University of California San Francisco

Shareef Syed, MBChB, MRCS, FACS, MAEd

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Shareef
Syed
MBChB, MRCS, FACS, MAEd

Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Transplant Surgery 
Associate Director, UCSF Surgical Skills Center
Director, Abdominal Transplant Fellowship Program

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Address

505 Parnassus Avenue, #M884C
San Francisco, CA 94117
United States

Email: [email protected]
Phone: 415-353-8725

Biography

Dr. Shareef Syed is an Assistant Professor of Surgery within the Division of Transplant Surgery at the University of California, San Francisco.

He also serves as the division’s educational lead to general surgery residents, participates in enhancing the campus surgical education curriculum and was recently accepted in to the upcoming Teaching Scholars Program cohort. Dr. Syed was recently awarded the Faculty Teaching Award by UCSF’s PGY1 General Surgery Residents in recognition for the quality of his teaching and contributions to their education. In addition to his clinical and surgical responsibilities, his current research interests include studying renal allograft rejection, the preservation of donor livers and the intersection of global health and education vis-à-vis partnering with a Costa Rican transplant center.

He is a member of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, Royal College of Surgeons and The Transplantation Society.

Education

Institution Degree Dept or School End Date
University of California Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training 2019
University of California, San Francisco Abdominal Transplant Surgery 2018
University of California, San Francisco General Surgery 2016
Central Michigan University General Surgery 2014
Royal College of Surgeons MRCS Surgery 2011
University of Bristol, National Health Service Trust CardioThoracic Surgey 2011
University of Southampton, National Health Service Trust Internal Medicine and General Surgery 2010
University of Leicester MBChB Medicine 2008

Board Certifications

American Board of Surgery

Awards & Honors

Award Conferred By Date
Faculty Teaching Award University of California, San Francisco 2019
Lawrence W. Way Critical Thinking Award University of California, San Francisco 2016
The Louis E. Zeile Outstanding Resident in Surgery Central Michigan University 2014

Clinical Expertise

Bile Duct Cancer (Cholangiocarcinoma)
Bile Duct Injuries
Choledochal Cysts
Gallbladder Cancer
Hepatocellular Carcinoma (Primary Liver Cancer)
Kidney Transplantation
Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy
Liver Biopsy
Liver Cysts
Liver Metastases (Secondary Liver Cancer)
Liver Resection
Liver Transplantation
Living Donor Kidney Transplantation
Living Donor Liver Transplantation
Pancreas Transplantation
Pediatric Kidney Transplantation
Pediatric Liver Transplantation

