Ryutaro Hirose, MD
Professor Emeritus
Surgery
School of Medicine

Hirose's research interests include the induction of immunologic tolerance, immune monitoring and cancer in transplant patients. He has received research grants from the National Kidney Foundation and UCSF School of Medicine.

Hirose earned his medical degree from Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, the medical school of Columbia University. He completed clinical research training at UCSF as a resident in general surgery and a fellow in molecular medicine and transplantation surgery.

Hirose is involved in teaching medical students as well as residents and fellows in surgery. He serves as associate director of UCSF's general surgery residency program.

• Time to discard the term "discard".
  American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2023 Hart A, Patzer RE, Spear J, Hirose R, Tabatabai A, Wood NL, Schaffhausen CR, Axelrod DA, Israni AK, Snyder JJ
• OPTN/SRTR 2021 Annual Data Report: COVID-19.
  American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2023 Miller JM, Ahn YS, Hart A, Lindblad K, Jett C, Fox C, Hirose R, Israni AK, Snyder JJ
• 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
• Toward a better distribution system: it is complicated.
  Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2022 Hirose R
• The Reality of Inadequate Patient Care and the Need for a Global Action Framework in Organ Donation and Transplantation.
  Transplantation 2022 Domínguez-Gil B, Ascher NL, Fadhil RAS, Muller E, Cantarovich M, Ahn C, Berenguer M, Bušic M, Egawa H, Gondolesi GE, Haberal M, Harris D, Hirose R, Ilbawi A, Jha V, López-Fraga M, Andrés Madera S, …
• Assessment of Surgeon Performance of Advanced Open Surgical Skills Using a Microskills-Based Novel Curriculum.
  JAMA network open 2022 Greenberg AL, Karimzada MM, Brian R, Yap A, Luu HY, Ahmed S, Huang CY, Waits SA, Hirose R, Alseidi A, Rapp JH, O'Sullivan PS, Chern H, Syed SM
• Transplant program evaluations in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic.
  American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2022 Miller J, Lyden GR, Zaun D, Kasiske BL, Hirose R, Israni AK, Snyder JJ
• Toward continuous improvement of Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients performance reporting: Advances following 2012 consensus conference and future consensus building for 2022 consensus conference.
  Clinical transplantation 2022 Israni AK, Hirose R, Segev DL, Hart A, Schaffhausen CR, Axelrod DA, Kasiske BL, Snyder JJ
• Pancreas Transplantation for Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review, Critical Gaps in the Literature, and a Path Forward.
  Transplantation 2022 Amara D, Hansen KS, Kupiec-Weglinski SA, Braun HJ, Hirose R, Hilton JF, Rickels MR, Odorico JS, Stock PG
• Surgical complications after living and deceased donor liver transplant: The NSQIP transplant experience.
  Clinical transplantation 2022 Amara D, Parekh J, Sudan D, Elias N, Foley DP, Conzen K, Grieco A, Braun HJ, Greenstein S, Byrd C, Ko C, Hirose R
• Long-term Outcomes Following Kidney and Liver Transplant in Recipients With HIV.
  JAMA surgery 2022 Zarinsefat A, Gulati A, Shui A, Braun H, Rogers R, Hirose R, Ascher N, Stock P
• Toward a more efficient organ placement system (and defeating FOMO).
  American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2022 Roll GR, Hirose R
• International Travel for Liver Transplantation: A Comprehensive Assessment of the Impact on the United States Transplant System.
  Transplantation 2022 Braun HJ, Amara D, Shui AM, Stock PG, Hirose R, Delmonico FL, Ascher NL
• Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the size of US transplant waiting lists.
  Clinical transplantation 2022 Miller J, Wey A, Valapour M, Hart A, Musgrove D, Hirose R, Ahn YS, Israni AK, Snyder JJ
• 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…
• The Impact of Median Model for End-Stage Liver Disease at Transplant Minus 3 National Policy on Waitlist Outcomes in Patients With and Without Hepatocellular Carcinoma.
  Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2021 Bernards S, Hirose R, Yao FY, Jin C, Dodge JL, Huang CY, Mehta N
• 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 Effect of Acuity Circles on Deceased Donor Transplant and Offer Rates Across Model for End-Stage Liver Disease Scores and Exception Statuses.
  Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2021 Wey A, Noreen S, Gentry S, Cafarella M, Trotter J, Salkowski N, Segev D, Israni A, Kasiske B, Hirose R, Snyder J
• Equity in kidney transplant allocation - North American perspective.
  Current opinion in organ transplantation 2021 Yilma M, Hirose R
• Standardizing Discharge Opioid Prescriptions in Kidney Transplant Patients Decreases Opioid Usage.
  The Journal of surgical research 2021 Schwab ME, Braun HJ, Quan D, Roll GR, Budanova N, Ascher NL, Hirose R
• Understanding the Impact of Pneumonia and Other Complications in Elderly Liver Transplant Recipients: An Analysis of NSQIP Transplant.
  Transplantation direct 2021 Schnickel GT, Greenstein S, Berumen JA, Elias N, Sudan DL, Conzen KD, Mekeel KL, Foley DP, Hirose R, Parekh JR
• Live Donor Liver Transplantation in the United States: Impact of Share 35 on Live Donor Utilization.
  Transplantation 2021 Braun HJ, Dodge JL, Grab JD, Schwab ME, Liu IH, Glencer AC, Stock PG, Hirose R, Roberts JP, Ascher NL
• Mortality among solid organ waitlist candidates during COVID-19 in the United States.
  American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2021 Miller J, Wey A, Musgrove D, Son Ahn Y, Hart A, Kasiske BL, Hirose R, Israni AK, Snyder JJ
• Setting rules for the sandbox: A response to "Successfully sharing the sandbox: A perspective on combined DCD liver and heart donor procurement".
  American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2020 Wisel SA, Thiessen C, Day R, Belin LJ, Syed SM, Hirose R, Ascher N, Roberts JP, Freise CE
• Metastatic Donor-derived Malignancies Following Simultaneous Pancreas-kidney Transplant: Three Case Reports and Management Strategies.
  Transplantation direct 2020 Amara D, Wisel SA, Braun HJ, Collisson EA, Friedlander T, Worner G, Roll GR, Hirose R, Stock PG
• Opioid use prior to liver transplant is associated with increased risk of death after transplant.
  American journal of surgery 2020 Braun HJ, Schwab MP, Jin C, Amara D, Mehta NJ, Grace TR, Croci R, Freise CE, Roberts JP, Hirose R, Ascher NL
• 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
• Contemporary Management of Hepatic Cyst Disease: Techniques and Outcomes at a Tertiary Hepatobiliary Center.
  Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract 2020 Gomez A, Wisneski AD, Luu HY, Hirose K, Roberts JP, Hirose R, Freise CE, Nakakura EK, Corvera CU
• Early national and center-level changes to kidney transplantation in the United States during the COVID-19 epidemic.
  American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2020 Boyarsky BJ, Werbel WA, Durand CM, Avery RK, Jackson KR, Kernodle AB, Snyder J, Hirose R, Massie IM, Garonzik-Wang JM, Segev DL, Massie AB
• Implementing an opioid reduction protocol in renal transplant recipients.
  American journal of surgery 2020 Schwab ME, Braun HJ, Ascher NL, Hirose R
• A Virtual Crossmatch-based Strategy Facilitates Sharing of Deceased Donor Kidneys for Highly Sensitized Recipients.
  Transplantation 2020 Roll GR, Webber AB, Gae DH, Laszik Z, Tavakol M, Mayen L, Cunniffe K, Syed S, Hirose R, Freise C, Feng S, Roberts JP, Ascher NL, Stock PG, Rajalingam R
• A model for the institutional adoption of innovative surgical techniques.
