Samir Abu-Gazala, MD

Transplant Surgery
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Transplant Institute - Liver Transplant
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About me

  • Surgical Director, Living Donor Kidney Transplant
  • Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

My education and training

  • Medical School: Hebrew University Hadassah Medical Center
  • Residency: Mount Sinai Medical Center
  • Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania Health System

Spoken languages

English
English

Reviews

Average Rating

91 reviews

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Anonymous
April 2026
felt comfortable with dr. abu-gazala's skill and personality for further procedures
Anonymous
April 2026
i have confidence in him doing what is best for me, knowledgeable of my situation, and delivers information with calm delivery
Anonymous
February 2026
she was very kind
Anonymous
January 2026
very skilled

Insurance accepted

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Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: On the medical staff, but does not have privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Abu-Gazala is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

Research

Publications

Adeel S. Khan, Paolla Hampel, Haaris Kadri, Neeta Vachharajani, , Jessica Lindemann, Amen Kiani, Caleb Harsin, Mark Hobeika, Teresa C. Rice, , Giuliano Testa, Jesse Davidson, Michelle C. Nguyen, Atsushi Yoshida, Lauren Malinzak, Yee Lee Cheah, Chandra S. Bhati, Yanik J. Bababekov, Juan P. Rocca, Jason S. Hawksworth, Samir Abu-Gazala, Phillipe Abreu. Current Landscape of Robotic Training During Transplant Surgery Fellowship: A Survey of 2025-2026 ASTS Fellows and Program Directors , Journal of Surgical Education: 2026


Amanda Leonberg-Yoo, Kristin E Leonberg, Samir Abu Gazala, Sarah Hryzak, Robert R Redfield 3rd, Ronald F Parsons, Anish K Agarwal, M Kit Delgado, Daniel Lee, Jennifer Trofe Patient-reported Opioid use and Pain Management After Living Kidney Donation , Tranplant Direct : 2026


Kyle R Jackson, Samir Abu-Gazala How to Safely Expand the Donor Pool? Understanding the Risks and Benefits of Accepting or Declining an Older Donation After Circulatory Death Liver , Transplantation : 2026


Hatipoglu D, Salinas Parra N, Kaplan DE, Abu-Gazala S, Mahmud N Impact of surgery duration on postoperative mortality in patients with cirrhosis , Gastro Hep Advances, 5(1): 2026,100771


LDLTregistry.org Collaborative Global Outcomes of Open Versus Laparoscopic Versus Robotic Donor Hepatectomy: A Prospective Study From the International LDLT Registry (LDLTregistry.org) , Transplantation: 2026


Emre Arpali, Samir Abu-Gazala, Robert R Redfield 3rd, Amanda Leonberg-Yoo, Ty B Dunn Transplant center practices that maximize access to living kidney transplantation: the Penn experience , Front Immunol : 2026


Emre Arpali, Samir Abu-Gazala, Robert Redfield, III, Amanda Leonberg-Yoo and Ty Dunn Transplant Center Practices that Maximize Access to Living Kidney Transplantation: The Penn Experience , Frontiers in Immunology: 2025


Nicolas Muñoz, Samir Abu-Gazala Moving upstream: Understanding barriers to living donor liver donation in Hispanic and non-Hispanic candidates , Iver Transplantation : 2025,Epub ahead of print