Publications

MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS FROM A TOTAL OF 64
  1. The potential of kidney transplantation to reduce mortality from chronic kidney disease: a global, cross-sectional, modelling study.
    Zambeli-Ljepovic A, Tungsanga S, Ghimire A, Bello AK, Okpechi IG, Siyoum MT, Mushi FA, Asiimwe F, Bagasha P, Okungu V, Bertozzi SM, Hoffmann TJ, Thomson D, Muller E, Scott JW, Syed S, Ascher N, Stock P, Rose J| | PubMed
  2. Proteomic Analysis of Perfusate from Normothermic Machine Perfusion of Human Livers Suggests Markers Associated with Organ Recovery.
    T. Sigdel, J. Kim, S. Syed, J. Bornstein, N. Sajai, B. Wang, C. Freise, H. Willenbring, G. Roll| | UCSF Research Profile
  3. Ten Years of Kidney Transplantation in Ethiopia: Results of a Capacity Assessment Toolkit Pilot.
    M. Siyoum, A. Zambeli-Ljepovic, A. Abbasi, D. Thomson, M. Yilma, S. Syed, J. Punch, P. Stock, L. Mohammed| | UCSF Research Profile
  4. Machine learning improves post-transplantation HCC recurrence prediction.
    Li PJ, Ashraf Ganjouei A, Syed S, Mehta N, Alseidi A, Adam MA| | PubMed
  5. Pilot Case Series of Robotic-Assisted Hernia Repair in Patients With Cirrhosis.
    Amara D, Shaik F, Olivarez-Kidwell R, Lin M, Soriano I, Roll G, Syed S| | PubMed
  6. Totally-robotic Roux-en-Y duodenal bypass for obstructing annular pancreas: A case report.
    Alison S. Baskin, Ruby D. Lopez-Flores, Shareef Syed, Ian Soriano| | UCSF Research Profile
  7. AAV capsid prioritization in normal and steatotic human livers maintained by machine perfusion.
    Kim JJ, Kurial SNT, Choksi PK, Nunez M, Lunow-Luke T, Bartel J, Driscoll J, Her CL, Dhillon S, Yue W, Murti A, Mao T, Ramos JN, Tiyaboonchai A, Grompe M, Mattis AN, Syed SM, Wang BM, Maher JJ, Roll GR, Willenbring H| | PubMed
  8. Development and Validity of a Novel Transplant Operative Assessment Tool.
    Alexander Cortez, Riley Brian, Jenny Lam, Christy Boscardin, Christina Papageorge, Steven Wisel, Tayyab Diwan, Shareef Syed| | UCSF Research Profile
  9. Population-Level Evidence for Expanding Kidney Transplantation Programs Worldwide.
    Alan Zambeli-Ljepovic, Somkanya Tungsanga, Anukul Ghimire, Aminu Bello, Mekdim Siyoum, Fransia Arda, Frank Asiimwe, Peace Bagasha, Thomas Hoffmann, David Thomson, Elmi Muller, Nancy Ascher, Peter Stock, Shareef Syed, John Rose| | UCSF Research Profile
  10. From practice to theory: characterizing the gap in surgical simulation.
    Shareef M. Syed, Riley Brian, Natalie Rodriguez, Marcia Linn, Kris Gutiérrez, Christy Boscardin| | UCSF Research Profile
  11. Critical Thinking in the Texting Age.
    Brian R, Knox JA, Gozali A, Cowan B, O'Sullivan P, Syed S| | PubMed
  12. Use of ICG dye for urinary tract identification during robotic peritoneal window creation for a post-kidney transplant lymphocele.
    Arammash M, Arammash H, Syed S| | PubMed
  13. Examining the Influence of a General Surgery Resident's Transplant Experience on Their Pursuit of Transplant Surgery Fellowship.
    Yilma M, Brown AE, Harvey J, Stahl CC, Quillin RC, Syed SM, Cortez AR, US Resident OPerative Experience (ROPE) Consortium| | PubMed
  14. Missing the Match: A National Survey Investigating Education in Renal Donor-Recipient Matching.
    Woelfel I, Schenk A, Limkemann A, Huang E, Syed S| | PubMed
  15. Diabetes Insipidus in Deceased Donors and Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients.
    Nunez M, Gardner J, Syed S, Webber A, Shoji J, Copeland TP, McCulloch CE, Ku E, Roll GR| | PubMed
  16. Development of the Cognitive Load Inventory for Surgical Skills: preliminary validity evidence.
    Anya L. Edwards, Patricia S. O’Sullivan, Joseph H. Rapp, Adnan Alseidi, Hueylan Chern, Justin L. Sewell, Christy Boscardin, Shareef M. Syed| | UCSF Research Profile
