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Dr. Khashayar Vakili

Transplant Surgery

United States

23 years of experience

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Area of expertise

Specialty

Transplant Surgery

Subspecialty

Pediatric Transplant Surgery

Diseases

Liver Diseases

Procedures Performed

Kidney Transplantation

Liver Transplantation

Hepatobiliary Surgery

Experience

Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA, United States. From 2022

Associate in Surgery, Boston Children’s Hospital

Boston, MA, United States. From 2020

UNOS Primary Surgeon, Liver and Kidney Transplantation, Boston Children’s Hospital

Boston, MA, United States. 2021 - 2022

Surgical Director, Liver, Kidney, Intestine, and Multivisceral Transplant, Boston Children’s Hospital

Boston, MA, United States. 2020 - 2022

Consultant Surgeon, Transplantation, Lahey Hospital & Medical Center

Burlington, MA, United States. 2016 - 2019

Consultant Surgeon, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Boston, MA, United States. 2015 - 2022

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA, United States. 2015 - 2022

Instructor in Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA, United States. 2009 - 2015

Assistant in Surgery, Boston Children’s Hospital

Boston, MA, United States. 2009 - 2020

Fellow, Transplantation & Hepatobiliary Surgery, Lahey Hospital & Medical Center

Burlington, MA, United States. 2007 - 2009

Resident, General Surgery, Lahey Hospital & Medical Center

Burlington, MA, United States. 2002 - 2007

Clinical Instructor, Surgery, Tufts University School of Medicine

Boston, MA, United States. 2002 - 2009

Research Associate, Boston Children’s Hospital

Boston, MA, United States. 1999 - 2002

Research Assistant, Boston University School of Medicine

Boston, MA, United States. 1997 - 1998

Senior Research Project Assistant, McLean Hospital

Belmont, MA, United States. 1996 - 1998

Howard Hughes Research Fellow, Boston University

Boston, MA, United States. 1994 - 1995

Education

MD: Boston University School of Medicine

2002

MA, Medical Sciences: Boston University School of Medicine

1998

BA, Biology: Boston University

1995

Biography

Dr. Khashayar Vakili has extensive experience in liver surgery and transplantation. He received a Medical Degree from the Boston University School of Medicine and then completed several years of postdoctoral training in general surgery, transplantation, and hepatobiliary surgery at Lahey Clinic. Dr. Vakili has been a faculty member in the Department of Surgery at Boston Children's Hospital since 2009 and is currently an Associate Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School. He previously s...erved as the Surgical Director of Liver, Kidney, Intestine, and Multivisceral transplantation at Boston Children's Hospital. He has also held several appointments at other hospitals and affiliated institutions, including Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Lahey Hospital and Medical Center. Moreover, Dr. Vakili has held numerous administrative and committee service positions at the local, regional, and national levels, including serving as a member of the Pediatric Committee for the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network/United Network for Organ Sharing (OPTN/UNOS) and Liver Surgery and Transplantation Committee at American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases. Dr. Vakili is also a member of several professional societies and has received various honors and prizes throughout his career, including the Howard Hughes Boston University Undergraduate Fellowship and the Excellence in Teaching Award from Tufts University School of Medicine. Dr. Vakili has published extensively in the field of liver surgery and pediatric solid organ transplantation and currently maintains an active basic science lab focusing on liver cancer biology.

Affiliations

Liver Tumor Biology Subcommittee, Children’s Oncology Group

American Pediatric Surgery Association

New England Surgical Society

American Association for Cancer Research

Studies of Pediatric Liver Transplantation

Surgery and Liver Transplantation Committee, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases

Boston Surgical Society

International Pediatric Transplant Association

American Hepatopancreatobiliary Association

American Society of Transplant Surgeons

American College of Surgeons

Awards

Excellence in Teaching Award, Tufts University School of Medicine

2008

Medical Student Teaching Award, Lahey Hospital & Medical Center (2006-2008)

Book Award, Lahey Hospital & Medical Center (2003-2005, 2007)

Publications

Dr. Khashayar Vakili has more than 70 publications

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