Department of Surgery

Division of Solid Organ Transplantation

Transplant Team

Adel Bozorgzadeh, M.D., F.A.C.S.

Professor & Chief
Solid Organ Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery

Contact Information

601 Elmwood Avenue
Box SURG-Txp
Rochester, NY 14642

Office Phone: 585-275-5875
Fax: 585-276-0054, Academic Correspondence
Fax: 585-271-7929, Patient Correspondence
Email: Adel_Bozorgzadeh@urmc.rochester.edu

Specializations

• Live donor liver transplant
• Laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy
• Hepatobiliary Surgery
• Pediatric liver/kidney transplant

Education and Training

• Fellow, University of Pittsburg Medical Center, Pittsburg, PA, 1997 – 1999
• Resident, General Surgery, Catholic Medical Center of Brooklyn and Queens, 1993 – 1997
• Intern, General Surgery, The Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 1991 – 1993
• M.D., George Washington University, Washington, D.C., 1991

Honors and Awards

• W.T. Gill Research Fellowship, 1998

Certifications

• American Board of Surgery, 2/1999
• National Board of Medical Examiners, 4/1993

Licensure

• New York #224037-1

Professional Organizations

• Central Surgical Association, 2007 – present
• American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, 2006 – present
• International Pediatric Transplant Association, 2006 – present
• Fellow of the Rochester Academy of Medicine, 2004 – present
• Fellow American College of Surgeons, 2003 – present
• American Society of Transplant Surgeons, 2003 – present
• International Liver Transplant Society, 2001 – present
• American Society of Transplantation, 2000 – present
• American Medical Association, 1999 – present
• Iowa Medical Society, 1999

Committees

• Member, ASTS Ethics Committee, 2007 – present
• Member, New York State Transplant Council, 2007– Present
• Member, Board of Advisors for the Finger Lakes Donor Recovery Network, 2006 – present
• Representative, OPTN/UNOS Liver & Intestinal Organ Transplant Committee, 2006 – present
• President, New York Consortium for Liver Transplantation (NYCLT, 2005 – present
• NYFL Organ Procurement Organization Board Member, 2003 – present
• OPTN/UNOS Ad Hoc International Relations Committee, 2003 – 2004
• Vice President, New York Consortium for Liver Transplantation (NYCLT), 2003 – 2005
• Chair, Strong Memorial Hospital Transplant Quality Council. 2002 – present
• Member, UNOS, Region 9 Liver Review Board Committee 2002 – present

Professional and Academic Positions

• Director, Solid Organ Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, 9/2002 – present
• Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, 7/2007
• Associate Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, 7/2003 – 6/2007
• Assistant Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, 2/2002 – 6/2003
• Assistant Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Connecticut, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT, 2/2001 – 1/2002         
• Assistant Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, 6/1999 – 1/2001