Ronald W. Busuttil, M.D.
Chair, Surgery
Chief, Liver Transplantation, Liver and Pancreas Transplantation
Director, Dumont-UCLA Liver Cancer Center, Liver and Pancreas Transplantation
Physician, Surgery, Transplantation Services, Intestinal Transplantation, Liver and Pancreas Transplantation, Liver and Pancreas Transplantation, Pfleger Liver Institute
Professor, Department of Surgery
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California- Education
M.D., Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1971
- Residency
Surgery, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, 1977
- Certifications
American Board of Vascular Surgery
American Board of Surgery- Hospital Affiliations/Admitting Privileges
University of California, Los Angeles
Dr. Busuttil is internationally recognized for his expertise and advancements in the field of transplantation surgery. He has dedicated much of his career to training medical students, residents, and surgical fellows and his training program in liver transplantation has been deemed the best in the world.
After receiving his medical degree from Tulane University, Dr. Busuttil served his surgical residency at UCLA under Dr. William Longmire and trained in transplantation with Dr. Thomas Starzl at the University of Pittsburgh. He has been on the Department of Surgery team at UCLA since 1978 and in 1984 he established UCLA’s renowned Liver Transplant Program.
Additionally, Dr. Busuttil is the reviewer on many journal editorial boards and is co-editor of the textbook, ‘Transplantation of the Liver’. He has written over 40 book chapters, 300 abstracts and 350 peer-reviewed scientific publications.
Dr. Busuttil was the Co-Chairman of the International Congress on Immuno-suppression and also holds the position of President-elect for the American Society of Transplant Surgeons. He is also a member of numerous national and international surgical and transplant societies.
Dr. Ronald Busuttil has been the recipient of many awards. Most recently, he was awarded the American Society of Transplant Surgeons Francis Moore Excellence in Mentorship in Transplantation Surgery Award and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, the Department of Surgery, and the Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute presented the 2011 Thomas E. Starzl Prize in Surgery and Immunology to Dr. Busuttil in recognition of his outstanding clinical and scientific achievements.
