FranciscoGCigarroaMD
General Surgery • San Antonio, TXPediatric General Surgery, Transplantation
Physician
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Office
7703 Floyd Curl Dr
Ste 219, Urschel Bldg
San Antonio, TX 78229Phone+1 210-567-5124Fax+1 210-702-4233
Summary
- I am certified by the American Board of Surgery in General Surgery and Pediatric Surgery. I also completed a fellowship in Transplant Surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital. I am the current director of Transplantation Surgery at UT Health San Antonio and University Health System.
Education & Training
Johns Hopkins UniversityFellowship, Pediatric Surgery, 1990 - 1993
Massachusetts General HospitalResidency, Surgery, 1983 - 1990
University of Texas Southwestern Medical SchoolClass of 1983
Certifications & Licensure
TX State Medical License 1983 - 2025
MD State Medical License 1992 - 1996- American Board of Surgery Surgery
- American Board of Surgery Pediatric Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Elected Member Institute of Medicine, 2006
- Whos Who in Medicine and Healthcare Marquis Whos Who
- Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 88 citationsSonographically observed echogenic response during intraoperative radiofrequency ablation of cirrhotic livers: pathologic correlation.John R. Leyendecker, Gerald D. Dodd, Glenn A. Halff, Victor A. McCoy, Dacia H. Napier
AJR. American Journal of Roentgenology. 2002-01-01 - 172 citationsImpact of Portable Normothermic Blood-Based Machine Perfusion on Outcomes of Liver Transplant: The OCS Liver PROTECT Randomized Clinical Trial.James F Markmann, Marwan S Abouljoud, R Mark Ghobrial, Chandra S Bhati, Shawn J Pelletier
JAMA Surgery. 2022-03-01 - 9 citationsLiver Paired Exchange Using Compatible Pairs - US Single Center Experience.Tarunjeet Klair, Glenn A. Halff, Danielle Fritze, Elizabeth Thomas, Gregory A Abrahamian
Annals of Surgery. 2020-12-01
Journal Articles
- Institutional Conflicts of Interest and Public TrustFrancisco Cigarroa, MD, JAMA
Press Mentions
University Health Leads the Nation in Living Donor Kidney Transplants for ChildrenJanuary 10th, 2023- Texas’s Doctor Shortage Is BilingualDecember 15th, 2022
- UT Health San Antonio Professors Urge Uplifting US Latinos from Obscurity to the Forefront of Health CareAugust 19th, 2021
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