Dieter Adelmann, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Anesthesia
School of Medicine

In 2015-16, he completed a clinical fellowship in liver transplant anesthesia at UCSF and subsequently joined the UCSF faculty in 2016. In 2022, he completed his Habilitation at the Medical University of Vienna, earning the title of Privatdozent, a postdoctoral qualification that grants the right to teach and supervise doctoral students independently.

Research Overview Dr. Adelmann is a transplant anesthesiologist focused on perioperative outcomes in abdominal organ transplantation. His work centers on linking perioperative practice patterns with postoperative outcomes and graft function using large-scale, multicenter datasets. He is the co-Principal Investigator of the UCSF Transplant Anesthesia Research Group. He completed the Multicenter Perioperative Outcomes Group (MPOG) Research Fellowship in 2024-25. He was awarded a Mentored Research Training Grant (MRTG) Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research in 2025.

Research Focus Areas 1. Liver Transplant Outcomes and Perioperative Management Dr. Adelmann co-designed and directs the UCSF Transplant Outcomes in Anesthesia Database (TOAD), which integrates perioperative electronic medical record data with transplant-specific data such as donor and recipient data and graft outcomes for liver transplant recipients. TOAD has supported several first and senior author publications, including work on acute kidney injury, the use of intraoperative renal replacement therapy, vena cava implantation techniques, and early extubation after liver transplantation. Dr. Adelmann also founded the multicenter Society for the Advancement of Transplant Anesthesia (SATA) Perioperative Care in Liver Transplantation Database, which now includes more than 30 sites across the United States. This collaboration provides a national platform to study perioperative variation and outcomes.

2. Kidney Transplant Outcomes Research Building on his work with TOAD, Dr. Adelmann focuses on defining perioperative risk factors for delayed graft function and graft dysfunction in kidney transplant recipients. His research evaluates variation in fluid therapy, vasopressor use, and blood pressure management.

3. Multicenter MPOG Transplant Research As a graduate of the MPOG Outcomes Research Fellowship, Dr. Adelmann uses large multicenter datasets to study how perioperative practice patterns affect postoperative outcomes. His work includes defining a national kidney transplant cohort and identifying how variation in intraoperative fluid therapy and blood pressure management affect graft outcomes.

Clinical Focus In his clinical work, Dr. Adelmann specializes in liver transplant anesthesia, kidney transplant anesthesia, and neurosurgical anesthesia. He is fellowship trained in liver transplantation and is part of UCSF’s transplant anesthesia team.

