S1.4 Machine perfusion is not a game changer for children waiting liver transplant: Technology is lagging behind use in children and known results with current expertise in splitting livers and LDLT mean I have better options for patients on my list
Director of Pediatric Liver Transplantation
Abdominal Organ Transplant & HPB Surgery
Keck Medicine of USC
Biography
Dr. Kambiz Etesami is Chief & Associates Chair in Abdominal Organ Transplantation and Surgical Director of Liver Transplantation at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. He is an Associate Professor of Surgery at the Keck School of Medicine of USC.
Dr. Etesami specializes in adult and pediatric liver, intestine, kidney, and pancreas transplantation. His clinical and research interests focus on expanding organ availability for children through innovations in split liver transplantation, living donation, and organ preservation technologies.
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