Dr. Desai is a general and transplant surgeon specializing in liver, kidney, pancreas and intestinal transplantation, as well as open and laparoscopic hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery, portal hypertensive vascular decompression procedures and laparoscopic donor nephrectomy. Dr. Desai is also head of pediatric abdominal transplantation at Children’s Medical Center.   Education Graduate School University of California at San Francisco (1994) Medical School University of California at San Francisco (1995) Internship Stanford University Hospital (1996), General Surgery Residency Stanford University Hospital (1997), General Surgery Research Fellowship Stanford University Hospital (1998), General Surgery Residency Stanford University Hospital (2001), General Surgery Fellowship Stanford University Hospital (2003), Transplant Surgery Specialty Areas Kidney Transplant Liver Transplant Pediatric Surgery Pediatric Transplant Pediatrics Clinical Interest Pediatric Kidney Transplantation Pediatric Liver/Intestine Transplant Transplant Immunology Publications Featured Publications Liver Transplantation Desai, Esquivel Anesthesiologist’s Manual of Surgical Procedures, 3rd Ed 2003 Lippincott Williams Wilki Half-Life Analysis of Pancreas and Kidney Transplants. Marroquin, Edwards, Collins, Desai, Tuttle-Newhall, Kuo Transplantation 2005 80 272-275 Gastrointestinal hemorrhage due to complicated gastroduodenal ulcer disease in liver transplant patients taking sirolimus. Smith, Bai, Marroquin, Tuttle-Newhall, Desai, Collins, Muir, Kuo, McHutchinson, Rockey. Clinical Transplantation 2005 19 250-254 The current status of living donor liver transplantation. Tuttle-Newhall, Collins, Desai, Kuo, Heneghan Current Problems in Surgery 2005 42(3) 144-183 Perioperative Management of Special Populations: Immunocompromised Host Desai, Kuo Surgery Clinics of North America 2005 85(6) 1267-1282 Results 1-5 of 5 1 Honors & Awards ASTS-Novartis Fellowship in Transplantation (2001) International Pediatric Transplant Association Travel Grant (2000) Stanford University School of Medicine John Henry Smith Award (2000) Transplantation Society Travel Grant (2000) Pfizer/American College of Surgeson Travel Award (1999) Professional Associations/Affiliations American College of Surgeons American Society of Transplant Surgeons International Pediatric Transplant Association Society of University Surgeons United Network of Organ Sharing 214-730-5437 Quick Links Refer a Patient Existing Patients/MyChart Clinics Children's Health 1935 Medical District Drive Dallas, Texas 75235 214-730-5437 Related Links Department of Surgery/Division of Surgical Transplantation Institution Careers Comments & Questions Contact Us Maps Sitemap Legal Non-Discrimination Policy Patient Rights Open Records Privacy Policy Site Policies State State of Texas Texas Veterans Portal TRAIL Search UT System Social               Copyright 2017. The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, Texas 75390 Phone 214-648-3111

Dr. Desai is a general and transplant surgeon specializing in liver, kidney, pancreas and intestinal transplantation, as well as open and laparoscopic hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery, portal hypertensive vascular decompression procedures and laparoscopic donor nephrectomy. Dr. Desai is also head of pediatric abdominal transplantation at Children’s Medical Center.   Education Graduate School University of California at San Francisco (1994) Medical School University of California at San Francisco (1995) Internship Stanford University Hospital (1996), General Surgery Residency Stanford University Hospital (1997), General Surgery Research Fellowship Stanford University Hospital (1998), General Surgery Residency Stanford University Hospital (2001), General Surgery Fellowship Stanford University Hospital (2003), Transplant Surgery Specialty Areas Kidney Transplant Liver Transplant Pediatric Surgery Pediatric Transplant Pediatrics Clinical Interest Pediatric Kidney Transplantation Pediatric Liver/Intestine Transplant Transplant Immunology Publications Featured Publications Liver Transplantation Desai, Esquivel Anesthesiologist’s Manual of Surgical Procedures, 3rd Ed 2003 Lippincott Williams Wilki Half-Life Analysis of Pancreas and Kidney Transplants. Marroquin, Edwards, Collins, Desai, Tuttle-Newhall, Kuo Transplantation 2005 80 272-275 Gastrointestinal hemorrhage due to complicated gastroduodenal ulcer disease in liver transplant patients taking sirolimus. Smith, Bai, Marroquin, Tuttle-Newhall, Desai, Collins, Muir, Kuo, McHutchinson, Rockey. Clinical Transplantation 2005 19 250-254 The current status of living donor liver transplantation. Tuttle-Newhall, Collins, Desai, Kuo, Heneghan Current Problems in Surgery 2005 42(3) 144-183 Perioperative Management of Special Populations: Immunocompromised Host Desai, Kuo Surgery Clinics of North America 2005 85(6) 1267-1282 Results 1-5 of 5 1 Honors & Awards ASTS-Novartis Fellowship in Transplantation (2001) International Pediatric Transplant Association Travel Grant (2000) Stanford University School of Medicine John Henry Smith Award (2000) Transplantation Society Travel Grant (2000) Pfizer/American College of Surgeson Travel Award (1999) Professional Associations/Affiliations American College of Surgeons American Society of Transplant Surgeons International Pediatric Transplant Association Society of University Surgeons United Network of Organ Sharing 214-730-5437 Quick Links Refer a Patient Existing Patients/MyChart Clinics Children's Health 1935 Medical District Drive Dallas, Texas 75235 214-730-5437 Related Links Department of Surgery/Division of Surgical Transplantation Institution Careers Comments & Questions Contact Us Maps Sitemap Legal Non-Discrimination Policy Patient Rights Open Records Privacy Policy Site Policies State State of Texas Texas Veterans Portal TRAIL Search UT System Social               Copyright 2017. The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, Texas 75390 Phone 214-648-3111