Research Funding

  • September 1, 2002 - August 31, 2015 - Living Donor Liver Transplant :Short & Long-Term Impact on Donors and Recipients , Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: U01DK062444

Education

2019 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training, University of California
Transplant Fellowship, 1995 - School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
Post-Doc Fellow/Scholar, 1991 - School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
M.D., 1986 - School of Medicine, University of Minnesota

Selected Publications

  1. Crest P, Ge L, Yao F, Freise CE, Roberts JP, Ha NB. Pre-transplant lipase elevation: A single-center study of clinically significant pancreatitis in liver transplant candidates. Liver Transpl. 2026 Jun 30. View on PubMed
  2. Altshuler PJ, Roll GR, Chu SN, Zheng AC, Record HL, Hasan H, Freise CE, Yamaguchi S, Roberts JP, Syed SM. Portal Vein Thrombectomy in Liver Transplantation for Patients With Calcified Portal Vein Thrombosis: An Extensive Case Series. Transplant Direct. 2026 Apr; 12(4):e1927. View on PubMed
  3. Lim TY, Steggerda JA, Trivedi H, Luu M, Vipani A, Adjei MA, Singh J, Zhou K, Kwong A, Tincopa M, Vodkin I, Ajmera V, Mehta N, Freise CE, Yilma M, Hirose R, Kuo A, Wisel SA. Outcomes from Referral to Transplant for Patients with MASLD: A California Liver Network Study. J Clin Med. 2025 Nov 04; 14(21). View on PubMed
  4. Meier RPH, Abbasi AB, Gamino G, Kelly YM, Tavakol M, Conti G, Sarwal M, Stock PG, Freise CE. Steroid Withdrawal Versus Maintenance in Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplantation: Long-Term Outcomes in a Single-Center Retrospective Cohort. Clin Transplant. 2025 Nov; 39(11):e70358. View on PubMed
  5. Amarnath DR, Tingle SJ, Kourounis G, Freise C, Roll GR, Yamaguchi S, Rickert C, Wilson CH. Pre-Donation Cardiac Arrest and Liver Transplantation Outcomes: Implications for Ischemic Preconditioning. Clin Transplant. 2025 Sep; 39(9):e70309. View on PubMed
  6. Li KD, Pearce RJ, Sui W, Yang H, Freise C, Roll GR, Chi T, Stoller ML. Renal Autotransplantation: Association Between Preoperative Disease Duration and Surgical Outcomes. Urology. 2024 10; 192:36-42. View on PubMed
  7. Li KD, Bowman MS, Yang H, Sui W, Freise C, Stoller M. Case presentation and review of renal autotransplantation for nutcracker syndrome. Urol Case Rep. 2024 May; 54:102717. View on PubMed
  8. Sanampudi R, Velasquez MC, Freise CE, Stoller ML. Ureteral avulsion after ureteroscopy treated with renal auto-transplantation. Urol Case Rep. 2024 May; 54:102715. View on PubMed
  9. Collins AP, Freise CE, Hiramoto J, Clark AJ, Theologis AA. Abdominal lymphocele following multi-level anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) managed with a laparoscopic peritoneal window: case report and review of the literature. Eur Spine J. 2024 07; 33(7):2858-2863. View on PubMed
  10. Ku E, Copeland T, McCulloch CE, Freise C, Legaspi S, Weinhandl E, Woo K, Johansen KL. Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter Complications after Insertion by Surgeons, Radiologists, or Nephrologists. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2024 01 01; 35(1):85-93. View on PubMed
  11. Meier RPH, Nunez M, Syed SM, Feng S, Tavakol M, Freise CE, Roberts JP, Ascher NL, Hirose R, Roll GR. DCD liver transplant in patients with a MELD over 35. Front Immunol. 2023; 14:1246867. View on PubMed
  12. Meier RPH, Kelly Y, Yamaguchi S, Braun HJ, Lunow-Luke T, Adelmann D, Niemann C, Maluf DG, Dietch ZC, Stock PG, Kang SM, Feng S, Posselt AM, Gardner JM, Syed SM, Hirose R, Freise CE, Ascher NL, Roberts JP, Roll GR. Advantages and Limitations of Clinical Scores for Donation After Circulatory Death Liver Transplantation. Front Surg. 2021; 8:808733. View on PubMed
  13. Chipman V, Cooper M, Thomas AG, Ronin M, Lee B, Flechner S, Leeser D, Segev DL, Mandelbrot DA, Lunow-Luke T, Syed S, Hil G, Freise CE, Waterman AD, Roll GR. Motivations and outcomes of compatible living donor-recipient pairs in paired exchange. Am J Transplant. 2022 01; 22(1):266-273. View on PubMed
  14. Braun HJ, Grab JD, Dodge JL, Syed SM, Roll GR, Schwab MP, Liu IH, Glencer AC, Freise CE, Roberts JP, Ascher NL. Retransplantation After Living Donor Liver Transplantation: Data from the Adult to Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation Study. Transplantation. 2021 06 01; 105(6):1297-1302. View on PubMed
  15. Thiessen C, Arslan G, Roberts J, Freise C. Biliary obstruction following ureteral revision of a transplanted kidney. Am J Transplant. 2021 04; 21(4):1657-1659. View on PubMed
  16. Wisel SA, Thiessen C, Day R, Belin LJ, Syed SM, Hirose R, Ascher N, Roberts JP, Freise CE. Setting rules for the sandbox: A response to "Successfully sharing the sandbox: A perspective on combined DCD liver and heart donor procurement". Am J Transplant. 2021 05; 21(5):1981-1982. View on PubMed
  17. Fung M, Nambiar A, Pandey S, Aldrich JM, Teraoka J, Freise C, Roberts J, Chandran S, Hays SR, Bainbridge E, DeVoe C, Roque Gardner A, Yokoe D, Henrich TJ, Babik JM, Chin-Hong P. Treatment of immunocompromised COVID-19 patients with convalescent plasma. Transpl Infect Dis. 2021 Apr; 23(2):e13477. View on PubMed
  18. Braun HJ, Schwab MP, Jin C, Amara D, Mehta NJ, Grace TR, Croci R, Freise CE, Roberts JP, Hirose R, Ascher NL. Opioid use prior to liver transplant is associated with increased risk of death after transplant. Am J Surg. 2021 07; 222(1):234-240. View on PubMed
  19. Atreya CE, Collisson EA, Park M, Grenert JP, Behr SC, Gonzalez A, Chou J, Maisel S, Friedlander TW, Freise CE, Shoji J, Semrad TJ, Van Ziffle J, Chin-Hong P. Molecular Insights in Transmission of Cancer From an Organ Donor to Four Transplant Recipients. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2020 11; 18(11):1446-1452. View on PubMed
  20. Gomez A, Wisneski AD, Luu HY, Hirose K, Roberts JP, Hirose R, Freise CE, Nakakura EK, Corvera CU. Contemporary Management of Hepatic Cyst Disease: Techniques and Outcomes at a Tertiary Hepatobiliary Center. J Gastrointest Surg. 2021 01; 25(1):77-84. View on PubMed

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