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10:35 PM PST 2/19/2012 by Billboard staff
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Michael Davis, the bassist of legendary rock band the MC5, has died of liver failure, his wife said Saturday. He was 68.
By KRISTEN WYATT, Associated Press – Wed Jan 19, 4:31 pm ET
DENVER – Some Colorado lawmakers say their state should be the first one where people become organ donors by default, even though other states' efforts have been halted by worries about making such a personal decision automatic.
By Kelly Luker
There could be worse things than having a chronic, life-threatening, stigmatizing virus. No, really.
This is not the beginning of a tell-all memoir, but merely a bit of history that is relevant to a here-and-now situation that found its roots in that decade.
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- Los Angeles:
Transplant Physician:
Ronald Busuttil, MD, PhD
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
State License Number
(310) 825-5318
Information and referral (310) 267-8054
Gastroenterology:
William Katkov, M.D.
2001 Santa Monica Boulevard Suite 360W
Santa Monica, CA 90404
Tel: 310.453.1871
Traditional Chinese Medicine:
Steven Tan, M.D.
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9730 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 102, Beverly Hills, CA 90212
Tel: 310.276.3888
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1131 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 300
Santa Monica, California 90401
Phone: (310) 917-2200
Fax: (310) 917-2204
Dr. Ronald W. Busuttil is currently Distinguished Professor and Executive Chairman of the UCLA Department of Surgery and holds the William P. Longmire, Jr. Chair in Surgery. Additionally, he serves as founding Chief of the Division of Liver and Pancreas Transplantation and Director of the Pfleger Liver Institute, which includes the Dumont-UCLA Transplant Center and the Dumont-UCLA Liver Cancer Center.
After graduating magna cum laude from Loyola University in New Orleans, Dr. Busuttil earned both his MD and PhD degrees at Tulane University. He served his surgical residency at UCLA under Dr. William P. Longmire, Jr. and was trained in transplantation by Dr. Thomas Starzl at the University of Pittsburgh. He has been a member of the UCLA surgical faculty since 1978.
In 1984, he established the Liver Transplant Program and has been the Director and Chief Surgeon for over two decades. It has since grown to become one of the largest liver transplant centers in the world. Clinical activities encompass the entire spectrum of liver transplantation and hepatobiliary surgery for adults and children. Dr. Busuttil and his team have performed nearly 5000 liver transplants, and he is internationally recognized for his expertise in transplantation and liver surgery.
Dr. Busuttil has demonstrated a life-long commitment to teaching and advancing the field of transplantation and surgery. His training program in transplant surgery is among the foremost in the world. He has trained over 200 transplant surgeons from the US and abroad; many lead liver transplant programs in the US, Asia and Europe. His laboratory has trained a large number of research fellows, including surgical residents and trainees in basic science disciplines.
His current basic science research is focused on ischemia-reperfusion injury of the liver. Earlier in his career, he made major contributions to research in surgical infectious disease, surgery for portal hypertension, and the biology of aortic aneurysms.
His contributions have been recognized through many awards and honors, including the American Surgical Association Medallion for Scientific Achievement, American Society of Transplant Surgeons Excellence in Mentorship in Transplantation Surgery Award, Man of the Year Award from the United Liver Association, the Integritas Award from Loyola University, the Most Distinguished Alumni Award from Tulane University, the Golden Scalpel Award for excellence in teaching at UCLA, Man of the Year Award from the American Liver Foundation, the Ronald W. Busuttil, MD, PhD 2002 Fujisawa Fellowship Symposium, the 2002 Tulane Medical School Alumnus of the Year Award, and the UCLA School of Medicine 50th Anniversary Professional Achievement Award.
Dr. Busuttil serves on the editorial boards or as a reviewer for many prestigious journals and is the co-editor of the definitive textbook, Transplantation of the Liver, now in its second edition. He has authored more than 500 peer reviewed scientific manuscripts, 60 book chapters, and 400 abstracts. He is an active member of all major national and international surgical and transplantation societies and routinely has held key committee positions. He is the immediate Past President of the International Liver Transplantation Society, a Past-President of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, a member of the council of The Transplantation Society, and has served on the Board of Directors of United Network for Organ Sharing.
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Mount Sinai's transplant hepatology fellowship was the first to be ACGME-approved in the Northeast and remains the largest such fellowship in the United States.
The program was reaccredited in 2010 by ACGME for the maximum five-and-a-half years.
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