Reza F Saidi MD FICS, FACS

Hepatobiliary Surgery, Pancreas, Transplantation

Chief of Transplantation, Associate Professor of Surgery, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY

Summary

Dr. Reza Saidi is a transplant surgeon in Syracuse, NY. He received his medical degree from Tehran University of Medical Sciences School of Medicine and has been in practice 19 years. . He completed his fellowship in organ transplantation at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School. He then joined University of Massachusetts Medical School. He was surgical director of pancreas transplantation at Alpert Medical School at Brown University and surgical director of transplantation and HPB surgery at Shariati Hospital at Tehran University of Medical Sciences, before joining Upstate Medical University as Associate Professor of Surgery and Surgical Director of Kidney transplantation at Department of Surgery.
He specializes in hepatobiliary surgery and transplantation and is experienced in transplant surgery, pancreatic surgery, renal transplant surgery, general / gastrointestinal surgery, and hepatopancreatobiliary surgery.

Harvard Medical SchoolFellowship, Transplantation Clinical and Research Fellow, 2006 - 2009
Massachusetts General HospitalFellowship, Abdominal Transplant Surgery, 2006 - 2009
Ascension Providence/MSUCHMResidency, Surgery, 2002 - 2006
University of Tennessee Medical Center at KnoxvilleInternship, Surgery, 2001 - 2002
University of Kentucky College of MedicineInternship, Surgery, 2000 - 2001

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Allscripts Enterprise E HR Modular, Allscripts, 2013
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Allscripts Enterprise EHR, Allscripts, 2013
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Meaningful Use Advisor, MedCPU Inc., 2013

PubMed

Iran: Attacking injured protestors and healthcare workers violates medical neutrality.
Mahtab Jafari, Kamiar Alaei, Hamidreza Abdi, Anahita Kooschi, Reza F Saidi
BMJ. 2026-02-06
1 citations
Evaluating outcomes of preemptive kidney transplant in patients over 65 using high-KDPI kidneys compared to non-preemptive recipients.
Siavash Safiee, Mahmoudreza Moein, Isabel Sia, Danielle Passafiume, Lorie Kim
International Urology and Nephrology. 2026-02-01
Violations of medical neutrality during protests in Iran.
Arash Alaei, Kamiar Alaei, Hamidreza Abdi, Shirin Amani Azari, Anahita Kooschi
Lancet. 2026-01-30

Journal Articles

A New Definition of Transplant Tourism
Broumand B, Saidi RF, International Journal of Organ Transplantation, 1/1/2017
Outcomes of Full-Right-Full Left Split Liver Transplantation in Adults; a propensity match analysis
Zimmerman A, Flahivr J, Hertl M, Cosimi AB, Saidi RF, International Journal of Organ Transplantation, 1/1/2016
Competitive Market Analysis of Transplant Centers and Discrepancy of Wait-Listing of Recipients for Kidney Transplantation
Cho PS, Saidi RF, Cutie CJ, Ko D., International Journal of Organ Transplantation, 1/1/2015

Books/Book Chapters

Clinical Approach to Infection in the Compromised Host
Chapter: Surgical Aspects of Infection in the Compromised Host.
Saidi RF, Hertl M,and Cosimi ABEditors: Rubin RH, Young LS, and Van Furth R..SpringerEdition 5th,2014
Transfusion-Free Medicine and Surgery
Chapter: Translational Strategies to Minimize Transfusion Requirement in Liver Surgery and Transplantation: Targeting Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury.
Saidi RFBlackwell Publishing2014
Organ Donation and Organ Donors: Issues, Challenges and Perspectives.
Editors: Saidi RF.Nova Science Publishers2013

Abstracts/Posters

Racial Disparity in Kidney Transplantation
Iranpour E, Tavabi A, Gohh Rm Morriessy P, Saidi RF, American Transplant Congress, Chicago, IL, 1/1/2017
Human Adipose Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Enhance Bone Marrow Engraftment and Induce Immunological Tolerance
Saidi RF, Rajeshkumar B, Agriwal P, Rashighi M., American Transplant Congress, Philadelphia, PA, 1/1/2015
Mesenchymal Stem Cells Enhance Bone Marrow Engraftment and Induce Immunological Tolerance Through Treg Expansion.
Saidi RF, Rajeshkumar B, Agriwal P, Rashighi M, World Transplant Congress, San Francisco, CA, 1/1/2014

Lectures

Competition in Transplantation: Helpful or Harmful.
San Diego, CA - 1/1/2017
Stem Cells and Solid Organ Transplantation
Royan Institute, Tehran, Iran - 1/1/2017
Clinical Transplantation and Tolerance
Troy, MI - 1/1/2016