UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center : JCCC Member Directory

Ronald Busuttil, M.D., Ph.D.

Specialty:

Surgery General

Transplantation Surgery

General Information:

Gender:	Male
Language(s):	English

Affiliation(s):

Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery

Physician, Director, and Chief, Dumont-UCLA Liver Cancer Center, Liver and Pancreas Transplantation

Chief, Department of Transplantation Services, Liver and Pancreas Transplantation

Physician, Department of Intestinal Transplantation, Liver Transplantation

Member, JCCC Signal Transduction and Therapeutics Program Area

Education:

Residency:	Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine, 1972 - 1977
Internship:	Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine, 1971 - 1972
Medical Degree:	M.D., Tulane University School of Medicine, 1971
Degree:	Ph.D., Tulane University, 1975

Contact Information:

Surgery:	(310) 794-7788 Patient appointments
Intestinal Transplantation:	(310) 794-6487 Referring physician
Liver Transplantation:	(310) 206-6134 Referring physician (310) 206-7760 Referring physician
Dumont-UCLA Liver Cancer Center:	(310) 825-1412 Information and referral (310) 206-3748 Referring physician
Liver and Pancreas Transplantation:	(310) 825-5318 Information and referral (310) 206-3748 Referring physician
Phone:	(310) 825.7017
Email:	rbusuttil@mednet.ucla.edu

Practice Information:

Clinical Interest(s):	Hepatobiliary Liver Transplantation Pediatrics

Scientific Interest(s):

Dr. Ronald Busuttil's research focuses on surgical infections, host defense mechanisms, liver preservation and transplantation and immunologic tolerance after liver transplantation.