Abbas Rana, M.D., FACS
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Abbas Rana, M.D., FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery
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Positions
- Associate Professor of Surgery
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Division of Abdominal Transplantation
Baylor College of Medicine
- William D. Seybold, MD Chair in Surgery
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Baylor College of Medicine
- UME Research Director
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Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery
- Co-Director, ATLAS
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Baylor College of Medicine
Applied Statistics and Machine Learning for the Advancement of Surgery
Addresses
- Abdominal Transplant & Liver Disease (Clinic)
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6620 Main St., Suite 1450
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 355-1400
Education
- MD from University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
- Pittsburgh
- Residency at Columbia University
- New York
- General Surgery
- Fellowship at UCLA
- Los Angeles
- Transplant
Certifications
- Board Certified
- American Board of Surgery
Honors & Awards
- 2013 ASTS Young Investigators Award
- American Society of Transplant Surgeons
- Early-Career Award for Excellence in Patient Care
- Baylor College of Medicine
Professional Interests
- Liver Transplantation
- Kidney Transplantation
- Abdominal transplantation
- Artificial Intelligence
Professional Statement
Dr. Rana was born and raised in Arizona. An Alpha Omega Alpha (AΩA) graduate from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Dr. Rana completed residency training in general surgery at Columbia University in New York City, and fellowship training in transplantation at the University of California, Los Angeles. Dr. Rana joined the Division of Abdominal Transplantation in the Department of Surgery at BCM in May. Dr. Rana is an accomplished outcomes and artificial intelligence researcher with tenure and nearly 200 published articles. He has an expertise in liver and kidney transplantation as well as surgeries for malignant and non-malignant conditions that affect the liver, gallbladder, and bile ducts.Websites
Abdominal Transplant and Liver Disease Clinic
Applied Statistics and Machine Learning for the Advancement of Surgery
Selected Publications
- Galvani CA, Rodriguez Rilo H, Samamé J, Porubsky M, Rana A, Gruessner RW "Fully robotic-assisted technique for total pancreatectomy with an autologous islet transplant in chronic pancreatitis patients: results of a first series." ; Pubmed PMID: 24559970
- Petrowsky H, Rana A, Kaldas FM, Sharma A, Hong JC, Agopian VG, Durazo F, Honda H, Gornbein J, Wu V, Farmer DG, Hiatt JR, Busuttil RW. "Liver transplantation in highest acuity recipients: identifying factors to avoid futility." ; Pubmed PMID: 24263317
- Rana A, Petrowsky H, Kaplan B, Jie T, Porubsky M, Habib S, Rilo H, Gruessner AC, Gruessner RW "Early liver retransplantation in adults." ; Pubmed PMID: 24112236
- Agopian VG, Petrowsky H, Kaldas FM, Zarrinpar A, Farmer DG, Yersiz H, Holt C, Harlander-Locke M, Hong JC, Rana AR, Venick R, McDiarmid SV, Goldstein LI, Durazo F, Saab S, Han S, Xia V, Hiatt JR, Busuttil RW. "The evolution of liver transplantation during 3 decades: analysis of 5347 consecutive liver transplants at a single center." ; Pubmed PMID: 24022434
- Rana A, Petrowsky H, Hong JC, Agopian VG, Kaldas FM, Farmer D, Yersiz H, Hiatt JR, Busuttil RW "Blood transfusion requirement during liver transplantation is an important risk factor for mortality." ; Pubmed PMID: 23478547
- Rana A, Hong JC "Orthotopic liver transplantation in combination with neoadjuvant therapy: a new paradigm in the treatment of unresectable intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma." ; Pubmed PMID: 22333563
- Rana A, Gruessner A, Agopian VG, et al "Survival Benefit of Solid-Organ Transplant in the United States." JAMA Surg.;
- Godfrey EL, Malik TH, Lai JC, et al "The decreasing predictive power of MELD in an era of changing etiology of liver disease." Am J Transplant.;
- Rana A, Hardy MA, Halazun KJ, et al "Survival outcomes following liver transplantation (SOFT) score: a novel method to predict patient survival following liver transplantation." Am J Transplant.;
- Rana A, Pallister Z, Halazun K, et al "Pediatric Liver Transplant Center Volume and the Likelihood of Transplantation." Pediatrics.;
- Rana A, Robles S, Russo MJ, et al "The combined organ effect: protection against rejection?." Ann Surg.;
Memberships
- American Society of Transplant Surgeons
- American Medical Association
- American Society of Transplantation
- Association for Academic Surgery
- American College of Surgeons
- Fellow
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