The 20 Best Liver Transplant Doctors Near Me

Abhinav Humar, MD, is the clinical director of the Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute and chief of UPMC Transplant Services. He received his medical degree from the University of Ottawa where he also completed his general surgical residency. He completed his surgical fellowship in transplantation at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Humar is a member of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons and the International Liver Transplantation Society with more than 600 abstracts accepted at national and international transplant meetings and has co-authored more than 200 manuscripts, 30 book chapters and two books.Dr. Humar’s clinical interests include living donor and split liver transplants and studies of hepatic regeneration.View Dr. Humar’s full list of publications from PubMed. Dr. Humar is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Liver Transplant. He is also highly rated in 16 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Liver Failure, Fibrolamellar Carcinoma, Liver Cancer, Liver Transplant, and Kidney Transplant. Dr. Humar is board certified in Royal College Of Physicians And Surgeons Of Canada. Dr. Humar is currently accepting new patients.

Abbas Rana, MD, is dedicated to delivering high-quality, compassionate care to Houston and nearby communities. Abbas Rana specializes in Surgery and works at BCM Surgery - Transplant. To make an appointment, please call (832) 355-1400. To review all accepted insurance carriers, please visit: https://www.stlukeshealth.org/patients-visitors/patients/billing-insurance/insurances-accepted. Dr. Rana is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Liver Transplant. He is also highly rated in 13 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Liver Failure, Hepatoblastoma, Chronic Antibody-Mediated Rejection, Liver Transplant, and Kidney Transplant. Dr. Rana is currently accepting new patients.

Masato Fujiki is a Transplant Surgeon practicing medicine in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Fujiki is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Liver Transplant. He is also highly rated in 13 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Liver Failure, Malnutrition, Short Bowel Syndrome, Liver Transplant, and Splenectomy.

George V. Mazariegos, MD, FACS, specializes in pediatric transplant surgery at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. He is certified by the American College of Surgeons and is chief of Pediatric Transplantation at UPMC while holding the title of Jamie Lee Curtis Chair in Transplantation Surgery. He received his medical degree from Northwestern University Medical School, completed his residency at Michigan State University, followed by fellowships at UPMC in critical care medicine, and the Thomas E. Starzl fellowship in transplantation, hepatic, and multivisceral transplantation.Dr. Mazariegos’ clinical interests include treatment of pediatric patients who have liver and intestinal disease that require transplantation or hepatobiliary surgery. He is a member of the Society of University Surgeons, the American Surgical Association, and the Pediatric Committee of the International Liver Transplant Society. He and colleagues recently founded the Starzl Network for Excellence in Pediatric Transplantation, a learning health system focused on accelerating innovation and patient centered care in pediatric transplantation. Dr. Mazariegos lives in Oakland with his wife and three children.View Dr. Mazariegos's full list of publications from PubMed. Dr. Mazariegos is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Liver Transplant. He is also highly rated in 8 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Crigler-Najjar Syndrome, Biliary Atresia, Short Bowel Syndrome, Liver Transplant, and Small Bowel Resection. Dr. Mazariegos is board certified in American Board Of Surgery and American Board Of Surgery. Dr. Mazariegos is currently accepting new patients.

