Penn Medicine Provider
Transplant Surgery
Samir Abu-Gazala, MD
4.8
(67)
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Transplant Institute - Liver Transplant
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About me

  • Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Education and training

  • Medical School: Hebrew-Hadassah University
  • Residency: Mount Sinai Medical Center
  • Residency: Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital
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  • Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

What my patients think about me

Average Rating
4.8

67 reviews

Comments are submitted by patients and reflect their views and opinions. The comments are not endorsed by and do not necessarily reflect the views of Penn Medicine.

March 2025
5.0
5.0
genuine care and understanding
January 2025
5.0
5.0
he answered my question i had.
January 2025
5.0
5.0
swelling is getting better
December 2024
5.0
5.0
he has great bedside manner and i feel very confident with him in this surgery

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Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: On the medical staff, but does not have privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Abu-Gazala is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Tang H, Kaplan DE, Abu-Gazala S, Mahmud N Recent TIPS increases postoperative mortality: A national cohort study , Hepatology Communications, 8(12): 2024,e0577

Cywes C, Banker A, Muñoz N, Levine M, Abu-Gazala S, Bittermann T, Abt P The potential utilization of machine perfusion to increase transplantation of macrosteatotic livers , Transplantation, 108(11): 2024,e370-e375

Shaffer L, Abu-Gazala S, Schaubel DE, Abt P, Mahmud N Performance of risk prediction models for post-liver transplant patient and graft survival over time , Liver Transplantation, 30(7): 2024,689-698

Banker A, Cywes C, Munoz N, Taj R, Bitterman T, Abt P, Abu Gazala S The impact of donor body mass index on safety and outcomes in living donor liver transplantation: An analysis of the National United States Database , Transplantation Direct, 10(7): 2024,e1673

Mahmud N, Yagan L, Hoteit MA, Reddy KR, Abt PL, Abu-Gazala S Significant reduction in posttransplant hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence in the post 6-mo waiting policy era , Transplantation, 108(5): 2024,1172-1178

Abu-Gazala S, Tang H, Abt P, Mahmud N National trends in utilization of normothermic machine perfusion in DCD liver transplantation , Transplantation Direct, 10(5): 2024,e1596

Wang RX, Abu-Gazala S, Mahmud N Post-transplant outcomes and trends in utilization of Covid-19 positive deceased donor liver transplantation , Liver Transplantation, 29(10): 2023,1129-1133

Hakeem AR, Mathew JS, Aunés CV, Mazzola A, Alconchel F, Yoon Y-I, Testa G, Selzner N, Sarin SK, Lee K-W, Soin A, Pomposelli J, Menon K, Goyal N, Kota V, Abu-Gazala S, Rodriguez-Davalos M, Rajalingam R, Kapoor D, Durand F, Kamath P, Jothimani D, Sudhindran S, Vij V, Yoshizumi T, Egawa H, Lerut J, Broering D, Berenguer M, Cattral M, Clavien P-A, Chen C-L, Shah S, Zhu Z-J, Ascher N, Bhangui P, Rammohan A, Emond J, Rela M Preventing small-for-size syndrome in living donor liver transplantation: Guidelines from the ILTS-iLDLT-LTSI Consensus Conference , Transplantation, 107(10): 2023,2203-2215

Mahmud N, Panchal S, Abu-Gazala S, Serper M, Lewis JD, Kaplan DE Association between bariatric surgery and alcohol use–related hospitalization and all-cause mortality in a Veterans Affairs cohort , JAMA Surgery, 158(2): 2023,162-171

Abbassi F, Gero D, Muller X, Bueno A, Figiel W, Robin F, Laroche S, Picard B, Shankar S, Ivanics T, van Reeven M, van Leeuwen OB, Braun HJ, Monbaliu D, Breton A, Vachharajani N, Bonaccorsi Riani E, Nowak G, McMillan RR, Abu-Gazala S, Nair A, Bruballa R, Paterno F, Weppler Sears D, Pinna AD, Guarrera JV, de Santibañes E, de Santibañes M, Hernandez-Alejandro R, Olthoff K, Ghobrial RM, Ericzon BG, Ciccarelli O, Chapman WC, Mabrut JY, Pirenne J, Müllhaupt B, Ascher NL, Porte RJ, de Meijer VE, Polak WG, Sapisochin G, Attia M, Weiss E, Adam RA, Cherqui D, Boudjema K, Zienewicz K, Jassem W, Dutkowski P, Clavien PA Novel benchmark values for redo liver transplantation. Does the outcome justify the effort? , Annals of Surgery, 276(5): 2022,860-867