Dev Desai, M.D., Ph.D.

Dr. Desai is a general and transplant surgeon specializing in liver, kidney, pancreas and intestinal transplantation, as well as open and laparoscopic hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery, portal hypertensive vascular decompression procedures and laparoscopic donor nephrectomy. Dr. Desai is also head of pediatric abdominal transplantation at Children’s Medical Center.

Other Post Graduate Training

University of California at San Francisco (1994)

Graduate School

University of California at San Francisco (1994)

Medical School

University of California at San Francisco (1995)

Internship

Stanford University Hospital (1996), General Surgery

Residency

Stanford University Hospital (1997), General Surgery

Research Fellowship

Stanford University Hospital (1998), General Surgery

Residency

Stanford University Hospital (2001), General Surgery

Fellowship

Stanford University Hospital (2003), Transplant Surgery

Featured Publications

Management of sensitized pediatric patients prior to renal transplantation.

Pirojsakul K, Desai D, Lacelle C, Seikaly MG Pediatr. Nephrol. 2016 Jan

Antegrade retrieval of double J stents with capture of the bladder end in three young children.

Koral K, Desai D, Gargollo P, Snodgrass W Clin Imaging 2012 Sep-Oct 36 5 626-8

Glycogen storage disease type III diagnosis and management guidelines.

Kishnani PS, Austin SL, Arn P, Bali DS, Boney A, Case LE, Chung WK, Desai DM, El-Gharbawy A, Haller R, Smit GP, Smith AD, Hobson-Webb LD, Wechsler SB, Weinstein DA, Watson MS Genet. Med. 2010 Jul 12 7 446-63

Liver transplantation for glycogen storage disease type Ia.

Reddy SK, Austin SL, Spencer-Manzon M, Koeberl DD, Clary BM, Desai DM, Smith AD, Kishnani PS J. Hepatol. 2009 Sep 51 3 483-90

Liver Transplantation

Desai, Esquivel Anesthesiologist’s Manual of Surgical Procedures, 3rd Ed 2003 Lippincott Williams Wilki

• American College of Surgeons
  Leadership Program in Health Policy and Management (2017)
• American College of Surgeons
  Faculty Research Fellowship Grant (2006)
• ASTS-Novartis
  Fellowship in Transplantation (2001)
• Stanford University School of Medicine
  John Henry Smith Award (2000)

• American Board of Surgery (2016)
• American College of Surgeons
• American Society of Transplant Surgeons
• International Pediatric Transplant Association
• Society of University Surgeons
• United Network of Organ Sharing