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Ronald Busuttil, MD, PhD
Specialty
Surgery, Transplant Surgery
Gender Language Spoken
Male English
Hospital Affiliation
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
State License Number
G22460
Contact
(310) 825-5318
(310) 825-7017
Voted Best Doctor 2007-2008
MEDICAL BOARD CERTIFICATION
Vascular Surgery, American Board of Surgery, 1983
Surgery, American Board of Surgery, 1978
EDUCATION
Residency
Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine, 1972 - 1977
Internship
Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine, 1971 - 1972
Medical Degree
MD, Tulane University School of Medicine, 1971
CLINICAL INTEREST
Hepatobiliary, Liver Transplant, Pediatrics
AFFILIATION
Department Affiliation
Chair, Surgery
Chief, Liver Transplantation, Liver and Pancreas Transplantation
Director, Dumont-UCLA Liver Cancer Center, Liver and Pancreas Transplantation
Physician, Surgery, Transplantation Services, Intestinal Transplantation, Liver and Pancreas Transplantation, Liver and Pancreas Transplantation, Pfleger Liver Institute
MORE INFORMATION
Research Interest
Ischemia reperfusion injury

Immunosuppression

Tolerance

Hepatic Tumors
Additional Information

Ronald W. Busuttil is the Dumont Professor of Transplantation Surgery and Chief of the Division of Liver and Pancreas Transplant in the Department of Surgery at the UCLA School of Medicine. After graduating from Loyola University in New Orleans, Dr. Busuttil earned both his M.D. and Ph.D. degrees at Tulane University. He served his surgical residency at UCLA under Dr. William Longmire and trained in transplantation with Dr. Thomas Starzl at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Busuttil has been a member of the Department of Surgery at UCLA since 1978. In 1984, he established the Liver Transplant Program and has been the Director and Chief Surgeon for more than a decade.

Dr. Busuttil has performed over 2000 liver transplants and is internationally known for his surgical expertise and clinical acumen. He has demonstrated a life-long commitment to the care of desperately ill patients, the training of medical students, residents, and surgical fellows; and to the scientific advancement in the field of transplantation surgery. Furthermore, Dr. Busuttil's training program in liver transplantation is currently recognized as the foremost in the world. He has trained both U.S. and international transplant surgeons, many of whom lead liver transplant programs throughout the world. Dr. Busuttil serves as a reviewer on the editorial boards of many prestigious journals, and is the co-editor of the definitive textbook on liver transplantation, entitled Transplantation of the Liver. He has written over 40 book chapters, 300 abstracts and 350 peer-reviewed scientific publications. Ronald Busuttil is a member of many national and international surgical and transplant societies, and holds key committee memberships. Dr. Busuttil previously served as the Co-Chairman of the International Congress on Immuno-suppression and is currently President-elect for the American Society of Transplant Surgeons.

Hospital Staff Appointments
Director, 9E Intensive Care Unit University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine - 1981-1987
Associate Director, 6E Intensive Care Unit University of California, Los Angeles, School of Medicine - 1983-1987
Attending Staff Surgeon Sepulveda Veterans Administration Hospital Sepulveda, California 1978-1987
Trauma Coordinator, Emergency Medical Center University of California, Los Angeles - 1978-1984
Director, Dumont-UCLA Transplant Center UCLA Medical Center, University of California , Los Angeles - 1992-Present
Attending Surgeon UCI Medical Center, Orange, California - 1993-Present
Attending Surgeon Huntington Memorial Hospital, Pasadena, California - 2000-Present

Academic/Teaching Appointments
Professor and Executive Chairman, Department of Surgery, University of California, Los Angeles, School of Medicine
Chief, Division of Liver and Pancreas Transplantation University of California, Los Angeles, School of Medicine
Dumont Chair in Transplantation Surgery University of California, Los Angeles, School of Medicine

Memberships in Scholarly or Professional Societies
Chairman, Living Donor and Split Liver Transplant Symposium 1999
Chairman, Living Donor and Split Liver Transplant Symposium 2001
Co-Chairman, The International Congress on Immunosuppression 2001
American College of Surgeons - Fellow
American Surgical Association
Society of University Surgeons
Society for Vascular Surgery
Pacific Coast Surgical Association
International Cardiovascular Society
Association for Academic Surgery
Transplantation Society
Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery
California Medical Association
Los Angeles County Medical Association
International Society for Heart Research
American College of Angiology
Los Angeles Surgical Society
Bay Surgical Society
Society for Vascular Surgery, Southern California Chapter
Kansas City Surgical Society
International Society of Surgery, United States Chapter
American Society of Transplant Surgeons
International Society of Surgery
Southern Surgical Association
International Liver Transplantation Society
Alpha Sigma Nu - Academic Honorary Society
Alpha Omega Alpha - National Honorary Medical Society
Beta Beta Beta - National Biological Honorary Society
Delta Epsilon Sigma - National Society for Arts & Science
James IV Surgical Traveller
Rotary Club - Beverly Hills Chapter

National Elected Office Organizations
Counselor, American Society of Transplant Surgeons 1997-1998
President-Elect, The American Society of Transplant Surgeons 1998-1999
President, American Society of Transplant Surgeons 1999-2000


 

Links
http://www.surgery.ucla.edu
Awards & Recognition

"Man of the Year Award", United Liver Association, Los Angeles, California
Loyola University Integritas Vitae Award, New Orleans, Louisiana
Marquis Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare
Tulane University Outstanding Alumnus Award, New Orleans, Louisiana

Publications
Link to my PubMed publications.
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