Shareef Syed, MBChB, MRCS, FACS, MAEd | UCSF Department of Surgery

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 57

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| 2023-09-12 | PubMed
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| 2023-09-04 | PubMed
Remediation for Technical Skills.
Shareef Syed, Riley Brian, Sanziana Roman| 2023-08-23 | UCSF Research Profile
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| 2023-06-17 | PubMed
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| 2023-06-08 | PubMed
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| 2023-05-24 | PubMed
Resected Tumor Outcome and Recurrence (RESTORE) Index for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Recurrence after Resection.
Hoffman D, Shui A, Gill R, Syed S, Mehta N| 2023-04-24 | PubMed
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| 2023-04-19 | UCSF Research Profile
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| 2023-04-06 | UCSF Research Profile
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| 2023-01-19 | PubMed

View all 57 Publications

MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS FROM A TOTAL OF 57

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| 2025-01-29 | PubMed
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| 2025-01-01 | UCSF Research Profile
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| 2025-01-01 | UCSF Research Profile
From practice to theory: characterizing the gap in surgical simulation.
Shareef M. Syed, Riley Brian, Natalie Rodriguez, Marcia Linn, Kris Gutiérrez, Christy Boscardin| 2024-11-15 | UCSF Research Profile
Critical Thinking in the Texting Age.
Brian R, Knox JA, Gozali A, Cowan B, O'Sullivan P, Syed S| 2024-10-26 | PubMed
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| 2024-08-23 | PubMed
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| 2024-07-01 | PubMed
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| 2023-12-30 | PubMed
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| 2023-10-28 | UCSF Research Profile
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| 2023-10-21 | UCSF Research Profile
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| 2023-09-12 | PubMed
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| 2023-09-04 | PubMed
Remediation for Technical Skills.
Shareef Syed, Riley Brian, Sanziana Roman| 2023-08-23 | UCSF Research Profile
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| 2023-06-17 | PubMed
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| 2023-06-08 | PubMed
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| 2023-05-24 | PubMed
Resected Tumor Outcome and Recurrence (RESTORE) Index for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Recurrence after Resection.
Hoffman D, Shui A, Gill R, Syed S, Mehta N| 2023-04-24 | PubMed
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| 2023-04-19 | UCSF Research Profile
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| 2023-04-06 | UCSF Research Profile
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| 2023-01-19 | PubMed
Robotic training for medical students: feasibility of a pilot simulation curriculum.
Greenberg AL, Syed SM, Alseidi A, O'Sullivan PS, Chern H| 2022-12-06 | PubMed
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| 2022-10-20 | UCSF Research Profile
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| 2022-09-13 | UCSF Research Profile
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| 2022-09-13 | UCSF Research Profile
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| 2022-09-01 | PubMed
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| 2022-05-17 | PubMed
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| 2022-04-25 | PubMed
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| 2022-04-22 | PubMed
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| 2022-03-10 | PubMed
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| 2022-03-01 | PubMed
Therapeutic Reasoning: A Conceptual Challenge for Medical Students' Surgical Clerkship.
Brian R, Syed S| 2022-01-15 | PubMed
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| 2022-01-14 | PubMed
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| 2022-01-05 | PubMed
Advanced Open Surgical Skill Simulation: Practice, Performance Benchmarking, and Perceptions.
Riley Brian, Jon Freise, Saira Ahmed, Joseph Lin, Hueylan Chern, Shareef M. Syed| 2021-11-01 | UCSF Research Profile
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| 2021-09-12 | PubMed
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| 2021-08-01 | PubMed
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| 2021-06-01 | PubMed
Deceased Liver Donors.
Shareef Syed, Sandy Feng| 2021-03-12 | UCSF Research Profile
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| 2021-02-11 | PubMed
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| 2020-12-25 | PubMed
CON: Portal Vein Thrombosis Does Not Impact Liver Transplantation Outcomes.
Sherman C, Syed S, Gardner J, Yao FY| 2020-11-03 | PubMed
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| 2020-11-01 | PubMed
How COVID-19 inspired surgical residents to rethink educational programs.
Brian R, Stock P, Syed S, Hirose K, Reilly L, O'Sullivan P| 2020-10-21 | PubMed
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| 2020-09-01 | UCSF Research Profile
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| 2020-06-01 | PubMed
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| 2020-02-28 | PubMed
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| 2020-02-01 | PubMed
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| 2020-01-01 | PubMed
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| 2018-11-01 | PubMed
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| 2018-07-01 | UCSF Research Profile
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| 2018-07-01 | UCSF Research Profile
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| 2018-05-15 | PubMed
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| 2018-05-01 | PubMed
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| 2014-11-20 | PubMed
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| 2013-01-26 | PubMed
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| 2012-12-10 | PubMed
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| 2011-08-20 | PubMed

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