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James Pomposelli, MD, PhD
- Surgical Director of Liver Transplantation
- Professor of Surgery
Provider's Specialties
- Surgery
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We participate with most major health insurance plans and national transplant networks.
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My care philosophy
I strive to provide the best care for my patients by treating them as I would want my parents treated.Get to know James Pomposelli, MD, PhD
Conditions Treated
- Pancreatic Cancer
- Biliary Cancer
- Pancreas Surgery
- Hepatology (Liver Disorders)
- Biliary Atresia
- Transplant Surgery
- Pancreas Transplant Surgery
- Liver Transplant Surgery
- Laparoscopic Surgery
- Kidney Transplant Surgery
Languages spoken
- English
Experience and background
My many clinical interests include: live donor liver and kidney transplantation and liver cancer surgery.
Undergraduate 1982
University of Rhode Island (RI)
Medical School 1990
Boston University School of Medicine
Medical School 1990
Boston University School of Medicine
Internship 1991
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School Program
Residency 1995
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School Program, Surgery
Fellowship 1999
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School Program, Multiorgan Organ Transplantation
For Patients:
I am interested in improving outcomes for live donor liver transplantation through surgical innovations. I was co-investigator in the NIH funded A2ALL study surgical innovation work-group. I am also interested in new surgical approaches to metastatic cancer to the liver using the ALPPS procedure.
I am interested in improving outcomes for live donor liver transplantation through surgical innovations. I was co-investigator in the NIH funded A2ALL study surgical innovation work-group. I am also interested in new surgical approaches to metastatic cancer to the liver using the ALPPS procedure.
For Referring Providers:
I am interested in improving outcomes for live donor liver transplantation through surgical innovations. I was co-investigator in the NIH funded A2ALL study surgical innovation work-group. I am also interested in new surgical approaches to metastatic cancer to the liver using the ALPPS procedure.
I am interested in improving outcomes for live donor liver transplantation through surgical innovations. I was co-investigator in the NIH funded A2ALL study surgical innovation work-group. I am also interested in new surgical approaches to metastatic cancer to the liver using the ALPPS procedure.
Harry M. Vars Research Award Finalist 1987
American Society of Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition
Charles E. Culpepper Research Fellow 1988
Charles E. Culpepper Foundation
American Institute of Nutrition (FASEB/AIN) Graduate Student Research Award 1988
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
Harry M. Vars Research Award Finalist 1988
American Society of Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition
Alpha Omega Alpha 1989
Boston University School of Medicine
Charles E. Culpepper Research Fellow 1989
Charles E. Culpepper Foundation
Harry M. Vars Research Award Finalist 1989
American Society of Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition
Stanley Dudrick Research Scholar Award Finalist 1990
American Society of Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition.
Charles E. Culpepper Research Fellow 1990
Charles E. Culpepper Foundation
Stanley Dudrick Research Scholar Award Finalist 1992
American Society of Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition
Young Surgeon Travel Award 1996
Paper Presentation “Work of breathing as a criteria for weaning ventilator dependent
patients.”
96th Annual Congress, Japan Surgical Society
Selected to Vanguard Committee 2003
American Society of Transplant Surgeons
Distinguished Visiting Professor 2004
Division of Vascular Surgery, Washington Hospital Center
Selected to Vanguard Committee 2004
American Society of Transplant Surgeons
Selected to Vanguard Committee 2005
American Society of Transplant Surgeons
Outstanding Teacher Award, Third Year Medical Students 2006
Tufts Medical School
Selected to Vanguard Committee 2006
American Society of Transplant Surgeons
Outstanding Teacher Award, Third Year Medical Students 2007
Tufts Medical School
Outstanding Teacher Award, Third Year Medical Students 2008
Tufts Medical School
America’s Best Doctors 2011
U.S. News
Guide to Americas Best Surgeons 2013
Consumers' Research Council of America
Visiting Professor in Transplantation 2014
Department of Transplantation, University of Pennsylvania
Outstanding Teacher Award, Third Year Medical Students 2014
Tufts Medical School
Outstanding Teacher Award, Third Year Medical Students 2015
Tufts Medical School
Guide to Americas Best Surgeons 2016
Consumers' Research Council of America
Faculty member of
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