Dr. Ronald Wilfred Busuttil, MD

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

• Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center

Ucla General Surgery

200 UCLA Medical Plz Ste 214

Los Angeles

CA

90095

USA

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• Surgery
• Thoracic Surgery
• Transplant Surgery

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