Sumeet Asrani, MD, MSc is the Chief of Hepatology and Liver Transplantation at the Baylor Simmons Transplant Institute in Dallas. He has served as the Medical Director of the Center for Advanced Liver Disease since 2016. He provides clinical care at Baylor University Medical Center (BUMC) and Baylor Scott and White Medical Center – Waxahachie. Recently, Dr. Asrani has restructured the research enterprise of the Simmons Transplant Institute and has been instrumental in elevating the name of the Institute and Baylor Scott & White as a recognized presence in the national and international academic world. Dr. Asrani received his medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. He did his internship and residency at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO. He went on to complete fellowships in gastroenterology, hepatology and transplant hepatology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota before joining the transplant hepatology team at Baylor University Medical Center in 2013. Dr. Asrani has published 140 peer review publications, 300 abstracts and given over 125 national and international presentations. In addition, he has mentored more than 30 trainees to help advance their medical careers. Dr. Asrani previously served as an associate editor for the American Journal of Transplantation (AJT) and as an associate editor for Liver Transplantation (LT). He is actively involved in national and international collaborations to improve care for patients with liver disease. Dr. Asrani specializes in the management of patients with end-stage liver disease, liver transplantation candidates and recipients. His other clinical interests include liver cancer, viral hepatitis, autoimmune hepatitis, primary sclerosing cholangitis and alcohol associated liver disease. His research interests focus on early identification of patients with cirrhosis, improving quality of patients with liver disease especially in the rural setting, improving kidney function in patients with liver disease and organ allocation. In his free time, Dr, Asrani enjoys various fitness endeavors, playing the drums, and traveling with his wife and four children. Dr. Asrani was recognized by D Magazine as a Best Doctor for 2023, 2024 and 2025. Dr. Asrani is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Liver Transplant. He is also highly rated in 20 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Liver Failure, Ascites, Hepatitis, Liver Transplant, and Endoscopy. Dr. Asrani is board certified in Gastroenterology- American Board Of Internal Med/Gastroenterology, Transplant Hepatology- American Board Of Internal Med/Transplant Hepatology, Transplant Hepatology- American Board Of Internal Medicine, and Gastroenterology- American Board Of Internal Medicine.

Andrea Schlegel is a General Surgeon practicing medicine in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Schlegel is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Liver Transplant. She is also highly rated in 6 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Liver Failure, Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD), Liver Cancer, Liver Transplant, and Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery.

Lisa Vanwagner is an Internal Medicine specialist and a Gastroenterologist practicing medicine in Dallas, Texas. Dr. Vanwagner is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Liver Transplant. She is also highly rated in 13 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH), Liver Failure, Liver Transplant, and Kidney Transplant.

Charles Miller is a Transplant Surgeon practicing medicine in Cleveland, Ohio. He has been practicing medicine for over 52 years. Dr. Miller is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Liver Transplant. He is also highly rated in 7 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Liver Cancer, Necrosis, Cholangiocarcinoma (Bile Duct Cancer), Liver Transplant, and Hepatectomy. Dr. Miller is board certified in American Board Of Surgery, 1984.

Koji Hashimoto is a Transplant Surgeon practicing medicine in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Hashimoto is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Liver Transplant. He is also highly rated in 14 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Liver Failure, Liver Cancer, Cholangiocarcinoma (Bile Duct Cancer), Liver Transplant, and Liver Embolization.

Antonio Pinna is a Transplant Surgeon practicing medicine in Weston, Florida. He has been practicing medicine for over 52 years. Dr. Pinna is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Liver Transplant. He is also highly rated in 17 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Liver Failure, Liver Cancer, Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction, Liver Transplant, and Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery.

Dr. Sanjaya K. Satapathy is the medical director of the Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation at the Northwell Transplant Institute, program director of Northwell's Transplant Hepatology Fellowship, and professor of medicine at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell.His path to medicine began in India, where he was inspired by his father an engineer with a passion for homeopathy to pursue a career in healthcare. He earned his medical degree from Veer Surendra Sai Medical College, followed by fellowship training in gastroenterology and hepatology in the early 2000s. During that time, he witnessed the profound need for liver transplantation in India, where access remained scarce.While presenting his research at a conference in the United States, Dr. Satapathy was drawn to the opportunities and possibilities for advancing transplantation in America. He decided to continue his career in the United States, completing additional residency and fellowship training before serving as a transplant hepatologist in Memphis. In 2019, he was recruited to Northwell.It was a dream to begin from zero and build a transplant program that could be a model not just for the area or the state, but for the country, says Dr. Satapathy. Within only a few years, we've been able to achieve that goal, because Northwell has all the elements and resources to be one of the best programs in the nation. The expertise we have is unparalleled, with a collaborative team that encompasses all levels of care.The program was founded just in time for a huge surge in demand for liver transplants in the area, he adds. Liver disease and other liver issues are on the rise, making the need for an extensive program crucial for those in the New York region. Part of the program's strength is innovation. For example, Northwell is utilizing an approach that allows donated organs to be safely preserved for a longer period of time, which means needed organs can travel longer distances even from as far away as Hawaii. Northwell is also running several clinical trials on transplant medications and operates a robust transplant hepatology fellowship program to train the next generation of doctors a program Dr. Satapathy launched.I'm passionate about this work, and particularly about my patients, he says. I see every patient as my family, and my focus is on what I can do next to help them. Dr. Satapathy is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Liver Transplant. He is also highly rated in 25 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis, Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH), Liver Transplant, and Endoscopy. Dr. Satapathy is board certified in American Board Of Internal Medicine, American Board Of Internal Medicine/Gastroenterology, and American Board Of Internal Medicine/Transplant Hepatology.

