University of California San Francisco

Chris E. Freise
Chris
Freise
MD, FACS

Professor of Surgery 
Chief, Division of Transplant Surgery

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Address

35 Medical Center Way, #001
San Francisco, CA 94143
United States

Email: [email protected]
Phone: 415-353-1898
Fax: 415-476-8709

    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
    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

    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

    MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS FROM A TOTAL OF 125
    1. Outcomes of 385 adult-to-adult living donor liver transplant recipients: a report from the A2ALL Consortium.
      Olthoff KM, Merion RM, Ghobrial RM, Abecassis MM, Fair JH, Fisher RA, Freise CE, Kam I, Pruett TL, Everhart JE, Hulbert-Shearon TE, Gillespie BW, Emond JC, A2ALL Study Group| | PubMed
    2. Laparoscopic procurement of kidneys with multiple renal arteries is associated with increased ureteral complications in the recipient.
      Carter JT, Freise CE, McTaggart RA, Mahanty HD, Kang SM, Chan SH, Feng S, Roberts JP, Posselt AM| | PubMed
    3. H-NMR-based metabolic signatures of mild and severe ischemia/reperfusion injury in rat kidney transplants.
      Serkova N, Fuller TF, Klawitter J, Freise CE, Niemann CU| | PubMed
    4. BKV in simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplant recipients: a leading cause of renal graft loss in first 2 years post-transplant.
      Lipshutz GS, Mahanty H, Feng S, Hirose R, Stock PG, Kang SM, Posselt AM, Freise CE| | PubMed
    5. Laparoscopic right donor nephrectomy: a large single-center experience.
      Posselt AM, Mahanty H, Kang SM, Stoller ML, Meng MV, Roberts JP, Freise CE| | PubMed
    6. Increased rejection in living unrelated versus living related kidney transplants does not affect short-term function and survival.
      Fuller TF, Feng S, Brennan TV, Tomlanovich S, Bostrom A, Freise CE| | PubMed
    7. Laparoscopic nephrectomy, ex vivo excision and autotransplantation for complex renal tumors.
      Meng MV, Freise CE, Stoller ML| | PubMed
    8. Early graft function after living donor kidney transplantation predicts rejection but not outcomes.
      Brennan TV, Freise CE, Fuller TF, Bostrom A, Tomlanovich SJ, Feng S| | PubMed
    9. Laparoscopic-assisted upper pole ureterocalicostomy using renal inversion and autotransplantation.
      Greene KL, Meng MV, Abrahams HM, Freise CE, Stoller ML| | PubMed
    10. Experience with steroid-free maintenance immunosuppression in simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation.
      Freise CE, Kang SM, Feng S, Posselt A, Hirose K, Hirose R, Stock P| | PubMed