RonaldWBusuttilMDPhD
General Surgery • Los Angeles, CAVascular Surgery, Hepatobiliary Surgery, Transplantation
Distinguished Professor and Executive Chairman of Surgery, UCLA
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Office
200 UCLA Medical Plz
Los Angeles, CA 90095Phone+1 310-794-7788Fax+1 310-794-3344
Education & Training
Tulane University School of MedicinePhD, Pharmacology, 1978
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterResidency, Surgery, 1971 - 1977
Tulane University School of MedicineClass of 1971
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 1972 - 2025
TX State Medical License 2018 - 2018
LA State Medical License 1973 - 2005
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2002-2014
- Top Doctors:LA Area Castle Connolly, 2013
- America's Top Doctors for Cancer Castle Connolly, 2009-2013
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Clinical Trials
- Sorafenib Tosylate Following a Liver Transplant in Treating Patients With Liver Cancer Start of enrollment: 2012 Jul 16
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 122 citationsPurification of HCC-specific extracellular vesicles on nanosubstrates for early HCC detection by digital scoringNa Sun, Yi-Te Lee, Ryan Y. Zhang, Rueihung Kao, Pai-Chi Teng
Nature Communications. 2020-09-07 - 16 citationsHyperlipidemia and Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Predispose to Hepatocellular Carcinoma Development Without Cirrhosis.Jennifer Phan, Vivian Ng, Sam French, Gina Choi, Mohamed El Kabany
Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology. 2019-04-01 - 498 citationsThe utility of marginal donors in liver transplantation.Ronald W. Busuttil, Koichi Tanaka
Liver Transplantation. 2003-07-01
Journal Articles
- Predicting Early Hepatic Graft Failure—the Quest ContinuesRonald Busuttil, MD, JAMA Surgery
- Heart and Heart‐Liver Transplantation in Adults with Failing Fontan PhysiologyRonald W Busuttil, Ali Nsair, Hillel Laks, Abbas Ardehali, Eugene C DePasquale, Mario C Deng, Jeannette P Lin, Robert S Venick, Leigh C Reardon, Reshma M Biniwale, Fad..., Clinical Transplantation
- Coil-Assisted Retrograde Transvenous Obliteration (CARTO): An Alternative Treatment Option for Refractory Hepatic EncephalopathyFady Kaldas, Francisco Durazo, Siddharth A Padia, Justin P McWilliams, Joseph 3rd DiNorcia, Edward Wolfgang Lee, Ronald W Busuttil, Nature
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Authored Content
- One Thousand Pediatric Liver Transplants During Thirty Years: Lessons LearnedFebruary 2018
Press Mentions
Founder of UCLA’s Liver Transplant Program Reflects on 40 Years of Saving LivesJuly 27th, 2022- Hepatocellular Carcinoma Recurrence and Death Following Living and Deceased Donor Liver TransplantationJuly 23rd, 2020
UCLA Led the Nation in Organ Transplants in 2017July 16th, 2018- Join now to see all
Grant Support
- Adldt: An Opportunity To Expand The National Donor PoolNational Institute Of Diabetes And Digestive And Kidney Diseases2002–2009
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