Christopher Hughes, MD, FACS is the surgical director of the UPMC Liver Transplant Program and is certified in liver transplantation and hepatobiliary by the American Board of Surgery. He is an associate professor of surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Hughes received his medical degree from the University of Tennessee College of Medicine where he also completed his residency in general surgery. He completed his fellowship in transplantation surgery at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.Dr. Hughes’s clinical interests include liver transplantation and hepatobiliary surgery with a focus on infectious disease in solid organ transplantation.View Dr. Hughes’s full list of publications from PubMed. Dr. Hughes is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Liver Transplant. He is also highly rated in 10 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Liver Failure, Hepatitis, Visceromegaly, Liver Transplant, and Liver Embolization. Dr. Hughes is board certified in American Board Of Surgery. Dr. Hughes is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Testa is a Clinical Professor at Texas A&M College of Medicine at Texas A&M Health Science Center, Dallas. He is Chief of Abdominal Transplant at Baylor University Medical Center, part of Baylor Scott & White Health and Chairman of the Annette C. and Harold C. Simmons Transplant Institute. He specializes in living donor liver transplantation and is the principal investigator of the Uterine Transplant Clinical Trial that resulted in the first U.S. birth of a baby following uterine transplant. Dr. Testa was honored in 2018 as one of TIME Magazine's Top 100 for leading the medical team that performed the first successful uterus transplants in the nation. Dr. Testa is a graduate of t he University of Padova Medical School in Italy. After graduating cum laude, he completed a residency in general surgery at the same university. He went on to complete a general surgery residency at the University of Chicago and then a fellowship in abdominal organ transplant at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas. Later at the University of Essen in Germany, he was instrumental in starting the first adult living donor liver transplant program in Europe. Dr. Testa returned to the U.S. in 2001, where he served as Director of Liver Transplant at the University of Illinois. In 2005, he moved to the University of Chicago where he rose to the rank of Professor of Surgery and served as Director of Liver Transplant and Hepatobilliary Surgery. Read more about Dr. Testa's publications on PubMed.gov and the Baylor Health Sciences Library. Dr. Testa returned to Baylor University Medical Center in 2011 to lead the Living Donor Liver Program. He became Chief of Abdominal Transplant for the Annette C. and Harold C. Simmons Transplant Institute in 2017. Dr. Testa is author or co-author of more than 160 publications and several book chapters. He is a recognized authority in Uterus Transplantation and Living Donor Liver Transplantation. His other interests include complex liver surgery of benign and malignant diseases. Read more about Dr. Testa Dr. Testa has been named one of Texas Monthly's Texas Super Doctors for over 10 years earning him a place on Texas Monthly's Hall of Fame list. Dr. Testa is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Liver Transplant. He is also highly rated in 10 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Liver Failure, Hepatitis, Fibrolamellar Carcinoma, Liver Transplant, and Hysterectomy. Dr. Testa is board certified in Transplant Surgery- American Board Of Surgery/General Surgery and Transplant Surgery- American Board Of Surgery.