  17. Is participation enough? Impact of simulation curriculum structure on performance of basic surgical skills.
    Connie J. Zhou, Anya L. Edwards, Riley Brian, Patricia S. O’Sullivan, Amy M. Shui, Aly Cortella, Adnan Alseidi, Joseph H. Rapp, Hueylan Chern, Shareef M. Syed| | UCSF Research Profile
  18. Confronting new challenges: Faculty perceptions of gaps in current laparoscopic curricula in a changing training landscape.
    Charondo LB, Brian R, Syed S, Chern H, Lager J, Alseidi A, O'Sullivan P, Bayne D| | PubMed
  19. DCD liver transplant in patients with a MELD over 35.
    Meier RPH, Nunez M, Syed SM, Feng S, Tavakol M, Freise CE, Roberts JP, Ascher NL, Hirose R, Roll GR| | PubMed
  20. Remediation for Technical Skills.
    Shareef Syed, Riley Brian, Sanziana Roman| | UCSF Research Profile
  21. Real-world implementation of normothermic machine perfusion: A detailed analysis of intraoperative and early postoperative impact.
    Dixon W, Sheetz K, Adelmann D, Bokoch M, Reddy M, Kothari R, Roberts JP, Syed S, Feng S, Roll G| | PubMed
  22. A Multi-Modal Approach to Islet and Pancreas Transplantation With Calcineurin-Sparing Immunosuppression Maintains Long-Term Insulin Independence in Patients With Type I Diabetes.
    Wisel SA, Posselt AM, Szot GL, Nunez M, Santos-Parker K, Gardner JM, Worner G, Roll GR, Syed S, Kelly Y, Ward C, Tavakol M, Johnson K, Masharani U, Stock PG| | PubMed
  23. Steroid Avoidance After Adult Living Donor Liver Transplant: A Cohort Analysis.
    Nunez M, Praglin CR, Torres AM, Agudelo EZ, Braun HJ, Huang CY, Syed S, Roberts JP, Roll GR| | PubMed
  24. Resected Tumor Outcome and Recurrence (RESTORE) Index for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Recurrence after Resection.
    Hoffman D, Shui A, Gill R, Syed S, Mehta N| | PubMed
  25. Difficult or high risk? Objective task assessment vs. faculty perceptions of surgical skills.
    Anya L. Greenberg, Katherine E. Barnes, Mohammad M. Karimzada, Chiung-Yu Huang, Adnan Alseidi, Joseph H. Rapp, Patricia S. O’Sullivan, Hueylan Chern, Shareef M. Syed| | UCSF Research Profile
  26. Faculty entrustment of residents in the operating room: the role for surgical simulation.
    Anya L. Greenberg, Katherine E. Barnes, Shareef M. Syed, Joseph H. Rapp, Adnan Alseidi, Patricia S. O’Sullivan, Hueylan Chern| | UCSF Research Profile
  27. Number of Local Regional Therapies for Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Peri-Operative Outcomes after Liver Transplantation.
    Brown AE, Shui AM, Adelmann D, Mehta N, Roll GR, Hirose R, Syed SM| | PubMed
  28. Robotic training for medical students: feasibility of a pilot simulation curriculum.
    Greenberg AL, Syed SM, Alseidi A, O'Sullivan PS, Chern H| | PubMed
  29. Communicating from a distance: medical student perspectives from a robotic bedside assist simulation.
    Anya L. Greenberg, Shareef M. Syed, Adnan A. Alseidi, Patricia S. O’Sullivan, Hueylan Chern| | UCSF Research Profile
  30. 214.1: Strategies to Achieve Long-term Insulin Independence Using a Multimodal Approach to Beta-cell Replacement in Patients With Type I Diabetes.
    Steven Wisel, Miguel Nunez, James M Gardner, Giulia Worner, Garrett R Roll, Shareef M Syed, Gregory Szot, Medhi Tokhol, Kristina Johnson, Umesh Masharani, Andrew M Posselt, Peter G Stock| | UCSF Research Profile
  31. 335.4: Use of Donation After Circulatory Death Donors for High Model for End-Stage Liver Disease Recipients.
    Raphael Meier, Miguel Nunez, Shareef Syed, Chris Freise, John Roberts, Nancy Ascher, Ryutaro Hirose, Garrett Roll| | UCSF Research Profile
  32. Assessment of Surgeon Performance of Advanced Open Surgical Skills Using a Microskills-Based Novel Curriculum.
