Biography
Chris E. Freise, M.D. received his medical degree from the University of Minnesota where he also did his internship and residency in General Surgery. He later completed a transplantation fellowship at UCSF.
He is a member of numerous professional organizations including The Transplantation Society, the International Pancreas and Islet Transplant Association, the Transplant Infectious Disease Society, the American Hepato-Pancreato-Billiary Association and the Society of University Surgeons. In addition, he recently served as the Medical Director for California Transplant Donor Network. He is also the Associate Counselor for UNOS Region 5, and a member of the UNOS Membership and Professional Standards Committee.
Dr. Freise has authored more than eighty (80) in peer-reviewed publications and five (5) book chapters. He is an accomplished researcher and clinical educator. Dr. Freise is also a frequent invited lecturer to national and international and conferences in the field.
Education
Institution | Degree | Dept or School | End Date |
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University of California | Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training | 2019 | |
University of California, San Francisco | Transplant Fellowship | School of Medicine | 1995 |
University of California, San Francisco | Post-Doc Fellow/Scholar | School of Medicine | 1991 |
University of Minnesota | M.D. | School of Medicine | 1986 |
Board Certifications
- American Board of Surgery, 1995
Clinical Expertise
Bile Duct Injuries
Bile Duct Strictures
Cholangiocarcinoma (Bile Duct Cancer)
Choledochal Cyst Disease
Dialysis Access
Expanded Criteria Donor Kidney Transplantation
Fulminant Hepatic Failure
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis C
Hepatocellular Carcinoma (Liver Cancer)
Intestinal Transplantation and Rehabilitation
Kidney and LIver Transplantation in HIV Patients
Kidney Auto-transplantation
Kidney Transplantation
Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy
Laparoscopic Kidney and Liver Surgery
Liver Transplantation
Living Donor Kidney Transplantation
Living Donor Liver Transplantation
Pancreas Transplantation
Pediatric Kidney Transplantation
Pediatric Liver Transplantation
Polycystic Kidney Disease
Polycystic Liver Disease
Portal Hypertension
Surgical Shunts
In the News
Grants and Funding
- Living Donor Liver Transplant :Short & Long-Term Impact on Donors and Recipients | NIH | 2002-09-01 - 2015-08-31 | Role: Principal Investigator
Research Narrative
Dr. Friese's basic science research focuses on the delivery of immunosuppressive agents to organ allografts, ischemia reperfusion injury, and methods to improve organ function in deceased donors. His clinical research includes a multicenter trial investigating donor and recipient outcomes following living donor liver transplantation.
Research Interests
Delivery of Immunosuppressive Agents to Organ Allografts
Ischemia Reperfusion Injury
Improvement Organ Function in Deceased Donors
Publications
- Catheter-directed therapy for DVT after pancreas transplantation.| | PubMed
- Laparoscopic nephrectomy, ex vivo partial nephrectomy followed by allograft renal transplantation.| | PubMed
- Improvement in survival associated with adult-to-adult living donor liver transplantation.| | PubMed
- Hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence and death following living and deceased donor liver transplantation.| | PubMed
- Glutamine donor pretreatment in rat kidney transplants with severe preservation reperfusion injury.| | PubMed
- Predicting biliary complications in right lobe liver transplant recipients according to distance between donor's bile duct and corresponding hepatic artery.| | PubMed
- Effect of mycophenolate mofetil on rat kidney grafts with prolonged cold preservation.| | PubMed
- A prospective study on downstaging of hepatocellular carcinoma prior to liver transplantation.| | PubMed
- End stage polycystic kidney disease: indications and timing of native nephrectomy relative to kidney transplantation.| | PubMed
- More than 500 consecutive laparoscopic donor nephrectomies without conversion or repeated surgery.| | PubMed