Clinical Fellows
Current Fellows
Peter Altshuler, MD, MS
Clinical Fellow (PGY-7)
Abdominal Transplant Surgery
Hillary Braun, MD, MAS
Clinical Fellow (PGY-7)
Abdominal Transplant Surgery
Alexander Gupta, MD
Clinical Fellow (PGY-6)
Abdominal Transplant Surgery
Danny Orabi, MD, PhD
Clinical Fellow (PGY-6)
Abdominal Transplant Surgery
Former Fellows
2022-2024
Alexander Cortez, MD
Senior Associate Consultant
Mayo Clinic (Rochester)
Arya Zarinsefat, MD
Transplant Surgeon
Corewell Health
2021-2023
Charles Rickert, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Transplant Surgery
Kyle Sheetz, MD
Assistant Professor
University of Michigan
2020-2022
L. Justin Belin, MD, MPH
Transplant Surgeon
University of Massachusetts
Ryan Day, MD
Transplant Surgeon and Surgical Oncologist
AdventHealth
2019-2021
Carrie Thiessen, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
University of Wisconsin
Steven Wisel, MD
Transplant Surgeon
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
2018-2020
Zachary C. Dietch, MD, MBA
Assistant Professor
Northwestern University
Seiji Yamaguchi, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Transplant Surgery
2017-2019
James M. Gardner, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Transplant Surgery
Investigator, UCSF Diabetes Center
Director, UCSF VITAL Core
2016-2018
Babak Orandi, MD, PhD, MSc
Assistant Professor
University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)
Shareef Syed, MBChB, MRCS, FACS, MAEd
Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Transplant Surgery
Associate Director, UCSF Surgical Skills Center
Director, Abdominal Transplant Fellowship Program
2015-2017
Jack Harbell, MD
Transplant Surgeon
Mayo Clinic (Phoenix, Arizona)
2014-2016
Lyle Burdine, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Director of Solid Organ Transplant
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
2013-2015
Aaron J. Ahearn, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery
University of Southern California
Justin Parekh, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery
University of California, San Diego
2012-2014
Garrett R. Roll, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Transplant Surgery
2011-2013
Damanpreet Singh Bedi, MD
Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgeon
Beaumont Health Systems
Gregory R. Veillette, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Chief, Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery
Surgical Director, Pancreas and Pediatric Kidney Transplantation
Westchester Medical Center
2010-2012
Mark Hobeika, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Houston Methodist Hospital
2009-2011
Ingo Klein, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery
Wuerzburg University
Parsia Vagefi, MD
Professor of Surgery
Executive Vice Chair of Strategy and Finance
Chief, Division of Surgical Transplantation
Ernest Poulos, M.D. Distinguished Chair in Surgery
UT Southwestern Medical Center
2008-2010
Bruce Gelb, MD
Assistant Professor
Surgical Director, Kidney Transplant Program
New York University
2007-2009
Todd Brennan, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Duke Medicine
Matthew H. Levine, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Surgery
University of Pennsylvania
2006-2008
Kayvan Roayaie, MD, PhD
Surgical Specialist
White Plains Hospital Center
2005-2007
Erik Finger, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
University of Minnesota
2004-2006
Dries Braat, MD
Assistant Professor
Leiden University Medical Center
Marc Melcher, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Stanford University
2003-2005
Harish Mahanty, MD, FACS
Transplant Surgeon
California Pacific Medical Center
2002-2004
Gerald Lipshutz, MD, DDS, MS
Professor In Residence of Surgery
University of California, Los Angeles
2001-2003
Jeffrey Halldorson, MD
Transplant Surgeon
Sharp Memorial Hospital
2000-2002
Andrew M. Posselt, MD, PhD
Professor of Surgery
Division of Transplant Surgery
Director, Pancreatic Islet Transplant Program
Anthony Savo, MD
Pediatric Surgical Fellow
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
1999-2001
Sang-Mo Kang, MD
Professor of Surgery
Division of Transplant Surgery
Surgical Director of Liver Transplantation
UCSF-Benioff Children’s Hospital
1998-2000
Henry B. Randall, MD, FACS
Division Chief, Adult & Pediatric Transplantation
Associate Professor of Surgery,
Saint Louis University
Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center
Surgical Director of Liver Transplantation,
Center for Abdominal Transplantation
1996-1998
1995-1997
Shunji Narumi, MD
Director, Transplant Surgery
Kidney Disease Center
Japanese Red Cross Nagoya Daini Hospital, Nagoya City, Japan
Robert W. Osorio, MD, FACS
Chair, Department of Transplantation
Surgical Director,
Liver Disease and Liver Transplant Program
California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC)
1994-1996
1993-1995
Michael Wachs, MD
Professor of Surgery
University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus
1992-1994
Lisa Florence, MD
Director, Kidney Transplant Program
Swedish Medical Center
Susan Orloff, MD
Professor of Surgery
Oregon Health & Science University
1991-1993
Ginny L. Bumgardner, MD, PhD
Professor of Surgery
The Ohio State University
1990-1992
Peter G. Stock, MD, PhD
Professor of Surgery
Surgical Director, Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Program
Surgical Director, Pediatric Renal Transplant Program
Co-Director, Pancreatic Islet Cell Transplant Program
Program, Director, T32 Training Program in Transplant Surgery
1989-1991
John M. Rabkin, MD
Transplant Surgeon
California Pacific Medical Center
1988-1990
John McVicar, MD
Professor
UC Davis Health