• Clinical Decision Points for the Functional Fibrinogen Assay of a Novel TEG 6s Heparin Neutralization Cartridge.
  Anesthesia and analgesia 2025 Hartmann J, Dias JD, Adelmann D, Moore HB, Subramaniam K, Sakai T
• Vasopressin Is Not Associated With Severe Kidney Injury in Liver Transplantation: A Propensity Score-adjusted Analysis.
  Transplantation direct 2025 Antonucci E, Bokoch MP, Adelmann D, Kolodzie K, Roll GR, Sun E, Legrand M, Kothari R
• Safety and Feasibility of Early Extubation in Liver Transplantation: Experience in 1555 Patients.
  Transplantation 2025 Lacom C, Kothari RP, Mendez NV, Galli A, Roll GR, Bokoch MP, Legrand M, Adelmann D
• TEG® 6s coagulation testing with a novel heparin neutralization cartridge: Technical validation and determination of normal reference ranges.
  American journal of clinical pathology 2025 Hartmann J, Dias J, Shilo A, Bynagari Y, Garrett B, Jeske W, Manukyan Z, Mkhitaryan K, Adelmann D, Subramaniam K, Sakai T
• The perioperative care in liver transplantation multicenter database: Building the foundation for research collaboration in liver transplantation.
  Journal of clinical anesthesia 2024 Adelmann D, Reddy M, Zhou GP, Fukazawa K, Wang R, Kassel C, Nguyen-Buckley C, Bastidas J, De Marchi L, Wilson EA, Nazemian R, Fernandez-Bustamante A, Anderson A, Chadha RM, Huang J, Moguilevitch M, …
• Intraoperative blood pressure management during kidney transplantation: Grafts under pressure.
  American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2024 Adelmann D, Legrand M
• Serum from patients with cirrhosis undergoing liver transplantation induces permeability in human pulmonary microvascular endothelial cells ex vivo.
  Frontiers in medicine 2024 Bokoch MP, Xu F, Govindaraju K, Lloyd E, Tsutsui K, Kothari RP, Adelmann D, Joffre J, Hellman J
• Angiotensin II in liver transplantation (AngLT-1): protocol of a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.
  BMJ open 2023 Bokoch MP, Tran AT, Brinson EL, Marcus SG, Reddy M, Sun E, Roll GR, Pardo M, Fields S, Adelmann D, Kothari RP, Legrand M
• Lactate concentration at the end of liver transplant: Early predictor of graft function or just one piece of the puzzle?
  Clinical transplantation 2023 Galli AM, Kothari R, Adelmann D, Holm Z, Bokoch MP, De Gasperi A, Niemann CU, Kolodzie K
• Real-world implementation of normothermic machine perfusion: A detailed analysis of intraoperative and early postoperative impact.
  Clinical transplantation 2023 Dixon W, Sheetz K, Adelmann D, Bokoch M, Reddy M, Kothari R, Roberts JP, Syed S, Feng S, Roll G
• Addressing the Burden and Management Strategies for Disparities and Inequities Among Liver Transplant Professionals: The ILTS Experience.
  Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation 2023 Andacoglu O, Izzy M, Adelmann D, Aguilera V, Becchetti C, Berenguer M, Berlakovich GA, Ghosh S, Giorgakis E, Kemmer N, Lunsford KE, Montasser IF, Montenovo MI, Mrzljak A, Pai SL, Scalera I, Selzner N
• Number of Local Regional Therapies for Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Peri-Operative Outcomes after Liver Transplantation.
  Cancers 2023 Brown AE, Shui AM, Adelmann D, Mehta N, Roll GR, Hirose R, Syed SM
• Intraoperative Use of Albumin in Major Noncardiac Surgery: Incidence, Variability, and Association With Outcomes.
  Annals of surgery 2022 Lazzareschi DV, Fong N, Mavrothalassitis O, Whitlock EL, Chen CL, Chiu C, Adelmann D, Bokoch MP, Chen LL, Liu KD, Pirracchio R, Mathis MR, Legrand M, MPOG Collaborators
• Perioperative mortality in liver transplantation before and after the implementation of the organ allocation policy Share 35.
  Clinical transplantation 2022 Holm ZD, Kolodzie K, Galli AM, Meyhoff CS, Niemann CU, Adelmann D
• P2.02: Save the Environment: Liver Transplantation Restores A Circulating Environment That Supports Healthy Platelet Aggregation Within Two Hours of Reperfusion.
  Transplantation 2022 Hillary Braun, Alex T Fields, Kim Rodriguez, Zachary A Matthay, Rishi Kothari, Claus U Niemann, Dieter Adelmann, Nancy L Ascher, John P Roberts, Michael P Bokoch, Lucy Z Kornblith
• Women Leadership in Liver Transplantation-Results of an International Survey.
  Transplantation 2022 de Rosner-van Rosmalen M, Adelmann D, Berlakovich GA, Francoz C, Selzner N, Berenguer M, Watt KD, Man NK, Burra P, Pai SL
• Gender and Racial Disparity Among Liver Transplantation Professionals: Report of a Global Survey.
  Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation 2022 Aguilera V, Andacoglu O, Francoz C, Berlakovich G, Pai SL, Adelmann D, Ghosh S, Lunsford KE, Montenovo M, Mrzljak A, Scalera I, Xie Q, Becchetti C, Berenguer M, Selzner N
• Advantages and Limitations of Clinical Scores for Donation After Circulatory Death Liver Transplantation.
  Frontiers in surgery 2022 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…
• Expedited evaluation for liver transplantation: A critical look at processes and outcomes.
  Clinical transplantation 2021 Braun HJ, Mello A, Kothari R, Ku E, Yilma M, Tavakol M, Zhang L, Niemann CU, Ascher NL, Adelmann D
• Organ donor management goals and delayed graft function in adult kidney transplant recipients.
  Clinical transplantation 2021 Kothari R, Tolles J, Adelmann D, Lewis RJ, Malinoski DJ, Niemann CU
• Monitoring of Enoxaparin during Hemodialysis Covered by Regional Citrate Anticoagulation in Acute Kidney Injury: A Prospective Cohort Study.