  Surgery 2020 Jain M, Duh QY, Hirose R, Sosa JA, Suh I
• Balancing Efficiency and Fairness in Liver Transplant Access: Tradeoff Curves for the Assessment of Organ Distribution Policies.
  Transplantation 2020 Bertsimas D, Papalexopoulos T, Trichakis N, Wang Y, Hirose R, Vagefi PA
• Unfair Advantages for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients Listed for Liver Transplant in Short-Wait Regions Following 2015 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Policy Change.
  Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2020 Brondfield MN, Dodge JL, Hirose R, Heimbach J, Yao FY, Mehta N
• The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' proposed metrics for recertification of organ procurement organizations: Evaluation by the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients.
  American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2020 Snyder JJ, Musgrove D, Zaun D, Wey A, Salkowski N, Rosendale J, Israni AK, Hirose R, Kasiske BL
• The rise and fall of the model for end-stage liver disease score and the need for an optimized machine learning approach for liver allocation.
  Current opinion in organ transplantation 2020 Vagefi PA, Bertsimas D, Hirose R, Trichakis N
• Long-term follow-up of beta cell replacement therapy in 10 HIV-infected patients with renal failure secondary to type 1 diabetes mellitus.
  American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2020 Roll GR, Posselt AM, Freise J, Baird J, Syed S, Mo Kang S, Hirose R, Szot GL, Zarinsefat A, Feng S, Worner G, Sarwal M, Stock PG
• Beyond death and graft survival-Variation in outcomes after kidney transplantation. Results from the NSQIP Transplant beta phase.
  American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2019 Parekh JR, Hirose R, Foley DP, Grieco A, Cohen ME, Hall BL, Ko CY, Greenstein S
• Changes in Simultaneous Liver-kidney Transplant Allocation Policy May Impact Postliver Transplant Outcomes.
  Transplantation 2019 Cullaro G, Hirose R, Lai JC
• Beyond death and graft survival-Variation in outcomes after liver transplant. Results from the NSQIP transplant beta phase.
  American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2019 Parekh JR, Greenstein S, Sudan DL, Grieco A, Cohen ME, Hall BL, Ko CY, Hirose R
• Predictors of low risk for dropout from the liver transplant waiting list for hepatocellular carcinoma in long wait time regions: Implications for organ allocation.
  American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2019 Mehta N, Dodge JL, Hirose R, Roberts JP, Yao FY
• State-Based Liver Allocation: Is It a Viable Alternative?
  Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2019 Hirose R
• Association of HLA Antigen Mismatch With Risk of Developing Skin Cancer After Solid-Organ Transplant.
  JAMA dermatology 2019 Gao Y, Twigg AR, Hirose R, Roll GR, Nowacki AS, Maytin EV, Vidimos AT, Rajalingam R, Arron ST
• Comparison of Tumor Regression Grading of Residual Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Following Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Without Radiation: Would Fewer Tier-Stratification Be Favorable Toward Standardization?
  The American journal of surgical pathology 2019 Kim SS, Ko AH, Nakakura EK, Wang ZJ, Corvera CU, Harris HW, Kirkwood KS, Hirose R, Tempero MA, Kim GE
• Alpha-Fetoprotein Decrease from > 1,000 to < 500 ng/mL in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma Leads to Improved Posttransplant Outcomes.
  Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 2019 Mehta N, Dodge JL, Roberts JP, Hirose R, Yao FY
• Development and validation of an optimized prediction of mortality for candidates awaiting liver transplantation.
  American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2018 Bertsimas D, Kung J, Trichakis N, Wang Y, Hirose R, Vagefi PA
• Report of National Kidney Foundation Consensus Conference to Decrease Kidney Discards.
