{"id":2874,"date":"2009-04-08T15:45:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-08T19:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/med-anesthesiology.sites.unc.edu\/our-department\/clinical-divisions-sections\/liver-transplant-section\/"},"modified":"2025-03-03T12:09:09","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T17:09:09","slug":"liver-transplant-section","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/our-department\/clinical-divisions-sections\/liver-transplant-section\/","title":{"rendered":"Liver Transplant Division"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21078\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/470\/2025\/02\/Liver-Transplant-Anesthesiology-300x218.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/470\/2025\/02\/Liver-Transplant-Anesthesiology-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/470\/2025\/02\/Liver-Transplant-Anesthesiology-768x558.png 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/470\/2025\/02\/Liver-Transplant-Anesthesiology-600x436.png 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/470\/2025\/02\/Liver-Transplant-Anesthesiology.png 798w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Since its inception in 1991, the Department of Anesthesiology has served an integral role in the University of North Carolina <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uncmedicalcenter.org\/uncmc\/care-treatment\/transplant-care\/liver-transplant\/\">Liver Transplant Program<\/a>. Patients receiving a liver transplant at UNC are cared for by a multi-disciplinary team of surgeons, hepatologists, and anesthesiologists, specifically trained to care for this patient population. This dedicated team of anesthesiologists each has several years of experience in liver transplantation anesthesia and are nationally recognized for their expertise in this area.<\/p>\n<p>Liver transplantation poses many clinical challenges. All patients are carefully reviewed in a weekly multi-disciplinary team meeting that involves our anesthesiologists. Participation in the comprehensive care of liver transplant patients enables us to deliver the high-quality, customized care our patients deserve. Through this approach we have performed over 1,400 liver transplant procedures at UNC, including living liver donor transplants.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to caring for patients undergoing liver transplantation, anesthesiologists in the division frequently care for patients undergoing other complex surgeries including major <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/vasc\/\">vascular surgery<\/a> (including aortic reconstruction, lower extremity revascularization, and carotid artery surgeries), liver resection surgery, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uncmedicalcenter.org\/uncmc\/care-treatment\/transplant-care\/tpait\/\">pancreatic islet cell transplantation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0\"><strong><br \/>\nLiver Transplant Anesthesiology Division Team Members<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/directory\/alexander-doyal\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopeners noreferrers noopener\">Dr. Alex Doyal<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/directory\/ezekiel-egan\/\">Dr. Ezekiel &#8220;Zeke&#8221; Egan<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/directory\/robert-isaak\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopeners noreferrers noopener\">Dr. Robert Isaak<\/a> (Division Chief)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/directory\/russell-john-rj-krom\/\">Dr. Russell-John &#8220;R.J.&#8221; Krom<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/directory\/duncan-mclean\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopeners noreferrers noopener\">Dr. Duncan McLean<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/directory\/ric-serrano\/\">Dr. Ric Serrano<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/directory\/bryant-tran\/\">Dr. Bryant Tran<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since its inception in 1991, the Department of Anesthesiology has served an integral role in the University of North Carolina Liver Transplant Program. Patients receiving a liver transplant at UNC are cared for by a multi-disciplinary team of surgeons, hepatologists, and anesthesiologists, specifically trained to care for this patient population. This dedicated team of anesthesiologists &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/our-department\/clinical-divisions-sections\/liver-transplant-section\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Liver Transplant Division\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":188,"featured_media":0,"parent":2355,"menu_order":46,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"featured-item":[],"class_list":["post-2874","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","odd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Liver Transplant Division | Department of Anesthesiology<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/our-department\/clinical-divisions-sections\/liver-transplant-section\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Liver Transplant Division | Department of Anesthesiology\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Since its inception in 1991, the Department of Anesthesiology has served an integral role in the University of North Carolina Liver Transplant Program. 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