Samir Abu-Gazala, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Active Surgeon, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Attending Surgeon, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Courtesy Surgeon, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
Surgical Director, Living Donor Kidney Team, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Department: Surgery
Contact information
Division of Transplant Surgery
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce Street, 2nd Fl. Ravdin Courtyard Bldg.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce Street, 2nd Fl. Ravdin Courtyard Bldg.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-662-2561
Education:
MD
Hadassah Hebrew University School of Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel, 2007.
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Hadassah Hebrew University School of Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel, 2007.
Selected Publications
Tang H, Kaplan DE, Abu-Gazala S, Mahmud N: Recent TIPS increases postoperative mortality: A national cohort study. Hepatology Communications 8(12): e0577, Nov. 29 2024 Notes: eCollection Dec. 2024.Cywes C, Banker A, Muñoz N, Levine M, Abu-Gazala S, Bittermann T, Abt P: The potential utilization of machine perfusion to increase transplantation of macrosteatotic livers. Transplantation 108(11): e370-e375, Nov. 1 2024 Notes: Epub May 21, 2024.
Shaffer L, Abu-Gazala S, Schaubel DE, Abt P, Mahmud N: Performance of risk prediction models for post-liver transplant patient and graft survival over time. Liver Transplantation 30(7): 689-698, July 1 2024 Notes: Epub Jan. 24, 2024.
Banker A, Cywes C, Munoz N, Taj R, Bitterman T, Abt P, Abu Gazala S: The impact of donor body mass index on safety and outcomes in living donor liver transplantation: An analysis of the National United States Database. Transplantation Direct 10(7): e1673, June 20 2024 Notes: eCollection July 2024.
Mahmud N, Yagan L, Hoteit MA, Reddy KR, Abt PL, Abu-Gazala S: Significant reduction in posttransplant hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence in the post 6-mo waiting policy era. Transplantation 108(5): 1172-1178, May 1 2024 Notes: Epub Nov. 13, 2023.
Abu-Gazala S, Tang H, Abt P, Mahmud N: National trends in utilization of normothermic machine perfusion in DCD liver transplantation. Transplantation Direct 10(5): e1596, Apr. 9 2024 Notes: eCollection May 2024.
Wang RX, Abu-Gazala S, Mahmud N: Post-transplant outcomes and trends in utilization of Covid-19 positive deceased donor liver transplantation. Liver Transplantation 29(10): 1129-1133, Oct. 1 2023 Notes: Epub May 11, 2023.
Hakeem AR, Mathew JS, Aunés CV, Mazzola A, Alconchel F, Yoon Y-I, Testa G, Selzner N, Sarin SK, Lee K-W, Soin A, Pomposelli J, Menon K, Goyal N, Kota V, Abu-Gazala S, Rodriguez-Davalos M, Rajalingam R, Kapoor D, Durand F, Kamath P, Jothimani D, Sudhindran S, Vij V, Yoshizumi T, Egawa H, Lerut J, Broering D, Berenguer M, Cattral M, Clavien P-A, Chen C-L, Shah S, Zhu Z-J, Ascher N, Bhangui P, Rammohan A, Emond J, Rela M: Preventing small-for-size syndrome in living donor liver transplantation: Guidelines from the ILTS-iLDLT-LTSI Consensus Conference. Transplantation 107(10): 2203-2215, Oct. 1 2023 Notes: Epub Aug. 28, 2023.
Mahmud N, Panchal S, Abu-Gazala S, Serper M, Lewis JD, Kaplan DE: Association between bariatric surgery and alcohol use–related hospitalization and all-cause mortality in a Veterans Affairs cohort. JAMA Surgery 158(2): 162-171, Feb. 1 2023 Notes: Epub Dec. 14, 2022.
Abbassi F, Gero D, Muller X, Bueno A, Figiel W, Robin F, Laroche S, Picard B, Shankar S, Ivanics T, van Reeven M, van Leeuwen OB, Braun HJ, Monbaliu D, Breton A, Vachharajani N, Bonaccorsi Riani E, Nowak G, McMillan RR, Abu-Gazala S, Nair A, Bruballa R, Paterno F, Weppler Sears D, Pinna AD, Guarrera JV, de Santibañes E, de Santibañes M, Hernandez-Alejandro R, Olthoff K, Ghobrial RM, Ericzon BG, Ciccarelli O, Chapman WC, Mabrut JY, Pirenne J, Müllhaupt B, Ascher NL, Porte RJ, de Meijer VE, Polak WG, Sapisochin G, Attia M, Weiss E, Adam RA, Cherqui D, Boudjema K, Zienewicz K, Jassem W, Dutkowski P, Clavien PA: Novel benchmark values for redo liver transplantation. Does the outcome justify the effort? Annals of Surgery 276(5): 860-867, Nov. 2022 Notes: Epub July 27, 2022.