    Greenberg AL, Karimzada MM, Brian R, Yap A, Luu HY, Ahmed S, Huang CY, Waits SA, Hirose R, Alseidi A, Rapp JH, O'Sullivan PS, Chern H, Syed SM| | PubMed
  33. Nodular Regenerative Hyperplasia After Liver Transplant; It's All in the Presentation.
    Chen AK, Lunow-Luke T, Yamaguchi S, Praglin C, Agudelo E, Mehta N, Dirks R, Braun HJ, Gardner JM, Roberts JP, Syed SM, Roll GR| | PubMed
  34. Internal hernia involving the transplant ureter after simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplant - and the atypical management of a consequent transplant ureteral injury.
    Gupta AR, Kelly YM, Syed SM, Gardner JM| | PubMed
  35. Effects of Multi-stage Procurement on the Viability and Function of Human Donor Parathyroid Glands.
    Kelly YM, Ward C, Zhang R, Syed S, Stock PG, Duh QY, Sosa JA, Koh J| | PubMed
  36. Procurement of Deceased Donor Parathyroid Glands With the Aid of Near-infrared Autofluorescence Imaging.
    Ward CJ, Kelly YM, Syed SM, Meier RPH, Ando T, Wisel SA, Gardner JM, Stock PG, Duh QY| | PubMed
  37. Impact of Portable Normothermic Blood-Based Machine Perfusion on Outcomes of Liver Transplant: The OCS Liver PROTECT Randomized Clinical Trial.
    Markmann JF, Abouljoud MS, Ghobrial RM, Bhati CS, Pelletier SJ, Lu AD, Ottmann S, Klair T, Eymard C, Roll GR, Magliocca J, Pruett TL, Reyes J, Black SM, Marsh CL, Schnickel G, Kinkhabwala M, Florman SS, Merani S, Demetris AJ, Kimura S, Rizzari M, Saharia A, Levy M, Agarwal A, Cigarroa FG, Eason JD, Syed S, Washburn WK, Parekh J, Moon J, Maskin A, Yeh H, Vagefi PA, MacConmara MP| | PubMed
  38. Therapeutic Reasoning: A Conceptual Challenge for Medical Students' Surgical Clerkship.
    Brian R, Syed S| | PubMed
  39. Machine learning to predict waitlist dropout among liver transplant candidates with hepatocellular carcinoma.
    Kwong A, Hameed B, Syed S, Ho R, Mard H, Arshad S, Ho I, Suleman T, Yao F, Mehta N| | PubMed
  40. Advantages and Limitations of Clinical Scores for Donation After Circulatory Death Liver Transplantation.
    Meier RPH, Kelly Y, Yamaguchi S, Braun HJ, Lunow-Luke T, Adelmann D, Niemann C, Maluf DG, Dietch ZC, Stock PG, Kang SM, Feng S, Posselt AM, Gardner JM, Syed SM, Hirose R, Freise CE, Ascher NL, Roberts JP, Roll GR| | PubMed
  41. Advanced Open Surgical Skill Simulation: Practice, Performance Benchmarking, and Perceptions.
    Riley Brian, Jon Freise, Saira Ahmed, Joseph Lin, Hueylan Chern, Shareef M. Syed| | UCSF Research Profile
  42. Motivations and outcomes of compatible living donor-recipient pairs in paired exchange.
    Chipman V, Cooper M, Thomas AG, Ronin M, Lee B, Flechner S, Leeser D, Segev DL, Mandelbrot DA, Lunow-Luke T, Syed S, Hil G, Freise CE, Waterman AD, Roll GR| | PubMed
  43. Training Experiences of American Society of Transplant Surgeons Fellows in Deceased Donor Organ Procurement.
    Connelly CR, Quillin RC, Biesterveld BE, Highet A, Schenk AD, Syed S, Bongu A, Waits SA| | PubMed
  44. Retransplantation After Living Donor Liver Transplantation: Data from the Adult to Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation Study.
    Braun HJ, Grab JD, Dodge JL, Syed SM, Roll GR, Schwab MP, Liu IH, Glencer AC, Freise CE, Roberts JP, Ascher NL| | PubMed
  45. Deceased Liver Donors.
    Shareef Syed, Sandy Feng| | UCSF Research Profile
  46. Understanding the Final Disposition of Livers Declined After the Start of Procurement: A Nationwide Organ Procurement Organization Effort.
    Neidlinger NA, Brown C, Wood P, Traseger J, Lebovitz D, Cauwels R, Syed S, Parekh JR, Roll GR| | PubMed
  47. Setting rules for the sandbox: A response to "Successfully sharing the sandbox: A perspective on combined DCD liver and heart donor procurement".
    Wisel SA, Thiessen C, Day R, Belin LJ, Syed SM, Hirose R, Ascher N, Roberts JP, Freise CE| | PubMed
  48. CON: Portal Vein Thrombosis Does Not Impact Liver Transplantation Outcomes.
