RyutaroHiroseMD

General Surgery • San Francisco, CA

Hepatobiliary Surgery, Surgical Oncology (Other than Breast), Transplantation

Professor of Clinical Surgery University of California, San Francisco

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Office
505 Parnassus Ave
San Francisco, CA 94143
Phone(415) 353-1551
Fax(415) 353-8974
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Education & Training

UCSFResidency, General Surgery, 1989 - 1997
Columbia University College of Physicians & SurgeonsClass of 1989

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1991 - 2023
American Board of Surgery Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012-2013
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com

Clinical Trials

Randomized Study of the Impact of Peri-operative Glucose Control on Short Term Renal Allograft Function After Transplantation Start of enrollment: 2012 Aug 01Rushakoff, R.J.,Hirose, R.,Parekh, J.R.

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Metastatic Donor-derived Malignancies Following Simultaneous Pancreas-kidney Transplant: Three Case Reports and Management Strategies.
Dominic Amara, Steven A. Wisel, Hillary J. Braun, Eric A. Collisson, Terence W. Friedlander, Giulia Worner, Garret R Roll, Ryutaro Hirose, Peter G. Stock> ;Transplantation direct. 2020 Dec 8
Setting rules for the sandbox: A response to "Successfully sharing the sandbox: A perspective on combined DCD liver and heart donor procurement".
Steven A. Wisel, Carrie Thiessen, Ryan Day, L Justin Belin, Shareef Syed, Ryutaro Hirose, Nancy L. Ascher, John P. Roberts, Chris E. Freise> ;American Journal of Transplantation. 2020 Dec 4
Opioid use prior to liver transplant is associated with increased risk of death after transplant.
Hillary J. Braun, Marisa P. Schwab, Chengshi Jin, Dominic Amara, Neil Mehta, Trevor R. Grace, Rhiannon Croci, Chris E. Freise, John P. Roberts, Ryutaro Hirose, Nancy L...> ;American Journal of Surgery. 2020 Nov 20
COVID-19 and Abdominal Transplant: A Stepwise Approach to Practice During Pandemic Conditions.
Shareef Syed, James M. Gardner, Garrett R. Roll, Allison B. Webber, Neil Mehta, Jun Shoji, Dieter Adelmann, Claus U. Niemann, Hillary J. Braun, Anna Mello, Francis Y. ...> ;Transplantation. 2020 Nov 1
Early national and center-level changes to kidney transplantation in the United States during the COVID-19 epidemic.
Brian J. Boyarsky, William A. Werbel, Christine M. Durand, Robin K. Avery, Kyle R. Jackson, Amber B. Kernodle, Jon J. Snyder, Ryutaro Hirose, Indraneel M. Massie, Jacq...> ;American Journal of Transplantation. 2020 Aug 5
Live Donor Liver Transplantation in the United States: Impact of Share 35 on Live Donor Utilization.
Hillary J. Braun, Jennifer L. Dodge, Joshua Grab, Marisa E. Schwab, Iris H Liu, Alexa C Glencer, Peter G. Stock, Ryutaro Hirose, John P. Roberts, Nancy L. Ascher> ;Transplantation. 2020 May 18
A model for the institutional adoption of innovative surgical techniques
Monica Jain, Quan-Yang Duh, Ryutaro Hirose, Julie A. Sosa, Insoo Suh> ;Surgery. 2020 May 4
1 citations
Unfair Advantages for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients Listed for Liver Transplant in Short‐Wait Regions Following 2015 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Policy Change
Max N. Brondfield, Jennifer L. Dodge, Ryutaro Hirose, Julie K. Heimbach, Francis Y. Yao, Neil Mehta> ;Liver Transplantation. 2020 May 1
Predictors of low risk for dropout from the liver transplant waiting list for hepatocellular carcinoma in long wait time regions: Implications for organ allocation.
Neil Mehta, Jennifer L. Dodge, Ryutaro Hirose, John P. Roberts, Francis Y. Yao> ;American Journal of Transplantation. 2019 Aug 1
Changes in Simultaneous Liver-kidney Transplant Allocation Policy May Impact Postliver Transplant Outcomes.
Giuseppe Cullaro, Ryutaro Hirose, Jennifer C. Lai> ;Transplantation. 2019 May 1
