University of California San Francisco

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Shareef
Syed
MBChB, MRCS

Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Transplant Surgery
Associate Director, UCSF Surgical Skills Center
Director, Abdominal Transplant Fellowship Program

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Address

505 Parnassus Avenue, #M884C
San Francisco, CA 94117
United States

Phone: 415-353-8725

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.

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

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

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

In the News

Dr. Shareef Syed Named Associate Director of the UCSF Surgical Skills Center
June, 12, 2020 | UCSF Department of Surgery

Publications

MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS FROM A TOTAL OF 50
  1. 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| | View in PubMed
  2. 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| | View in PubMed
  3. 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| | View in PubMed
  4. 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| | View in PubMed
  5. 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| | View in PubMed
  6. Remediation for Technical Skills.
    Shareef Syed, Riley Brian, Sanziana Roman| | View in PubMed
  7. 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| | View in PubMed
  8. 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| | View in PubMed
  9. 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| | View in PubMed
  10. Resected Tumor Outcome and Recurrence (RESTORE) Index for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Recurrence after Resection.
    Hoffman D, Shui A, Gill R, Syed S, Mehta N| | View in PubMed
  11. 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| | View in PubMed
  12. 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| | View in PubMed
  13. 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| | View in PubMed
  14. Robotic training for medical students: feasibility of a pilot simulation curriculum.
    Greenberg AL, Syed SM, Alseidi A, O'Sullivan PS, Chern H| | View in PubMed
  15. 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| | View in PubMed
  16. 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| | View in PubMed
  17. 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| | View in PubMed
  18. 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| | View in PubMed
  19. 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| | View in PubMed
  20. 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| | View in PubMed
  21. 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| | View in PubMed
  22. 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| | View in PubMed
  23. 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| | View in PubMed
  24. Therapeutic Reasoning: A Conceptual Challenge for Medical Students' Surgical Clerkship.
    Brian R, Syed S| | View in PubMed
  25. 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| | View in PubMed
  26. 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| | View in PubMed
  27. Advanced Open Surgical Skill Simulation: Practice, Performance Benchmarking, and Perceptions.
    Riley Brian, Jon Freise, Saira Ahmed, Joseph Lin, Hueylan Chern, Shareef M. Syed| | View in PubMed
  28. 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| | View in PubMed
  29. 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| | View in PubMed
  30. 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| | View in PubMed
  31. Deceased Liver Donors.
    Shareef Syed, Sandy Feng| | View in PubMed
  32. 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| | View in PubMed
  33. 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| | View in PubMed
  34. CON: Portal Vein Thrombosis Does Not Impact Liver Transplantation Outcomes.
    Sherman C, Syed S, Gardner J, Yao FY| | View in PubMed
  35. 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| | View in PubMed
  36. How COVID-19 inspired surgical residents to rethink educational programs.
    Brian R, Stock P, Syed S, Hirose K, Reilly L, O'Sullivan P| | View in PubMed
  37. 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| | View in PubMed
  38. 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| | View in PubMed
  39. 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| | View in PubMed
  40. 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| | View in PubMed
  41. 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| | View in PubMed
  42. 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| | View in PubMed
  43. 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| | View in PubMed
  44. 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| | View in PubMed
  45. 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| | View in PubMed
  46. 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| | View in PubMed
  47. 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| | View in PubMed
  48. 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| | View in PubMed
  49. 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| | View in PubMed
  50. 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| | View in PubMed