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Legendary Surgeon Maurice Galante Dies
Maurice Galante, M.D., a legendary master surgeon at UCSF and renaissance man, died on February 5, 2013. His career is memorialized by the Maurice Galante Lecture Program and Maurice Galante Distinguished Professorship.
Garrett Roll, M.D.
Clinical Instructor of Surgery
Department of Surgery
Division of Transplantation
Contact Information
(415) 353-1551 Clinical, Kidney and Pancreas
(415) 353-8725 Academic
Garrett.Roll@ucsfmedctr.org
BiographyEducation
- Boston College, BS, Finance, 1995-1999
- Brandeis University, Post Baccalaureate, Premedical, 1999-2001
- Temple University School of Medicine, MD, 2001-2005
Residencies
- University of California, San Francisco, General Surgery, 2005-2012
Fellowships
- University of California, San Francisco, Abdominal Transplant Surgery, 2012-2014
Biography
Dr. Roll attended Boston College as an undergraduate and later received his medical degree from Temple University School of Medicine. For his clinical training, he went to UCSF, where he completed his general surgery residency and is now training as a clinical transplant fellow. During his residency, Dr. Roll served as chief resident and did substantial research in liver cell therapy and regeneration under the mentorship of Dr. Holger Willenbring. He will complete his transplant fellowship at UCSF in June of 2014.
Selected Publications
- Ng R, Song G, Roll GR, Frandsen NM, Willenbring H. A microRNA-21 surge facilitates rapid cyclin D1 translation and cell cycle progression in mouse liver regeneration. J Clin Invest. 2012 Mar 1; 122(3):1097-108
- Carter JT, Nguyen D, Roll GR, Ma SW, Way LW. Predictors of long-term outcome after laparoscopic esophagomyotomy and Dor fundoplication for achalasia. Arch Surg. 2011 Sep; 146(9):1024-8.
- Campos GM, Rabl C, Roll GR, Peeva S, Prado K, Smith J, Vittinghoff E. Better weight loss, resolution of diabetes, and quality of life for laparoscopic gastric bypass vs banding: results of a 2-cohort pair-matched study. Arch Surg. 2011 Feb; 146(2):149-55.
- Roll GR, Lee AY, Royaie K, Visser B, Hanks DK, Knudson MM, Roll FJ. Acquired A amyloidosis from injection drug use presenting with atraumatic splenic rupture in a hospitalized patient: a case report. J Med Case Reports. 2011; 5(1):29.
- Espejel S, Roll GR, McLaughlin KJ, Lee AY, Zhang JY, Laird DJ, Okita K, Yamanaka S, Willenbring H. Induced pluripotent stem cell-derived hepatocytes have the functional and proliferative capabilities needed for liver regeneration in mice. J Clin Invest. 2010 Sep 1; 120(9):3120-6.
