Ronald W Busuttil

Dr. Ronald W. Busuttil is Distinguished Professor and Executive Chairman of the UCLA Department of Surgery and holds the William P. Longmire, Jr. Chair in Surgery. He is the founding Chief of the Division of Liver and Pancreas Transplantation and Director of the Pfleger Liver Institute. In 1984, he founded the Liver Transplant Program at UCLA and has been the Director and Chief Surgeon for 28 years. Dr. Busuttil has authored more than 600 peer reviewed scientific manuscripts, 55 book chapters,...See more

Dr. Ronald W. Busuttil is Distinguished Professor and Executive Chairman of the UCLA Department of Surgery and holds the William P. Longmire, Jr. Chair in Surgery. He is the founding Chief of the Division of Liver and Pancreas Transplantation and Director of the Pfleger Liver Institute. In 1984, he founded the Liver Transplant Program at UCLA and has been the Director and Chief Surgeon for 28 years. Dr. Busuttil has authored more than 600 peer reviewed scientific manuscripts, 55 book chapters, and 400 abstracts. He is a Past President of the International Liver Transplantation Society, a Past President of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, Past First Vice President of the American Surgical Association, a past member of the council of The Transplantation Society, and has served on the Board of Directors of United Network for Organ Sharing. See less