transplantation. 2020 Mar 30
Liver Transplantation Outcomes in a U.S. Multicenter Cohort of 789 Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma Presenting Beyond Milan Criteria
Ani Kardashian, Sander Florman, Brandy Haydel, Richard Ruiz, Goran B. Klintmalm, David D. Lee, C. Burcin Taner, Federico Aucejo, Amit D. Tevar, Abhinav Humar, Elizabet...> ;Hepatology. 2020 Mar 2
Ensuring long-term equity after pediatric liver transplantation.
McElroy, L. M., Sudan, D. L., Boulware, L. E.> ;American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons. 2020 Feb 12
Associations of perceived information adequacy and knowledge with pursuit of live donor kidney transplants and living donor inquiries among African American transplant...
Cabacungan, A. N., Ellis, M. J., Sudan, D., Strigo, T. S., Pounds, I., Riley, J. A., Falkovic, M., Alkon, A. N., Peskoe, S. B., Davenport, C. A., Pendergast, J. F., Ep...> ;Clinical transplantation. 2020 Jan 31
Comparison between liver transplantation and resection for hilar cholangiocarcinoma: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Moris, D., Kostakis, I. D., Machairas, N., Prodromidou, A., Tsilimigras, D. I., Ravindra, K. V., Sudan, D. L., Knechtle, S. J., Barbas, A. S.> ;PloS one. 2019 Aug 1
Improvement in Liver Transplant Outcomes From Older Donors: A US National Analysis.
Qimeng Gao, Michael S. Mulvihill, Uwe Scheuermann, Robert Patrick Davis, John Yerxa, Babatunde A. Yerokun, Matthew G. Hartwig, Debra L. Sudan, Stuart J. Knechtle, Andr...> ;Annals of Surgery. 2019 Aug 1
Planned right ventricular support for combined heart-liver transplantation.
Barac, Y. D., McCartney, S. L., Sudan, D., Schroder, J. N.> ;Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery. 2019 Jul 31
Small bowel and abdominal wall transplantation: A novel technique for synchronous revascularization.
Detlev Erdmann, Andrew Atia, Brett T. Phillips, Suhail K. Mithani, Yash J. Avashia, Beth A. Hollister, Linda C. Cendales, Kadiyala V. Ravindra, Debra L. Sudan> ;American Journal of Transplantation. 2019 Jul 1
Development of a Telehealth Intervention to Improve Access to Live Donor Kidney Transplantation.
Ashley N. Cabacungan, Clarissa J. Diamantidis, J. St. Clair Russell, Tara S. Strigo, Iris Pounds, Aviel Alkon, Jennie A. Riley, Margaret Falkovic, Jane F. Pendergast, ...> ;Transplantation proceedings. 2019 Apr 1
Beyond death and graft survival-Variation in outcomes after liver transplant. Results from the NSQIP transplant beta phase.
Parekh, J. R., Greenstein, S., Sudan, D. L., Grieco, A., Cohen, M. E., Hall, B. L., Ko, C. Y., Hirose, R.> ;American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons. 2019 Mar 20
Infections after kidney transplantation. Does age matter?
Hemmersbach-Miller, M., Alexander, B. D., Sudan, D. L., Pieper, C., Schmader, K. E.> ;Clinical transplantation. 2019 Mar 9
Evaluation and Active Treatment versus Active Surveillance of Localized Prostate Cancer in Renal Transplant Patients in the Era of Low and Very Low Risk Prostate Cancer.
Aminsharifi, A., Simon, R., Polascik, T. J., Robertson, C. N., Sudan, D. L., Collins, B. H., Moul, J. W.> ;The Journal of urology. 2019 Mar 6
The importance of drug safety and tolerability in the development of new immunosuppressive therapy for transplant recipients: The Transplant Therapeutics Consortium's ...
Mark D. Stegall, Kenneth Troy Somerville, Matthew J Everly, Roslyn B. Mannon, A. Osama Gaber, M. Roy First, Neetu Agashivala, Vanessa Perez, Kenneth A. Newell, Randall...> ;American Journal of Transplantation. 2019 Mar 1
Lymphocyte depletion and risk of acute rejection in renal transplant recipients at increased risk for delayed graft function
Kadiyala V. Ravindra, Scott Sanoff, Deepak Vikraman, Ahmad Zaaroura, Aditya Nanavati, Debra L. Sudan, William Irish> ;American Journal of Transplantation. 2019 Mar 1
Graft Loss Due to Thrombosis of an Aortic Conduit in a Pediatric Multivisceral Transplant Recipient.
Samoylova, M. L., Barbas, A. S., Ravindra, K. V., Sudan, D. L., Vikraman, D. S.> ;Transplantation direct. 2018 Dec 26
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