LDLTregistry.org Collaborative: Chief Investigators, Mohamed Rela, Elizabeth Pomfret, Hiroto Egawa, Co-Chief Investigator, Prashant Bhangui, Founders R D Team, Dimitri A Raptis, Marina Berenguer, Michael Spiro, Mohamed Rela, Scientific Committee, Abhideep Chaudhary, Abhinav Humar, Abraham Shaked, Albert Chan, Alfred Kow Wei Chieh, Ali Jafarian, Arvinder Singh Soin, Brian Davidson, Brian Goh, Chao-Long Chen, Charles Miller, Chih Chi Wang, Christian Toso, Daniel Azoulay, Daniel Cherqui, Deirdre Kruger, Deniz Balci, Derek Manas, Dmitri Bezinover, Dong Jin Joo, Giuliano Testa, Gokhan Kabacam, Gonzalo Sapisochin, Helge Eilers, Ilgin Ozden, James Y Findlay, James Pomposelli, Jan Lerut, Jia-Hong Dong, Jiang Liu, John Fung, John P Roberts, Joseph Kim, Kang He, Kim Olthoff, Kiyoshi Hasegawa, Koji Hashimoto, Kwan Man, Kymberly Watt, Madhukar S Patel, Mark Cattral, Mark Ghobrial, Massimo Malago, Mureo Kasahara, Nancy Ascher, Nazia Selzner-Malekkiani, Nicolas Goldaracena, Pooja Bhangui, Rajiv Jalan, Refaat Kamel, Rene Adam, Roberto I Troisi, Saleh A Alqahtani, Sanjay Nagral, Shusen Zheng, Silvio Nadalin, Sonal Asthana, Stuart A McCluskey, Subhash Gupta, Susumu Eguchi, Terry Pan, Tetsuro Sakai, Tiffany Cho-Lam Wong, Valeria R Mas, Vijay Vohra, Vivek Vij, Wojciech Polak, Wellington Andraus, Yaman Tokat, Yuji Soejima, Scientific Advisory Board Data Monitoring Committee, Andreas Mayr, Beatriz Dominguez, Elmi Muller, Karina Rando, Thomas Mueller, Data Management Committee, Andreas Mayr, Camila Hidalgo Salinas, Dimitri A Raptis, Michael Spiro, Nicholas Syn, Pascale Tinguely, Writing Committee, Dimitri A Raptis, Michael Spiro, Toby Lewis, Meera Raja, Beatriz Dominguez, Marina Berenguer, Mohamed Rela, Management Committee, Varvara A Kirchner, Eleonora De Martin, Alexandra Shingina, Ashwin Rammohan, Carmen Vinaixa, Daniel Borja-Cacho, David Nasralla, Dhupal Patel, Elizabeth Ann Wilson, Enrico Prosperi, Felipe Alconchel, Garrett Roll, Hakeem Abdul, Jiang Liu, Johns Shaji Mathew, Khalid Bzeizi, Madhukar S Patel, Manhal Izzy, Martin De Santibanes, Naglaa Zayed, Onur Keskin, Oya Andacoglu, Phillipe Abreu, Qasim Khan, Ryan Chadha, Saad Alghamdi, Sadhana Shankar, Tamer Shaker, Tom Fernandez, Uzung Yoon, Waleed Al-Hamoudi, Administration Committee, Ilya Kantsedikas, Kris Ann H Marquez, Bilal Elmikkaoui, Gemma Wells, Leen Alshibi, Marinos Zachiotis, Meera Raja, Sami A Kareem, Stelios-Elion Bousi, Toby Lewis, Previous Members, Benedict Turner, Bhargava Chikkala, Camila Hidalgo Salinas, Emmanuel Melloul, Gulbahar Syeda, Krishnakumure Patel, Nidhi Reji, Nikolaos Machairas, Pascale Tinguely, Sebastian Staubli, Shahi Abdul Ghani, Steen Grover, Academic Headquarters, Christian Oberkofler, Country Leaders, Thomas Fernandez, Abdul Rahman Hakeem, Albert Chan, Alicia Chorley, Alessandro Galli, Alfred Kow, Ashish Malik, Ashwin Rammohan, Carlo Pulitano, Catherine de Magnée, Daniel Zamora-Valdes, Danko Mikulich, Deock-Gie Kim, Dong Jin Joo, Felipe Alconchel Gago, Georg Lurje, Gustavo Torres, Helge Eilers, Hideki Ohdan, Hillary Braun, Iman Montasser, Inbaraj Balradja, James Shapiro, Kaleem Ullah, Li-Ying Sun, Marieke de Boer, Martin De Santibañes, Moataz Emara, Muhammad Yasir Khan, Naglaa Zayed, Nazia Selzner, Nicholas Goldaracena, Onur Keskin, Robert Minnee, Ryan Chadha, Saleh Alabbad, Shireen Nah, Simone Santoro Angelo Zaragoza, Sophio Beridze, Stuart McCluskey, Suehana Rahman, Sunhawit Junrungsee, Tarunjeet Klair, Vandana Saluja, Zhi-Jun Zhu, Transplant Hepatology Working Group, Alexandra Shingina, Bandar Al-Judaibi, Eleonora De Martin, Iman Montasser, Khalid Bzeizi, Kymberly Watt, Manhal Izzy, Marina Berenguer, Naglaa Zayed, Nazia Selzner-Malekkiani, Qasim Khan, Rajiv Jalan, Saad Alghamdi, Saleh A Alqahtani, Sophio Beridze, Waleed Al-Hamoudi, Contributing Members, Abdulaziz F Alotaibi, Abhijit Jagdale, Abhinav Humar, Achim Konietzko, Ahmed R I Draz, Ahmed M Sabry, Ahmed Shehta, Ahmed Mehrez, Ahmed S Foda, Ahmed M I Taha, Ahmet B Dogrul, Akinari Fukuda, Albert Chan Global variation in living donor liver transplantation practices impacts donor and recipient short-term outcomes: Initial insights from the International LDLT Registry , Am J Transplant , 25(8): 2025,1735-1745


Tang H, Kaplan DE, Abu-Gazala S, Mahmud N Recent TIPS increases postoperative mortality: A national cohort study , Hepatology Communications, 8(12): 2024,e0577