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Dr. Garrett R. Roll is a general surgeon who specializes in abdominal organ transplantation for both adults and children, including liver and kidney transplant surgery from living donors. He also performs general surgery in patients with end-stage organ disease and patients with immunosuppression. His expertise includes using minimally invasive surgical techniques.

In research, Roll is interested in stem cell therapy and organ regeneration; normothermic machine perfusion of the liver (NMP-L), a method of preserving the liver during transport for transplantation; and the effectiveness of vaccinating transplant recipients for human papilloma virus (HPV). He is an investigator on several clinical trials looking at outcomes for organ transplant recipients, including those living with HIV.

Roll earned his medical degree from the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University. He completed a residency in general surgery and a fellowship in abdominal transplant surgery at UCSF. After completing his training, he was a senior international fellow in liver transplant and retrieval at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, home to the busiest liver surgery unit in the United Kingdom. During this time, he gained experience with the NMP-L technology.

At UCSF, Roll is vice chair of the transplant quality improvement committee, serves on the clinical performance improvement committee and co-chairs the perioperative sustainability committee. Outside of UCSF, he serves on the American Journal of Transplantation's editorial board.

  • Education

    Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, MD, 2005

  • Residencies

    UCSF Medical Center, General Surgery, 2012

  • Fellowships

    UCSF, Abdominal Transplant Surgery, 2014

    Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Liver Transplant and Retrieval, 2015

  • Board Certifications

    Surgery, American Board of Surgery

  • Academic Title

    Associate Professor

Our division offers options to patients with organ failure who may have been told elsewhere they had none.

Where I see patients (3)

    My reviews

    4.9

    Overall Experience
    75 Ratings
    About our process
    May 15, 2024
    Was very thorough. Explained things well. Friendly and put me at ease.
    Apr 19, 2024
    Very caring
    Aug 09, 2023
    Dr is great he answered all my questions and was very informed regarding my history
    Jul 29, 2023
    Nothing but great things to say about dr roll he listen to what I had to say and answered all my questions to the fullest!!! Never broke eye contact thank u Jesus for putting dr roll in our path me and my wife are truly blessed!!!!
    Jul 29, 2023
    Good
    Jul 28, 2023
    The care provider was very courteous, and he listened very well, and answered my question and appointment went very well
    Jul 28, 2023
    Appointment went very well.
    Jul 12, 2023
    Great visit
    Feb 08, 2023
    Very nice and friendly he listened to my concerns
    Jan 12, 2023
    Awesome
    Dec 18, 2022
    Awesome
    Dec 02, 2022
    Thanks
    Nov 19, 2022
    Very good
    Oct 26, 2022
    I feel Dr Roll is an excellent Doctor as I feel the whole liver clinic to be well run with caring Doctors and staff.

    Selected research

    Decorative Caduceus

    US National OCS Liver Perfusion (OLP) Registry

    Recipients' patient and graft survival rates will be the primary clinical outcomes measures for all OCS Liver transplanted recipients compared to recipients receiving liver transplants using non-OCS preservation methods (cold stat...

    Recruiting

    Decorative Caduceus

    Kidney Transplantation From Donors With HIV: Impact on Rejection and Long-Term Outcomes (Expand...

    Proportion of participants who die or have graft rejection

    Recruiting

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