    Sherman C, Syed S, Gardner J, Yao FY| | PubMed
  49. COVID-19 and Abdominal Transplant: A Stepwise Approach to Practice During Pandemic Conditions.
    Syed SM, Gardner J, Roll G, Webber A, Mehta N, Shoji J, Adelmann D, Niemann C, Braun HJ, Mello A, Yao F, Posselt A, Kang SM, Hirose R, Roberts J, Feng S, Ascher N, Stock P, Freise C| | PubMed
  50. How COVID-19 inspired surgical residents to rethink educational programs.
    Brian R, Stock P, Syed S, Hirose K, Reilly L, O'Sullivan P| | PubMed
  51. PROPENSITY SCORE MATCHED RISK OF BILIARY COMPLICATIONS AFTER LIVER TRANSPLANT AND OUTCOME BY DONOR TYPE.
    Raphael Meier, Yvonne Kelly, Seiji Yamagushi, Hillary Braun, Shareef Syed, Chris Freise, Nancy Ascher, John Roberts, Garrett Roll| | UCSF Research Profile
  52. A Virtual Crossmatch-based Strategy Facilitates Sharing of Deceased Donor Kidneys for Highly Sensitized Recipients.
    Roll GR, Webber AB, Gae DH, Laszik Z, Tavakol M, Mayen L, Cunniffe K, Syed S, Hirose R, Freise C, Feng S, Roberts JP, Ascher NL, Stock PG, Rajalingam R| | PubMed
  53. Long-term follow-up of beta cell replacement therapy in 10 HIV-infected patients with renal failure secondary to type 1 diabetes mellitus.
    Roll GR, Posselt AM, Freise J, Baird J, Syed S, Mo Kang S, Hirose R, Szot GL, Zarinsefat A, Feng S, Worner G, Sarwal M, Stock PG| | PubMed
  54. Living Donor Liver Transplant for Alcoholic Liver Disease: Data from the Adult-to-adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation Study.
    Braun HJ, Dodge JL, Grab JD, Syed SM, Roll GR, Freise CE, Roberts JP, Ascher NL| | PubMed
  55. The Authors' Reply: Biliary Bicarbonate, pH, and Glucose Are Suitable Biomarkers of Biliary Viability During Ex Situ Normothermic Machine Perfusion of Human Donor Livers.
    Meier RPH, Syed S, Roberts JP| | PubMed
  56. The Impact of Deceased Donor Liver Extraction Time on Early Allograft Function in Adult Liver Transplant Recipients.
    Adelmann D, Roll GR, Kothari R, Syed S, Burdine LJ, Tavakol M, Niemann CU| | PubMed
  57. Living Donor Liver Transplantation for Alcoholic Liver Disease.
    Hillary Braun, Jennifer L. Dodge, Josh D. Grab, Shareef M. Syed, Garrett R. Roll, Chris E. Freise, John P. Roberts, Nancy L. Ascher| | UCSF Research Profile
  58. Retransplantation after Living Donor Liver Transplantation.
    Garrett R. Roll, Hillary Braun, Josh D. Grab, Jennifer L. Dodge, Shareef M. Syed, Chris E. Freise, John P. Roberts, Nancy L. Ascher| | UCSF Research Profile
  59. Outcomes of arterial bypass preceding resection of retroperitoneal masses involving major vessels.
    Luu HY, Wang ED, Syed SM, Xu X, Hansen SL, Eichler CM, Nakakura EK| | PubMed
  60. Intraoperative Management of Liver Transplant Patients Without the Routine Use of Renal Replacement Therapy.
    Adelmann D, Olmos A, Liu LL, Feiner JR, Roll GR, Burdine L, Tavakol M, Syed S, Orandi BJ, Niemann CU| | PubMed
  61. A benign gastric ulcer eroding into a splenic artery pseudoaneurysm presenting as a massive upper gastrointestinal bleed.
    Syed SM, Moradian S, Ahmed M, Ahmed U, Shaheen S, Stalin V| | PubMed
  62. Assessment of the financial implications for laparoscopic liver surgery: a single-centre UK cost analysis for minor and major hepatectomy.
    Abu Hilal M, Di Fabio F, Syed S, Wiltshire R, Dimovska E, Turner D, Primrose JN, Pearce NW| | PubMed
  63. The relationship between nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and colorectal cancer: the future challenges and outcomes of the metabolic syndrome.
    Muhidin SO, Magan AA, Osman KA, Syed S, Ahmed MH| | PubMed
  64. Laparoscopic right hepatectomy: a challenging, but feasible, safe and efficient procedure.
    Pearce NW, Di Fabio F, Teng MJ, Syed S, Primrose JN, Abu Hilal M| | PubMed