Glenn Kham Wakam MD
Hepatobiliary Surgery, Pancreas, Transplantation
Assistant Professor
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4510 Executive DrSan Diego, CA 92121
Phone+1 800-926-8273
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Summary
- Dr. Glenn Wakam is a general surgeon based in San Diego, CA, with subspecialties in hepatobiliary surgery, pancreas, and transplantation. He graduated from the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine in 2016 and completed his surgical residency at the University of Michigan in 2023 and an abdominal transplant surgery at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in 2025. Dr. Wakam is currently an Assistant Professor of Transplant and Hepatobiliary at UC San Diego. He has experience in liver and renal transplantation. His research includes publications in reputed journals like New England Journal of Medicine, Annals of Surgery, JAMA Open, and the American Journal of Kidney Diseases, with some of his work being cited multiple times by other researchers.
Education & Training
Cleveland Clinic FoundationFellowship, Abdominal Transplant Surgery, 2023 - 2025
University of MichiganResidency, Surgery, 2016 - 2023
University of California San Francisco School of MedicineClass of 2016
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 2025 - 2027
OH State Medical License 2023 - 2027
MI State Medical License 2016 - 2026
American Board of Surgery Surgery
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 1 citationsMachine Perfusion or Straight to Transplant? Predictive Value of Flavin Mononucleotide Levels in Flush Solution of Human Liver Allograft.Khaled Ali, Beatrice Cazzaniga, Qiang Liu, Yuki Miyazaki, Munkhbold Tuul
Annals of Surgery. 2026-05-01 - 6 citationsOut-of-Sequence Allocation in Liver Transplantation: A Poorly Used Tool to Improve Organ Utilization.Chase J Wehrle, Abby Gross, Sangeeta Satish, Kumaran Shanmugarajah, Toshihiro Nakayama
Annals of Surgery. 2026-04-01 - Machine perfusion for liver transplantation: opportunities and challenges for the next generation of transplant surgeons.Cody L Mullens, Kumaran Shanmugarajah, Glenn K Wakam
Frontiers in Transplantation. 2026-01-01
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