MichaelAbecassisMD
General Surgery • Chicago, ILTransplantation
Director, Comprehensive Transplant Center;Chief, Division of Surgery-Organ Transplantation
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Office
676 North Saint Clair Street
Suite 1900
Chicago, IL 60611Phone+1 312-695-0359Fax+1 312-695-1817
Education & Training
University of Iowa Hospitals and ClinicsResidency, Surgery, 1990 - 1991
University of Toronto Faculty of MedicineClass of 1983
Certifications & Licensure
AZ State Medical License 2019 - 2026
IL State Medical License 1992 - 2020
IN State Medical License 2007 - 2015
IA State Medical License 1990 - 2004- American Board of Surgery Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2010-2014
- Chicago Magazine: Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2012, 2014
- Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com
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Clinical Trials
- HLA-Identical Sibling Renal Transplant Tolerance Start of enrollment: 2007 Jul 01
- Chemoembolization Versus Radioembolization in Treating Patients With Liver Cancer That Cannot Be Treated With Radiofrequency Ablation Or Surgery Start of enrollment: 2009 Aug 01
- Study of Glycemic Control on Liver Transplantation Outcomes Start of enrollment: 2009 Apr 01
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 78 citationsDual‐echo, chemical shift gradient‐echo magnetic resonance imaging to quantify hepatic steatosis: Implications for living liver donationMary E. Rinella, R. L. McCarthy, Kiran H. Thakrar, J.P. Finn, Sambasiva Rao
Liver Transplantation. 2003-08-01 - 81 citationsLiving kidney donor follow-up: State-of-the-art and future directions, conference summary and recommendationsAlan B. Leichtman, Michael Abecassis, Mark L. Barr, Marian Charlton, David Cohen
American Journal of Transplantation. 2011-12-01 - 2726 citationsAASLD guidelines for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinomaJulie K. Heimbach, Laura Kulik, Richard S. Finn, Claude B. Sirlin, Michael Abecassis
Hepatology. 2018-01-01
Journal Articles
- Development and Clinical Validity of a Novel Blood‐Based Molecular Biomarker for Sub‐Clinical Acute Rejection Following Kidney TransplantJonah Odim, Michael M Abecassis, John J Friedewald, Emilio D Poggio, Raymond L Heilman, American journal of transplantation
Press Mentions
UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson Names New Department of Medicine ChairNovember 30th, 2022- Future Doctors Celebrate Match DayMarch 21st, 2022
- Medical Student Committed to Compassionate Care, Underserved Wins $30,000 ScholarshipApril 27th, 2021
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Professional Memberships
- American Society of Transplant SurgeonsMember
- College of Physicians & Surgeons of OntarioMember
- Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of CanadaFellow
- American College of Physician ExecutivesMember
- American Association for the Study of Liver DiseaseMember
- The Transplantation SocietyMember
- Member
- American Surgical AssociationMember
- Member
Other Languages
- Spanish, French
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