Jean C. Emond is the current ''Thomas S. Zimmer Professor of Surgery'' at the Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons. He is also a Vice Chair in the Department of Surgery and the Chief of Transplantation at

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. Dr. Emond completed both his undergraduate ('75) and medical training ('79) at the

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. Emond participated in the first living-donor

liver transplantation Liver transplantation or hepatic transplantation is the replacement of a diseased liver with the healthy liver from another person (allograft). Liver transplantation is a treatment option for end-stage liver disease and acute liver failure, al ...

in children in North America. In 1997, Emond established the liver transplant program at Columbia, which has become one of the largest in the United States performing 152 liver transplants in 2006.CUMC Immunology 2007

Selected publications

* One-year morbidity after donor right hepatectomy. Rudow DL, Brown RS Jr, Emond JC, Marratta D, Bellemare S, Kinkhabwala M. ''Liver Transpl''. (11):1428-31. Nov. 2004. * Interpretation of Liver Chemistries in Adult Donors After Living Donor Liver Transplantation. Russo MW, Lapointe-Rudow D, Teixeira A, Guarrera J, Dove LD, Gaglio P, Emond JC, Kinkhabwala M, Brown RS. ''J Clin Gastroenterol''. (9):810-4. Oct. 2004. * Organ Donation and Utilization in the United States. Ojo AO, Heinrichs D, Emond JC, McGowan JJ, Guidinger MK, Delmonico FL, Metzger RA. ''AmJ Transplantation''. 4(Supp 9):27-37. 2004. * Split liver transplantation in the United States: Outcomes of a national survey. Renz JF, Emond JC, Yersiz H, Ascher NL, Busuttil RW. ''Ann Surg''. 239(2):172-81. Feb. 2004.

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Dr. Jean C. Emond at Columbia University Department of Surgery
{{DEFAULTSORT:Emond, Jean American transplant surgeons Medical educators Columbia University faculty Living people University of Chicago alumni Pritzker School of Medicine alumni Year of birth missing (living people)