  Journal of clinical medicine 2021 Wiegele M, Adelmann D, Dibiasi C, Pausch A, Baierl A, Schaden E
• Machine Learning Prediction of Liver Allograft Utilization From Deceased Organ Donors Using the National Donor Management Goals Registry.
  Transplantation direct 2021 Bishara AM, Lituiev DS, Adelmann D, Kothari RP, Malinoski DJ, Nudel JD, Sally MB, Hirose R, Hadley DD, Niemann CU
• "The use of bilateral continuous erector spinae plane blocks for postoperative analgesia after right-sided living donor hepatectomy: A feasibility study".
  Clinical transplantation 2021 Adelmann D, Khorashadi M, Zhou G, Kinjo S, Braun HJ, Ascher NL, Braehler MR
• COVID-19 and Abdominal Transplant: A Stepwise Approach to Practice During Pandemic Conditions.
  Transplantation 2020 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
• The Association Between Vena Cava Implantation Technique and Acute Kidney Injury After Liver Transplantation.
  Transplantation 2020 Hannon V, Kothari RP, Zhang L, Bokoch MP, Hill R, Roll GR, Mello A, Feiner JR, Liu KD, Niemann CU, Adelmann D
• Longer Distance From Dialysis Facility to Transplant Center Is Associated With Lower Access to Kidney Transplantation.
  Transplantation direct 2020 Whelan AM, Johansen KL, McCulloch CE, Adelmann D, Niemann CU, Roll GR, Siyahian S, Grimes B, Ku E
• Letters to the Editor.
  Anesthesia and analgesia 2019 Miller J, Kim S, Adelmann D, Hill B, Schlichting N, Smith N, DeMaria S, Zerillo J
• Profound Intraoperative Hypotension Associated With Transfusion via the Belmont Fluid Management System.
  Anesthesia and analgesia 2019 Miller J, Kim S, Adelmann D, Hill B, Schlichting N, Smith N, DeMaria S, Zerillo J
• Risk factors for early bleeding complications after lung transplantation - a retrospective cohort study.
  Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation 2019 Adelmann D, Koch S, Menger J, Opfermann P, Jaksch P, Hoetzenecker K, Kurz M, Mouhieddine M, Steinlechner B
• The Impact of Deceased Donor Liver Extraction Time on Early Allograft Function in Adult Liver Transplant Recipients.
  Transplantation 2018 Adelmann D, Roll GR, Kothari R, Syed S, Burdine LJ, Tavakol M, Niemann CU
• Thrombin generation in patients with severe thermal injury.
  Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries 2018 Wiegele M, Schaden E, Koch S, Bauer D, Krall C, Adelmann D
• In Response.
  Anesthesia & Analgesia 2018 Joanna Miller, Sang Kim, Dieter Adelmann, Bryan Hill, Nicolette Schlichting, Natalie Smith, Samuel DeMaria, Jeron Zerillo
• P02-4 Postoperative hepatic dysfunction in lung transplant recipients.
  Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia 2018 Johannes Menger, S. Koch, D. Adelmann, M. Dworschak
• Expedited Evaluation for Liver Transplantation.
  Transplantation Journal 2018 Hillary Braun, Dieter Adelmann, Anna Mello, Mehdi Tavakol, Claus U Niemann, Nancy L Ascher
• Intraoperative Management of Liver Transplant Patients Without the Routine Use of Renal Replacement Therapy.
  Transplantation 2018 Adelmann D, Olmos A, Liu LL, Feiner JR, Roll GR, Burdine L, Tavakol M, Syed S, Orandi BJ, Niemann CU
• Central venous pressure monitoring in living donor kidney recipients does not affect immediate graft function: A propensity score analysis.
  Clinical transplantation 2018 Adelmann D, Bicknell L, Niemann CU, Feiner J, Roll GR, Burdine L, Whitlock EL
• Society for the Advancement of Transplant Anesthesia: Liver Transplant Anesthesia Fellowship-White Paper Advocating Measurable Proficiency in Transplant Specialties Training.
  Seminars in cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia 2017 Chadha RM, Crouch C, Zerillo J, Pretto EA, Planinsic R, Kim S, Nicolau-Raducu R, Adelmann D, Elia E, Wray CL, Srinivas C, Mandell MS
• Anesthesia for Liver Transplantation.
  Anesthesiology clinics 2017 Adelmann D, Kronish K, Ramsay MA
• Fibrinogen But Not Factor XIII Deficiency Is Associated With Bleeding After Craniotomy.
  Survey of Anesthesiology 2015 D. Adelmann, D. A. Klaus, U. M. Illievich, C. G. Krenn, C. Krall, S. Kozek-Langenecker, E. Schaden
• Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia in a non-heparin-naive patient: a case report.
  SpringerPlus 2015 Wiegele M, Adelmann D, Gratz J, Schaden E
• Measuring the activity of apixaban and rivaroxaban with rotational thrombelastometry.
  Thrombosis research 2014 Adelmann D, Wiegele M, Wohlgemuth RK, Koch S, Frantal S, Quehenberger P, Scharbert G, Kozek-Langenecker S, Schaden E
• Fibrinogen but not factor XIII deficiency is associated with bleeding after craniotomy.
  British journal of anaesthesia 2014 Adelmann D, Klaus DA, Illievich UM, Krenn CG, Krall C, Kozek-Langenecker S, Schaden E
• Measuring the activity of the oral factor Xa inhibitor rivaroxaban with rotational thrombelastometry (ROTEM®).
  European Journal of Anaesthesiology 2013 D. Adelmann, R. K. Wohlgemuth, S. Frantal, G. Scharbert, S. KozekLangenecker, E. Schaden
• A46 Perioperative Factor XIII Levels in Patients undergoing Craniotomy.
  European Journal of Anaesthesiology 2012 D. Adelmann, D. Klaus, E. Schaden, U. Illievich
• Caudal anaesthesia under sedation: a prospective analysis of 512 infants and children.
  British journal of anaesthesia 2010 Brenner L, Kettner SC, Marhofer P, Latzke D, Willschke H, Kimberger O, Adelmann D, Machata AM