RyutaroHiroseMD

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

Chief of Division of Transplant Surgery Roger K. Giesecke Distinguished Chair in Transplant Surgery Surgical Director UW Medicine Transplant Institute Surgical Director, Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients

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Office
1959 NE Pacific St.
Box 356410
Seattle, WA 98195

Education & Training

University of California (San Francisco)Residency, Surgery, 1989 - 1997
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and SurgeonsClass of 1989

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1991 - 2027
WA State Medical License 2023 - 2026
American Board of Surgery Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012-2013
Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons

Clinical Trials

Hyperglycemia in Renal Transplantation Start of enrollment: 2012 Aug 01
Completed
Not Applicable

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

1 citations
Impact of the lung allocation system score modification by blood type on US lung transplant candidates.
Grace R Lyden, Maryam Valapour, Nicholas L Wood, Sommer E Gentry, Ajay K Israni
American Journal of Transplantation. 2025-01-28
Transforming transplantation access: A federal directive for comprehensive pre-waitlisting data collection.
Rachel E Patzer, Jesse D Schold, Ryutaro Hirose, Jennifer A Cowger, Megan Urbanski
American Journal of Transplantation. 2025-01-27
Highly sensitized patients listed for heart after liver transplantation with or without domino.
Shin Lin, Ioannis Dimarakis, Elina Minami, Ramasamy Bakthavatsalam, Renuka Bhattacharya
The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2025-01-01

Journal Articles

Development and Validation of an Optimized Prediction of Mortality for Candidates Awaiting Liver Transplantation
Parsia A Vagefi, Ryutaro Hirose, American journal of transplantation
Report of National Kidney Foundation Consensus Conference to Decrease Kidney Discards
Stephen Pastan, John Friedewald, Sumit Mohan, Ryutaro Hirose, Richard Formica, Clinical Transplantation

Press Mentions

Thousands of Lives Depend on a Transplant Network in Need of ‘Vast Restructuring’July 31st, 2022
Lawsuits Drive Transplant Community Debate over Liver AllocationApril 24th, 2019
VUMC Surgeon Assails National Liver Donor ProposalOctober 6th, 2016
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