Susan L. Orloff, M.D.
- Specialties:
- Transplantation, Surgery
- Special Interest:
- Abdominal Organ Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery
- Accepting Patients:
- Yes
- Languages:
- English, Spanish ,
Biography
Dr. Orloff's clinical interests include liver, kidney, and pancreas transplantation; hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery; portal hypertension surgery; organ procurement; hepatocellular carcinoma; cholangiocarcinoma; and benign hepatobiliary diseases.
Dr. Orloff completed her undergraduate studies in Biology at the University of California, San Diego, in 1979, and received her medical degree from the University of California, San Francisco, in 1984. She completed her General Surgery Residency and Multiorgan Transplant Fellowship at UCSF as well, and joined the faculty at Oregon Health & Science University in 1995, where she has been actively engaged in research, teaching, multiorgan transplantation and hepatobiliary surgery. As Professor of Surgery, she holds joint appointments in the Division of Liver & Pancreas Transplantation and the Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology. From 2002-2005, Dr. Orloff served as the Medical Director for the Pacific Northwest Transplant Bank, and she has been the Director of Basic Science Research for the OHSU Department of Surgery since 2001. Dr. Orloff established, and now supervises, a highly productive NIH- and VA Merit Review-funded laboratory in transplantation biology and immunology where she mentors post-doctoral fellows, PhD graduate students and general surgery residents.
Education
- Degree:
UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco, CA 1984 -
Residency:
General Surgery, UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco, CA 1986-1992 -
Fellowship:
Clinical Transplantation, UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco; Research, Gastrointestinal Physiology, UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco; Transplantation Immunology, UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco -
Certification:
Surgery, American Board of Surgery