  Clinical transplantation 2018 Cooper M, Formica R, Friedewald J, Hirose R, O'Connor K, Mohan S, Schold J, Axelrod D, Pastan S
• Increasing Liver Transplantation Wait-List Dropout for Hepatocellular Carcinoma With Widening Geographical Disparities: Implications for Organ Allocation.
  Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2018 Mehta N, Dodge JL, Hirose R, Roberts JP, Yao FY
• How Good Is Good? Benchmarking and the Quest for Quality Improvement in Liver Transplantation.
  Annals of surgery 2018 Patel MS, Hirose R, Vagefi PA
• Misdiagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients receiving no local-regional therapy prior to liver transplant: An analysis of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network explant pathology form.
  Clinical transplantation 2017 Mehta N, Dodge JL, Roberts JP, Hirose R, Yao FY
• Defining disparities in liver transplantation: The devil is in the details.
  Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2017 Hirose R, Heimbach J
• Liver allocation and distribution: time for a change.
  Current opinion in organ transplantation 2017 Deshpande R, Hirose R, Mulligan D
• Predicting Outcomes on the Liver Transplant Waiting List in the United States: Accounting for Large Regional Variation in Organ Availability and Priority Allocation Points.
  Transplantation 2016 Hart A, Schladt DP, Zeglin J, Pyke J, Kim WR, Lake JR, Roberts JP, Hirose R, Mulligan DC, Kasiske BL, Snyder JJ, Israni AK
• Resolving Misconceptions About Liver Allocation and Redistricting Methodology.
  JAMA surgery 2016 Gentry SE, Hirose R, Mulligan D
• Effect of moderately intense perioperative glucose control on renal allograft function: a pilot randomized controlled trial in renal transplantation.
  Clinical transplantation 2016 Parekh J, Roll GR, Wisel S, Rushakoff RJ, Hirose R
• Preoperative FOLFIRINOX for borderline resectable pancreatic cancer: Is radiation necessary in the modern era of chemotherapy?
  Journal of surgical oncology 2016 Kim SS, Nakakura EK, Wang ZJ, Kim GE, Corvera CU, Harris HW, Kirkwood KS, Hirose R, Tempero MA, Ko AH
• The impact of broader regional sharing of livers: 2-year results of "Share 35".
  Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2016 Edwards EB, Harper AM, Hirose R, Mulligan DC
• Minimal Transplant Survival Benefit for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Is it Real or an Overestimation of Waitlist Life Expectancy?
  Gastroenterology 2015 Mehta N, Heimbach J, Hirose R, Roberts JP, Yao FY
• Impact of a quality improvement project on deceased organ donor management.
  Progress in transplantation (Aliso Viejo, Calif.) 2015 Olmos A, Feiner J, Hirose R, Swain S, Blasi A, Roberts JP, Niemann CU
• Robust Models Support Redistricting Liver Allocation to Reduce Geographic Disparity.
  Transplantation 2015 Gentry SE, Segev DL, Kasiske BL, Mulligan DC, Hirose R
• Therapeutic Hypothermia in Deceased Organ Donors and Kidney-Graft Function.
  The New England journal of medicine 2015 Niemann CU, Feiner J, Swain S, Bunting S, Friedman M, Crutchfield M, Broglio K, Hirose R, Roberts JP, Malinoski D
• Downstaging of hepatocellular cancer before liver transplant: long-term outcome compared to tumors within Milan criteria.
  Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 2015 Yao FY, Mehta N, Flemming J, Dodge J, Hameed B, Fix O, Hirose R, Fidelman N, Kerlan RK, Roberts JP
• Delayed hepatocellular carcinoma model for end-stage liver disease exception score improves disparity in access to liver transplant in the United States.
  Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 2015 Heimbach JK, Hirose R, Stock PG, Schladt DP, Xiong H, Liu J, Olthoff KM, Harper A, Snyder JJ, Israni AK, Kasiske BL, Kim WR
• Outcomes after liver transplantation for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma and a low risk of dropout from the transplant waiting list.
  Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2014 Mehta N, Dodge JL, Roberts JP, Hirose R, Yao FY
• Identification of liver transplant candidates with hepatocellular carcinoma and a very low dropout risk: implications for the current organ allocation policy.
  Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2013 Mehta N, Dodge JL, Goel A, Roberts JP, Hirose R, Yao FY
• Immunosuppression: Conventions and controversies.
  Clinical liver disease 2013 Mehta N, Hirose R
• Peri-operative hyperglycemia is associated with delayed graft function in deceased donor renal transplantation.
  Clinical transplantation 2013 Parekh J, Roll GR, Feng S, Niemann CU, Hirose R
• Sorafenib combined with locoregional therapy prior to liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma: an update on a previous case report.
  Journal of gastrointestinal cancer 2013 Vagefi PA, Hirose R
• Director of anesthesiology for liver transplantation: existing practices and recommendations by the United Network for Organ Sharing.
  Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2013 Mandell MS, Pomfret EA, Steadman R, Hirose R, Reich DJ, Schumann R, Walia A
• Native renal function after combined liver-kidney transplant for type 1 hepatorenal syndrome: initial report on the use of postoperative Technetium-99 m-mercaptoacetyltriglycine scans.
  Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation 2013 Vagefi PA, Qian JJ, Carlson DM, Aparici CM, Hirose R, Vincenti F, Wojciechowski D
• Fitzpatrick skin phototype is an independent predictor of squamous cell carcinoma risk after solid organ transplantation.
  Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 2012 Gogia R, Binstock M, Hirose R, Boscardin WJ, Chren MM, Arron ST
• Risk factors for liver transplant waitlist dropout in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.
  Clinical transplantation 2012 Park SJ, Freise CE, Hirose R, Kerlan RK, Yao FY, Roberts JP, Vagefi PA
• Can we cure cholangiocarcinoma with neoadjuvant chemoradiation and liver transplantation? Time for a multicenter trial.
  Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2012 Kelley RK, Hirose R, Venook AP
• Validity of patient skin cancer report among organ transplant recipients.
  Clinical transplantation 2012 Dybbro E, Mihalis E, Hirose R, Arron ST
• Intraoperative hyperglycemia augments ischemia reperfusion injury in renal transplantation: a prospective study.
  Journal of transplantation 2011 Parekh J, Niemann CU, Dang K, Hirose R
• HLA-DR matching in organ allocation: balance between waiting time and rejection in pediatric kidney transplantation.
  Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) 2011 Vu LT, Baxter-Lowe LA, Garcia J, McEnhill M, Summers P, Hirose R, Lee M, Stock PG
• Novel strategies in immunosuppression: issues in perspective.
  Transplantation 2011 Webber A, Hirose R, Vincenti F
• Downstaging of hepatocellular carcinoma prior to liver transplant: is there a role for adjuvant sorafenib in locoregional therapy?
  Journal of gastrointestinal cancer 2010 Vagefi PA, Hirose R
• Donor pre-treatment with everolimus or cyclosporine does not reduce ischaemia-reperfusion injury in a rat kidney transplant model.
  Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association 2010 Martinez-Palli G, Hirose R, Liu T, Xu F, Dang K, Feiner J, Serkova NJ, Niemann CU
• Hepatic surgery at a VA tertiary medical center: lessons learned.
  American journal of surgery 2010 Alemi F, Kwon E, Freise C, Kang SM, Hirose R, Stewart L, Corvera CU
• Induction of intestinal ischemia reperfusion injury by portal vein outflow occlusion in rats.
  Journal of gastroenterology 2010 Vincenti M, Behrends M, Dang K, Park YH, Hirose R, Blasi-Ibanez A, Liu T, Serkova NJ, Niemann CU
• Kidney transplantation at UCSF: 8,300 transplants and onward.
