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Positions

Professor of Surgery

Division of Abdominal Transplantation
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William D. Seybold, MD Chair in Surgery

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UME Research Director

Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery

Co-Director, ATLAS

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Applied Statistics and Machine Learning for the Advancement of Surgery

Addresses

Abdominal Transplant & Liver Disease (Clinic)

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

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George P. Noon, MD Professionalism Award

Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery

Professional Interests

• Liver Transplantation
• Kidney Transplantation
• Abdominal transplantation
• Artificial Intelligence

Professional Statement

Websites

Selected Publications

• Galvani CA, Rodriguez Rilo H, Samamé J, Porubsky M, Rana A, Gruessner RW. " " ;
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• 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.. " " ;
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• Rana A, Petrowsky H, Kaplan B, Jie T, Porubsky M, Habib S, Rilo H, Gruessner AC, Gruessner RW. " " ;
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• 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.. " " ;
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• Rana A, Petrowsky H, Hong JC, Agopian VG, Kaldas FM, Farmer D, Yersiz H, Hiatt JR, Busuttil RW. " " ;
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• Rana A, Hong JC. " " ;
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• 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. ;

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Memberships

American Society of Transplant Surgeons

American Medical Association

American Society of Transplantation

Association for Academic Surgery

American College of Surgeons

Fellow