Beyond Death and Graft Survival - Variation in Outcomes after Kidney Transplant. Results from the NSQIP Transplant Beta Phase.
Parekh, J. R.,Hirose, R.,Foley, D.,Grieco, A.,Cohen, M. E.,Hall, B. L.,Ko, C. Y.,Greenstein, S.> ;Am. J. Transplant.. 2019 Apr 14
State-Based Liver Allocation: Is It a Viable Alternative?
Ryutaro Hirose> ;Liver Transplantation. 2019 Apr 1
Comparison of Tumor Regression Grading of Residual Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Following Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Without Radiation: Would Fewer Tier-Stratificati...
Sunhee S. Kim, Andrew H. Ko, Eric K. Nakakura, Zhen J. Wang, Carlos U. Corvera, Hobart W. Harris, Kimberly S. Kirkwood, Ryutaro Hirose, Margaret A. Tempero, Grace E. Kim> ;The American Journal of Surgical Pathology. 2019 Mar 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.> ;Am. J. Transplant.. 2019 Mar 20
Report of National Kidney Foundation Consensus Conference to Decrease Kidney Discards.
Matthew Cooper, Richard N. Formica, John J. Friedewald, Ryutaro Hirose, Kevin O'Connor, Sumit Mohan, Jesse D. Schold, David A. Axelrod, Stephen O. Pastan> ;Clinical Transplantation. 2019 Jan 1
Alpha-Fetoprotein Decrease from > 1,000 to < 500 ng/mL in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma Leads to Improved Posttransplant Outcomes.
Neil Mehta, Jennifer L. Dodge, John P. Roberts, Ryutaro Hirose, Francis Y. Yao> ;Hepatology. 2018 Dec 13
Development and validation of an optimized prediction of mortality for candidates awaiting liver transplantation.
Dimitris Bertsimas, Jerry Kung, Nikolaos Trichakis, Yuchen Wang, Ryutaro Hirose, Parsia A. Vagefi> ;American Journal of Transplantation. 2018 Dec 6
Increasing Liver Transplantation Wait-List Dropout for Hepatocellular Carcinoma With Widening Geographical Disparities: Implications for Organ Allocation
Neil Mehta, Jennifer L. Dodge, Ryutaro Hirose, John P. Roberts, Francis Y. Yao> ;Liver Transplantation. 2018 Oct 1
How Good Is Good? Benchmarking and the Quest for Quality Improvement in Liver Transplantation.
Madhukar S. Patel, Ryutaro Hirose, Parsia A. Vagefi> ;Annals of Surgery. 2017 Oct 1
1 citations
Mycophenolate Mofetil Withdrawal With Conversion to Everolimus to Treat BK Virus Infection in Kidney Transplant Recipients.
Wojciechowski, D., Chandran, S., Webber, A., Hirose, R., Vincenti, F.> ;Transplantation proceedings. 2017 Sep 20
Misdiagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients receiving no local-regional therapy prior to liver transplant: An analysis of the Organ Procurement and Transplant...
Neil Mehta, Jennifer L. Dodge, John P. Roberts, Ryutaro Hirose, Francis Y. Yao> ;Clinical Transplantation. 2017 Sep 7
Splenic vein thrombosis following pancreas transplantation: identification of factors that support conservative management.
Harbell, J. W.,Morgan, T.,Feldstein, V. A.,Roll, G. R.,Posselt, A.,Kang, S. M.,Feng, S.,Hirose, R.,Freise, C. E.,Stock, P.> ;Am. J. Transplant.. 2017 Jul 15
Pancreas-after-Islet (PAI) transplantation in non-uremic Type 1 diabetes: A strategy for restoring durable insulin independence.
Wisel, S. A.,Gardner, J. M.,Roll, G. R.,Harbell, J.,Freise, C. E.,Feng, S.,Kang, S. M.,Hirose, R.,Kaufman, D. B.,Posselt, A.,Stock, P. G.> ;Am. J. Transplant.. 2017 May 11
8 citations
Liver allocation and distribution: time for a change.
Ranjit Deshpande, Ryutaro Hirose, David C. Mulligan> ;Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation. 2017 Apr 1
A Transplant Specific Quality Initiative - Introducing TransQIP: a joint effort of the ASTS and ACS.
Parekh, J.,Ko, C.,Lappin, J.,Greenstein, S.,Hirose, R.> ;Am. J. Transplant.. 2017 Apr 20
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Press Mentions

Lawsuits Drive Transplant Community Debate over Liver AllocationApril 27, 2019 00:43
VUMC Surgeon Assails National Liver Donor ProposalOctober 07, 2016 10:38
Health Highlights: Aug. 16, 2016August 17, 2016 10:48
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