Hosein Shokouh-Amiri
Director
WK John C. McDonald Regional Transplant Center
United States
Biography
Dr. Hosein Shokouh-Amiri is a Transplant and General Surgeon with special interest in Hepato- Pancreato-Biliary Surgery. He received his Medical Degree from Pahlavi University Medical School in Shiraz, Iran in 1976. He started his surgical training in Iran, but moved to Denmark in 1980, where I finished my general surgery residency, and subspecialty in gastrointestinal and transplant surgery. During my 13 year stay in Denmark, he established the second liver transplant program there and became the first vice president of Denmark's transplant society before moving to the USA in 1992 to continue my career in transplantation at University of Tennessee.
Research Interest
Dr. Hosein Shokouh-Amiri areas of expertise are in Transplantation with special interest in pancreas, liver and kidney. His other interest and expertise is in the management of hepato-pancreato-biliary pathology, including benign and malignant liver tumors, benign and malignant pancreas tumors and complications of laparoscopic surgery.