Ryutaro Hirose MD
Hepatobiliary Surgery, Surgical Oncology (Other than Breast), Transplantation
Chief of Division of Transplant Surgery Roger K. Giesecke Distinguished Chair in Transplant Surgery Surgical Director UW Medicine Transplant Institute Surgical Director, Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients
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1959 NE Pacific St.Box 356410Seattle, WA 98195
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Education & Training
University of California (San Francisco)Residency, Surgery, 1989 - 1997
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and SurgeonsClass of 1989
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 1991 - 2027
WA State Medical License 2023 - 2026
American Board of Surgery Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012-2013
- Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com
- Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
Clinical Trials
- Hyperglycemia in Renal Transplantation Start of enrollment: 2012 Aug 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction and Previous Cardiac Revascularization: Impact on Patient Survival, Graft Survival, and Complications in Kidney Transplant Recipients.Dominic Amara, Miguel Nunez, Justin Parekh, Stuart Greenstein, David Foley
Transplantation Direct. 2025-07-01 - 2 citationsImpact of the lung allocation system score modification by blood type on US lung transplant candidates.Grace R Lyden, Maryam Valapour, Nicholas L Wood, Sommer E Gentry, Ajay K Israni
American Journal of Transplantation. 2025-06-01 - 1 citationsTransforming transplantation access: A federal directive for comprehensive pre-waitlisting data collection.Rachel E Patzer, Jesse D Schold, Ryutaro Hirose, Jennifer A Cowger, Megan Urbanski
American Journal of Transplantation. 2025-05-01
Journal Articles
- Development and Validation of an Optimized Prediction of Mortality for Candidates Awaiting Liver TransplantationParsia A Vagefi, Ryutaro Hirose, American journal of transplantation
- Report of National Kidney Foundation Consensus Conference to Decrease Kidney DiscardsStephen Pastan, John Friedewald, Sumit Mohan, Ryutaro Hirose, Richard Formica, Clinical Transplantation
Press Mentions
Thousands of Lives Depend on a Transplant Network in Need of ‘Vast Restructuring’July 31st, 2022- Lawsuits Drive Transplant Community Debate over Liver AllocationApril 24th, 2019
VUMC Surgeon Assails National Liver Donor ProposalOctober 6th, 2016- Join now to see all
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