Hassan Aziz, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery - Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery
Primary Office
Contact: Rachael Lacina
SE 400 GH General Hospital
200 Hawkins Dr
Iowa City, IA 52242
Fax
Iowa City, IA 52242
Current Positions
- Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery - Transplantation & Hepatobiliary Surgery
- Program Director for the Abdominal Multi-Organ Transplantation Surgery Fellowship
Education
- MD, King Edward Medical University
- Resident in General Surgery, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ United States
- Fellow in Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery, University of Southern California, CA United States
- MBBS, King Edward Medical College, Pakistan
- BSc, Government College University, Pakistan
Licenses & Certifications
- Board Certified, American Board of Surgery
Selected Publications
- Longbottom B, Kim SH, Aziz H. Assessing the financial and equity implications of the 2020 liver allocation policy change. Hepatobiliary Surg Nutr. 2025 Jun 1;14(3):470–472. doi:10.21037/hbsn-2025-181. Epub 2025 May 23. Editorial.
- Wittrock K, Kane S, Chang J, Turaczyk Kolodziej DA, Aziz H. Conflict of Interest Statements and Disclosure Policies for Surgical and Medical Societies. Am Surg. 10:31348251351005. doi: 10.1177/00031348251351005.
- He, S, Kim, SH, Tanaka T, Thomsen D, Thomas C, Katz D, Aziz H, Reed A. HCV recurrence and death after viral clearance in HCV-viremic donor to HCV-negative kidney recipient - a case report. American Journal of Transplantation. doi.org/10.1016/j.ajt.2024.12.180
- Kim SH, Aziz H, Kuppachi S. How do we determine the fate of the kidney transplant with high KDPI kidney? American Journal of Transplantation. V25, Issue 1, Supplement 1
- Kakish H, Suraju MO, Davis ES, Seth A, Kwon YK, Aziz H. (2024). J Surg Oncol. Liver resection is superior to tumor ablation in patients with multifocal hepatocellular carcinoma. PMID: 38333997. DOI: 10.1002/jso.27599
- Sohail AH, Nguyen H, Martinez K, Flesner SL, Martinez C, Quazi MA, Goyal A, Sheikh AB, Aziz H, Javed AA, Whittington J, Glynn L, Joseph D, Hernandez MC. (2024) Am J Surg. See one, do one, teach one - Trends in resident autonomy and teaching assistant cases during general surgery residency in the United States: A nationwide retrospective analysis. PMID: 39366203. DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2024.115952
- Aziz H, Kwon YIC, Park AM, Lai A, Lee KYC, Zhang D, Kwon Y, Pawlik TM. (2024). J Gastrointest Surg. Recent advancements in management for noncolorectal, nonneuroendocrine hepatic metastases. PMID: 39154708. DOI: 10.1016/j.gassur.2024.08.012
- Suraju MO, Kahl AR, Nayyar A, Turaczyk-Kolodziej D, McCracken A, Gordon D, Freischlag K, Borbon L, Nash S, Aziz H. (2024). J Gastrointest Surg. Patterns of care and outcomes for hepatocellular carcinoma and pancreatic cancer based on rurality of patient's residence in a rural midwestern state. PMID: 39293732. DOI: 10.1016/j.gassur.2024.09.013
- Suraju MO, Gordon DM, Kahl AR, McCracken A, Maduokolam E, Grimmett J, Guedeze K, Nash S, Aziz H. (2024). J Surg Oncol. Care Patterns and Outcomes for Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma by Rurality of Patient Residence in a Midwestern State. PMID: 39364893. DOI: 10.1002/jso.27939
- Aziz H, Kwon YIC, Lee KYC, Park AM, Lai A, Kwon Y, Aswani Y, Pawlik TM. (2024). Current evidence on the diagnosis and management of spilled gallstones after laparoscopic cholecystectomy. J Gastrointest Surg. PMID: 39370097. DOI: 10.1016/j.gassur.2024.10.001