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