Dr. Benjamin Philosophe is the surgical director of the Johns Hopkins Comprehensive Transplant Center. He also serves as the lead transplant surgeon at Sibley Memorial Hospital’s Hepatology Multidisciplinary Center. Dr. Philosophe was the first physician to perform robotic total right and total left hepatic resections in the state of Maryland. He has expanded the application of minimally invasive surgical approaches to other hepatobiliary diseases and has improved outcomes and reduced effects of surgery on these patients. Dr. Philosophe practices out of The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Md., as well as Johns Hopkins Community Physician locations in Bethesda, Md. and Lutherville, Md. He is also affiliated with Suburban Hospital and Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center. Dr. Philosophe has a wide range of expertise, including cirrhosis; hepatic surgery, hepatitis, hepatobiliary conditions and surgeries; biliary tract surgery and hepatopancreatobiliary surgery; laparoscopic surgeries; vascular surgery; and robotic surgeries. He also has an expertise in various kinds of transplant surgeries, such as kidney, live donor liver, liver and pancreas, as well as various kinds of cancer, such as bile duct, gallbladder, hepatocellular, liver and pancreatic. Dr. Philosophe earned his medical degree from Boston University School of Medicine. He completed a residency in general surgery at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, followed by a liver transplantation fellowship at the University of Toronto. Dr. Philosophe also completed a transplant surgery fellowship at the University of Maryland, where he went on to work as a professor of surgery and the head of liver transplantation and hepatobiliary surgery. Dr. Philosophe is a member of the American Board of Surgery, the Clinical Robotic Surgery Association, the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, the Transplantation Society and the International Liver Transplantation Society. He has earned a Super Doctors Award in general surgery from the Washington Post Magazine, as well as a Top Doctor Award for hepatobiliary surgery and transplant specialists from Baltimore Magazine. Dr. Philosophe has also been repeatedly named one of America’s Top Doctors and one of America’s Top Doctors for Cancer by Castle Connolly. Dr. Philosophe has contributed to numerous publications and presentations. His research interests include uncovering the mechanisms that contribute to transplant rejection and determining characteristics that can be used to better predict donor organ function. He has completed pioneering work in developing a scoring system called the Maryland Aggregate Pathology Index (MAPI), which is used by transplant surgeons worldwide to assess the likelihood of a deceased donor’s kidney function after transplantation. MAPI has increased the utilization of donor kidneys and saved many lives. Dr. Philosophe is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Liver Transplant. He is also highly rated in 13 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Hepatitis, End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Liver Failure, Liver Transplant, and Kidney Transplant. Dr. Philosophe is board certified in American Board Of Surgery.

Andres Duarte is a Hepatologist practicing medicine in Chicago, Illinois. He has been practicing medicine for over 25 years. Dr. Duarte is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Liver Transplant. He is also highly rated in 16 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Liver Failure, Hepatitis, Cirrhosis, Liver Transplant, and Endoscopy. Dr. Duarte is board certified in American Board Of Internal Medicine - Gastroenterology (Certified).

James Guarrera is a General Surgeon and a Transplant Surgeon practicing medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Guarrera is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Liver Transplant. He is also highly rated in 2 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Liver Failure, Liver Cancer, Cholangiocarcinoma (Bile Duct Cancer), Liver Transplant, and Hepatectomy. Dr. Guarrera is board certified in Surgery and General. Dr. Guarrera is currently accepting new patients.

Federico Aucejo is a Transplant Surgeon practicing medicine in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Aucejo is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Liver Transplant. He is also highly rated in 25 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Liver Cancer, Cholangiocarcinoma (Bile Duct Cancer), Liver Failure, Liver Transplant, and Hepatectomy.

Peter Abt is a Transplant Surgeon practicing medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Abt is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Liver Transplant. He is also highly rated in 15 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Hepatitis, Liver Failure, Liver Transplant, and Kidney Transplant. Dr. Abt is board certified in Surgery, 2002. Dr. Abt is currently accepting new patients.

Kim Olthoff is a Transplant Surgeon practicing medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Olthoff is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Liver Transplant. She is also highly rated in 6 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Liver Failure, Liver Cancer, Fibrolamellar Carcinoma, Liver Transplant, and Hepatectomy. Dr. Olthoff is board certified in Surgery, 1995. Dr. Olthoff is currently accepting new patients.

Abraham Shaked is a Transplant Surgeon practicing medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He has been practicing medicine for over 44 years. Dr. Shaked is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Liver Transplant. He is also highly rated in 6 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Liver Failure, Cholangiocarcinoma (Bile Duct Cancer), Fibrolamellar Carcinoma, Liver Transplant, and Hepatectomy. Dr. Shaked is board certified in Surgery, 1991. Dr. Shaked is currently accepting new patients.