Clinical Interests
- Abdominal transplant surgery
- Liver, kidney, and pancreas transplantation
- Gastrointestinal cancers
- General surgery
- Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery
- Robotic living donor nephrectomy
- Robotic surgery
Research Interests
- Complement-mediated injury
- Desensitization in solid-organ transplantation
- Ischemia-reperfusion injury
- Organ preservation
- Transplant immunology
Education
- MD, Universidad Central del Caribe-School of Medicine, Puerto Rico
Training
- Fellowship, Abdominal Transplant and Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
- Residency, General Surgery, New York Medical College at Metropolitan Hospital Center, New York, NY
Board Certifications
- American Board of Surgery - Surgery (General Surgery)
Memberships
- American College of Surgeons
- American Medical Association
- American Society of Transplant Surgeons
- International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association
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