  Clinical transplants 2010 Wojciechowski D, Hirose R, Stock P, Vincenti F, Baxter-Lowe LA, Salvatierra O
• Short passive cooling protects rats during hepatectomy by inducing heat shock proteins and limiting the induction of pro-inflammatory cytokines.
  The Journal of surgical research 2010 Niemann CU, Xu F, Choi S, Behrends M, Park Y, Hirose R, Maher JJ
• Acute hyperglycemia worsens hepatic ischemia/reperfusion injury in rats.
  Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract 2009 Behrends M, Martinez-Palli G, Niemann CU, Cohen S, Ramachandran R, Hirose R
• Acute kidney injury during liver transplantation as determined by neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin.
  Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2009 Niemann CU, Walia A, Waldman J, Davio M, Roberts JP, Hirose R, Feiner J
• Predictors associated with terminal renal function in deceased organ donors in the intensive care unit.
  Anesthesiology 2009 Blasi-Ibanez A, Hirose R, Feiner J, Freise C, Stock PG, Roberts JP, Niemann CU
• Excellent outcome following down-staging of hepatocellular carcinoma prior to liver transplantation: an intention-to-treat analysis.
  Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 2008 Yao FY, Kerlan RK, Hirose R, Davern TJ, Bass NM, Feng S, Peters M, Terrault N, Freise CE, Ascher NL, Roberts JP
• Alterations in the proteome of pulmonary alveolar type II cells in the rat after hepatic ischemia-reperfusion.
  Critical care medicine 2008 Hirsch J, Niemann CU, Hansen KC, Choi S, Su X, Frank JA, Fang X, Hirose R, Theodore P, Sapru A, Burlingame AL, Matthay MA
• Transient hyperglycemia affects the extent of ischemia-reperfusion-induced renal injury in rats.
  Anesthesiology 2008 Hirose R, Xu F, Dang K, Liu T, Behrends M, Brakeman PR, Wiener-Kronish J, Niemann CU
• Liver transplantation at UCSF--a 20-year experience.
  Clinical transplants 2008 Hirose R, Yao F, Stock P, Roberts J, Ascher N
• Increased severity of renal ischemia-reperfusion injury with venous clamping compared to arterial clamping in a rat model.
  Surgery 2007 Park Y, Hirose R, Dang K, Xu F, Behrends M, Tan V, Roberts JP, Niemann CU
• Remote renal injury following partial hepatic ischemia/reperfusion injury in rats.
  Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract 2007 Behrends M, Hirose R, Park YH, Tan V, Dang K, Xu F, Park SH, Niemann CU
• Ischemia-reperfusion injury is more severe in older versus young rat livers.
  The Journal of surgical research 2006 Park Y, Hirose R, Coatney JL, Ferrell L, Behrends M, Roberts JP, Serkova NJ, Niemann CU
• Immunosuppression: today, tomorrow, and withdrawal.
  Seminars in liver disease 2006 Hirose R, Vincenti F
• Mild hypothermia reduces the inflammatory response and hepatic ischemia/reperfusion injury in rats.
  Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver 2006 Behrends M, Hirose R, Serkova NJ, Coatney JL, Bedolli M, Yardi J, Park YH, Niemann CU
• Mild hypothermia protects obese rats from fulminant hepatic necrosis induced by ischemia-reperfusion.
  Surgery 2006 Niemann CU, Choi S, Behrends M, Hirose R, Noh J, Coatney JL, Roberts JP, Serkova NJ, Maher JJ
• Warm ischemia-induced alterations in oxidative and inflammatory proteins in hepatic Kupffer cells in rats.
  Molecular & cellular proteomics : MCP 2006 Hirsch J, Hansen KC, Choi S, Noh J, Hirose R, Roberts JP, Matthay MA, Burlingame AL, Maher JJ, Niemann CU
• Glutamine does not protect against hepatic warm ischemia/reperfusion injury in rats.
  Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract 2006 Noh J, Behrends M, Choi S, Bedolli MA, Yardi J, Hirose R, Niemann CU
• A prospective study on downstaging of hepatocellular carcinoma prior to liver transplantation.
  Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2005 Yao FY, Hirose R, LaBerge JM, Davern TJ, Bass NM, Kerlan RK, Merriman R, Feng S, Freise CE, Ascher NL, Roberts JP
• Ischemic preconditioning improves energy state and transplantation survival in obese Zucker rat livers.
  Anesthesia and analgesia 2005 Niemann CU, Hirose R, Liu T, Behrends M, Brown JL, Kominsky DF, Roberts JP, Serkova N
• Rapidly developing nephrocalcinosis in a patient with end-stage liver disease who received a domino liver transplant from a patient with known congenital oxalosis.
  Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine 2005 Aziz S, Callen PW, Vincenti F, Hirose R
• Skin cancer as a contraindication to organ transplantation.
  American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2005 Otley CC, Hirose R, Salasche SJ
• Metabolic profiling of livers and blood from obese Zucker rats.
  Journal of hepatology 2005 Serkova NJ, Jackman M, Brown JL, Liu T, Hirose R, Roberts JP, Maher JJ, Niemann CU
• Mild hypothermia provides significant protection against ischemia/reperfusion injury in livers of obese and lean rats.
  Annals of surgery 2005 Choi S, Noh J, Hirose R, Ferell L, Bedolli M, Roberts JP, Niemann CU
• BKV in simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplant recipients: a leading cause of renal graft loss in first 2 years post-transplant.
  American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2005 Lipshutz GS, Mahanty H, Feng S, Hirose R, Stock PG, Kang SM, Posselt AM, Freise CE
• The influence of portoenterostomy on transplantation for biliary atresia.
  Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2004 Visser BC, Suh I, Hirose S, Rosenthal P, Lee H, Roberts JP, Hirose R
• Treatment and outcome of invasive bladder cancer in patients after renal transplantation.
  The Journal of urology 2004 Master VA, Meng MV, Grossfeld GD, Koppie TM, Hirose R, Carroll PR
• Antitumor immunity induced by dendritic cell-based vaccination is dependent on interferon-gamma and interleukin-12.
  The Journal of surgical research 2004 Hiramoto JS, Tsung K, Bedolli M, Norton JA, Hirose R
• Prediction of survival after liver retransplantation for late graft failure based on preoperative prognostic scores.
  Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 2004 Yao FY, Saab S, Bass NM, Hirose R, Ly D, Terrault N, Lazar AA, Bacchetti P, Ascher NL, Roberts JP
• Kidney and liver transplantation in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients: a pilot safety and efficacy study.
  Transplantation 2003 Stock PG, Roland ME, Carlson L, Freise CE, Roberts JP, Hirose R, Terrault NA, Frassetto LA, Palefsky JM, Tomlanovich SJ, Ascher NL
• CD69 expression on peripheral CD8 T cells correlates with acute rejection in renal transplant recipients.
  Transplantation 2003 Posselt AM, Vincenti F, Bedolli M, Lantz M, Roberts JP, Hirose R
• Management of lymphoceles after renal transplantation: laparoscopic versus open drainage.
  The Journal of urology 2003 Fuller TF, Kang SM, Hirose R, Feng S, Stock PG, Freise CE
• Successful long-term outcomes using pediatric en bloc kidneys for transplantation.
  American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2002 Hiramoto JS, Freise CE, Randall HR, Bretan PN, Tomlanovich S, Stock PG, Hirose R
• Live donor renal transplants using kidneys with arteriographic evidence of mild renovascular disease.
  Clinical transplantation 2002 Hiramoto JS, LaBerge JM, Neymark E, Hirose R
• Pros and cons of using interleukin-2 receptor antibodies in liver transplant recipients.
  Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2002 Hirose R