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Ryutaro Hirose, M.D.
Associate Professor of Surgery
Contact Information
(415) 353-1551 Clinical, Kidney and Pancreas
(415) 353-8783 Academic
hiroser@surgery.ucsf.edu
Education
- Columbia College, Columbia University, B.A., Mathematics, 1981-85
- Columbia University College of Physicians And Surgeons, M.D., 1985-89
Residencies
- University of California, San Francisco, Intern and Resident, Surgery, 1989-92
- University of California, San Francisco, Resident, Surgery, 1995-96
- University of California, San Francisco, Chief Resident, Surgery, 1996-97
Fellowships
- University of California, San Francisco, Fellow, Transplant Surgery, 1997-99
Postdoctoral Training
- University of California, San Francisco, Postdoctoral Fellow, Molecular Medicine, 1992-95
Board Certification
- American Board of Surgery, 1998
Clinical Expertise
- Kidney Transplantation
- Pancreas Transplantation
- Liver Transplantation
- Hepatic liver resection and ablations
- Complex cancer resections
Research Interests
- Living Donor Liver Transplantation
- Non-melanoma Skin Cancer in Organ Transplant Patients
- Pathogenesis of Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis
- Outcomes in Renal Transplant Recipients
- Ischemia Reperfusion Injury in Fatty Livers
- Ischemia-reperfusion Injury in Kidneys and Hyperglycemia
Biography
Ryutaro Hirose is an associate professor in surgery at UCSF and performs liver, kidney and pancreas transplants. After graduating from Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, he completed his clinical and research training at UCSF as a resident in general surgery as well as a fellow in molecular medicine and transplantation surgery. His research interests include renal and hepatic ischemia - reperfusion injury, immune monitoring and skin cancer in transplant recipients. He has received funding from the NIH, NKF, UCSF, ASTS, and private industry. He is also actively involved with teaching students and residents. Dr. Hirose is currently the Associate Program Director for the General Surgery Residency at UCSF.
Selected Publications
1. Posselt AM, Vincenti F, Bedolli M, Lantz M, Roberts JP, Hirose R. CD69 expression on peripheral CD8 T cells correlates with acute rejection in renal transplant recipients. Transplantation. 76: 190-5, Jul/15/2003.
2. Hiramoto JS, Tsung K, Bedolli M, Norton JA, Hirose R. Antitumor immunity induced by dendritic cell-based vaccination is dependent on interferon-gamma and interleukin-12. J Surg Res. 116: 64-9, Jan/2004.
3. Choi S, Noh J, Hirose R, Ferell L, Bedolli M, Roberts JP, Niemann CU. Mild hypothermia provides significant protection against ischemia/reperfusion injury in livers of obese and lean rats. Ann Surg. 241: 470-6, Mar/2005.
4. Otley CC, Hirose R, Salasche SJ. Skin cancer as a contraindication to organ transplantation. Am J Transplant. 5: 2079-84, Sep/2005.
5. Hirose R, Xu F, Behrends M, Liu T, Roberts J, Niemann C. Impact of transient hyperglycemia on renal ischemia perfusion injury. Anesthesiology (In press).
In the News
The Domino Effect - Woman gets new liver, gives her old one to save another life
San Francisco Chronicle, CA - Aug 22, 2000"The next day, surgeons at the University of California at San Francisco performed a rare liver transplant called a ``domino transplant,'' the first in the Bay Area and one of just a handful done in the United States. ........................Her choice was to have a liver that will give her a disease in 30 years, or die of cancer in the next year,'' said Dr. Ryutaro Hirose (pictured left), the surgeon for both transplants. ``She jumped at the chance, and most people would.''
