University of California San Francisco

Shareef Syed, MBChB, MRCS, FACS, MAEd

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Shareef
Syed
MBChB, MRCS, FACS, MAEd

Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Transplant Surgery 
Associate Director, UCSF Surgical Skills Center
Director, Abdominal Transplant Fellowship Program

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Address

505 Parnassus Avenue, #M884C
San Francisco, CA 94117
United States

Email: [email protected]

Biography

Dr. Shareef Syed is an Assistant Professor of Surgery within the Division of Transplant Surgery at the University of California, San Francisco.

He also serves as the division’s educational lead to general surgery residents, participates in enhancing the campus surgical education curriculum and was recently accepted in to the upcoming Teaching Scholars Program cohort. Dr. Syed was recently awarded the Faculty Teaching Award by UCSF’s PGY1 General Surgery Residents in recognition for the quality of his teaching and contributions to their education. In addition to his clinical and surgical responsibilities, his current research interests include studying renal allograft rejection, the preservation of donor livers and the intersection of global health and education vis-à-vis partnering with a Costa Rican transplant center.

He is a member of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, Royal College of Surgeons and The Transplantation Society.

Education

Institution Degree Dept or School End Date
University of California Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training 2019
University of California, San Francisco Abdominal Transplant Surgery 2018
University of California, San Francisco General Surgery 2016
Central Michigan University General Surgery 2014
Royal College of Surgeons MRCS Surgery 2011
University of Bristol, National Health Service Trust CardioThoracic Surgey 2011
University of Southampton, National Health Service Trust Internal Medicine and General Surgery 2010
University of Leicester MBChB Medicine 2008

Board Certifications

American Board of Surgery

Awards & Honors

Award Conferred By Date
Faculty Teaching Award University of California, San Francisco 2019
Lawrence W. Way Critical Thinking Award University of California, San Francisco 2016
The Louis E. Zeile Outstanding Resident in Surgery Central Michigan University 2014

Clinical Expertise

Bile Duct Cancer (Cholangiocarcinoma)
Bile Duct Injuries
Choledochal Cysts
Gallbladder Cancer
Hepatocellular Carcinoma (Primary Liver Cancer)
Kidney Transplantation
Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy
Liver Biopsy
Liver Cysts
Liver Metastases (Secondary Liver Cancer)
Liver Resection
Liver Transplantation
Living Donor Kidney Transplantation
Living Donor Liver Transplantation
Pancreas Transplantation
Pediatric Kidney Transplantation
Pediatric Liver Transplantation

Publications

MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS FROM A TOTAL OF 10
  1. Automated Computed Tomography-based Liver Steatosis Risk Stratification of Deceased Organ Donors Using Real-world Data.
    Amara D, Melehy A, Feng J, Rodgers A, Haikal N, Agopian V, Hirose R, Stock P, Salehi A, Bui AAT, Syed S| | PubMed
  2. Portal Vein Thrombectomy in Liver Transplantation for Patients With Calcified Portal Vein Thrombosis: An Extensive Case Series.
    Altshuler PJ, Roll GR, Chu SN, Zheng AC, Record HL, Hasan H, Freise CE, Yamaguchi S, Roberts JP, Syed SM| | PubMed
  3. Management of postbiopsy late-onset ascites postpediatric en bloc kidney transplantation.
    Arammash M, Arammash H, Syed S| | PubMed
  4. Development and Validity of a Novel Transplant Operative Assessment Tool.
    Cortez AR, Brian R, Lam J, Boscardin C, Wilson M, Papageorge C, Wisel SA, Diwan T, Syed SM| | PubMed
  5. The potential of kidney transplantation to reduce mortality from chronic kidney disease: a global, cross-sectional, modelling study.
    Zambeli-Ljepovic A, Tungsanga S, Ghimire A, Bello AK, Okpechi IG, Siyoum MT, Mushi FA, Asiimwe F, Bagasha P, Okungu V, Bertozzi SM, Hoffmann TJ, Thomson D, Muller E, Scott JW, Syed S, Ascher N, Stock P, Rose J| | PubMed
  6. Proteomic Analysis of Perfusate from Normothermic Machine Perfusion of Human Livers Suggests Markers Associated with Organ Recovery.
    T. Sigdel, J. Kim, S. Syed, J. Bornstein, N. Sajai, B. Wang, C. Freise, H. Willenbring, G. Roll| | UCSF Research Profile
  7. Ten Years of Kidney Transplantation in Ethiopia: Results of a Capacity Assessment Toolkit Pilot.
    M. Siyoum, A. Zambeli-Ljepovic, A. Abbasi, D. Thomson, M. Yilma, S. Syed, J. Punch, P. Stock, L. Mohammed| | UCSF Research Profile
  8. Machine learning improves post-transplantation HCC recurrence prediction.
    Li PJ, Ashraf Ganjouei A, Syed S, Mehta N, Alseidi A, Adam MA| | PubMed
  9. Pilot Case Series of Robotic-Assisted Hernia Repair in Patients With Cirrhosis.
    Amara D, Shaik F, Olivarez-Kidwell R, Lin M, Soriano I, Roll G, Syed S| | PubMed
  10. Totally-robotic Roux-en-Y duodenal bypass for obstructing annular pancreas: A case report.
    Alison S. Baskin, Ruby D. Lopez-Flores, Shareef Syed, Ian Soriano| | UCSF Research Profile