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Assad Hassoun, MD, General Surgery, San Francisco, CA

Assad Hassoun MD FACS

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


Surgical Director, Pancreas Surgery & Transplantation

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  • 2333 Buchanan StSan Francisco, CA 94115

  • Phone+1 415-600-6000

  • Fax+1 415-885-8666

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Education & Training

  • One Brooklyn Health System/Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center
    One Brooklyn Health System/Brookdale University Hospital and Medical CenterResidency, Surgery, 1992 - 1997
  • University of Mosul College of Medicine
    University of Mosul College of MedicineClass of 1986

Certifications & Licensure

  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 1999 - 2026
  • MN State Medical License
    MN State Medical License 1997 - 1999
  • Surgery
    American Board of Surgery Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Award for Best International Physician Achievement MedShare Organization, 2015
  • Selected by �Peer Review� as one of top surgeons in the Bay Area, North California 2015
  • Award for Best Presentation Pan Arab Liver Transplantation Society, 2013
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Status of Liver Transplantation in the Arab World  
    Khalaf H, Marwan I, Al-Sebayel M, El-Meteini M, Hosny A, Abdel-Wahab M, Amer K, El-Shobari M, Kamel R, Al-Qahtani M, Khan I, Bashir A, Hammoudi S, Smadi S, Khalife M, ..., Transplantation, 1/15/2014
  • Clinical application of the two-layer (University of Wisconsin solution/perfluorochemical plus O2) method of pancreas preservation before transplantation  
    Matsumoto S, Kandaswamy R, Sutherland DE, Hassoun AA, Hiraoka K, Sageshima J, Shibata S, Tanioka Y, Kuroda Y, Transplantation, 1/1/2000
  • Immunologic factors: the major risk for decreased long-term renal allograft survival  
    Humar A, Hassoun A, Kandaswamy R, Payne WD, Sutherland DE, Matas AJ, Transplantation, 1/27/1999
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Abstracts/Posters

  • Early use of Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEI) and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARB) is associated with severe hyperkalemia in kidney transplant recipi...
    Lawrence H Lu, MD, Kimi Ueda, PharmD, Mailen Miguel, MD, Parul Patel, MD, Vasyl Warvariv, MD, Lawrence Bohannon, MD, William Bry, MD, Harish Mahanty, MD, Assad Hassoun..., American Transplant Congress, Philadelphia, PA, 1/1/2011
  • 5 year follow up of paired kidney exchange at a single center.
    Ueda K, Jaber L, John D, Katznelson S, Bry W, Peddi R, Hassoun A, Mahanty H, Warvariv V, and Patel P, American Transplant Congress, Boston, MA, 1/30/2009
  • Kidney Transplantation Without Antibody Induction: A Single Center Experience.
    Patel P, Katznelson S, Peddi VR, Bohannon L, Bry W, Hassoun A, Mahanty H, Ueda K, Transplantation Society Congress, Sydney, Australia, 1/10/2008
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Lectures

  • Innovative surgical techniques in Pacreaticoduodenectomy: Cohor analysis using validated outcomes0based quality metrics. 
    Seoul, South Korea - 1/22/2014

Professional Memberships

Other Languages

  • Arabic, Farsi

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