Biography
Dr. Kenzo Hirose is a general surgeon specializing in benign and malignant conditions of the liver, pancreas and bile duct. He has a special interest in minimally invasive surgical techniques and conducts research in patient outcomes after surgery.
Dr. Kenzo Hirose received his medical degree from Harvard Medical school. He did his residency in general surgery at the University of California, San Francisco and his Hepatopancreatobiliary Fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic.
Education
| Institution | Degree | Dept or School | End Date | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Clinic Education Foundation | Fellowship | 2008 | |
| UCSF Medical Center | Residency | 2006 | |
| Harvard School of Medicine | 1999 | 
Board Certifications
American Board of Surgery
Clinical Expertise
Bile Duct Injuries
Bile Duct Strictures
Bile Duct Cancer (Cholangiocarcinoma)
Gastrointestinal Carcinoid Tumor
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST)
Choledochal Cysts
Liver Cancer (Hepatocellular Carcinoma)
Minimally Invasive Liver & Pancreas Surgery
Pancreatic Cancer
Pancreatic Cysts
Soft Tissue Sarcomas
Liver Cysts
Liver Metastases
Gallbladder Cancer
Stomach (Gastric) Cancer
Pancreatic Neuroendocrine (Islet Cell) Tumors
Bridging Therapies to Downstage HCC pre-Liver Transplant
Program Affiliations
Hepatobiliary and Pancreas Surgery Program
 
Publications
- Minimally Invasive Versus Open Resection for Solid Pseudopapillary Tumors of the Pancreas: A Propensity Score-Matched Analysis.| | PubMed PubMed
- Robotic-assisted trans-mesocolic side-to-side duodenojejunostomy for palliative management of malignant distal duodenal obstruction.| | PubMed PubMed
- Ongoing Failure to Deliver Guideline-Concordant Care for Patients with Pancreatic Cancer.| | PubMed PubMed
- Promoting Resident Education Priorities With an Acute Care Surgery Service Dashboard.| | PubMed PubMed
- Adult Pancreatoblastoma: Clinical Insights and Outcomes Compared to Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC).| | PubMed PubMed
- Graft choice in pancreatectomy with vascular resection: equivalent safety in selected patients.| | PubMed PubMed
- ASO Visual Abstract: Long-Duration Neoadjuvant Therapy with FOLFIRINOX Yields Favorable Outcomes for Patients Who Undergo Surgery for Pancreatic Cancer.| | PubMed PubMed
- Distinct Indications for Adjuvant Therapy in Resected Invasive Mucinous Cystic Neoplasms of the Pancreas Compared with Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma.| | PubMed PubMed
- Minimal Residual Disease using a Plasma-Only Circulating Tumor DNA Assay to Predict Recurrence of Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Following Curative Intent Treatment.| | PubMed PubMed
- Long-Duration Neoadjuvant Therapy with FOLFIRINOX Yields Favorable Outcomes for Patients Who Undergo Surgery for Pancreatic Cancer.| | PubMed PubMed
- Long-Term Survival Outcomes After Minimally Invasive Surgery for Ileal Neuroendocrine Tumors.| | PubMed PubMed
- Metastatic melanoma to small bowel: metastasectomy is supported in the era of immunotherapy and checkpoint inhibitors.| | PubMed PubMed
- Improved survival of patients receiving immunotherapy and chemotherapy following curative-intent resection of colorectal liver metastases.| | PubMed PubMed
- A Machine Learning Approach to Predict Postoperative Pancreatic Fistula After Pancreaticoduodenectomy Using Only Preoperatively Known Data.| | PubMed PubMed
- ASO Visual Abstract: National Practice Patterns in Malignant Peritoneal Mesothelioma-Updates in Management and Survival.| | PubMed PubMed
- National Practice Patterns in Malignant Peritoneal Mesothelioma: Updates in Management and Survival.| | PubMed PubMed
- Metastatic colorectal adenocarcinoma tumor purity assessment from whole exome sequencing data.| | PubMed PubMed
- Hypertension Requiring Medication Use: a Silent Predictor of Poor Outcomes After Pancreaticoduodenectomy.| | PubMed PubMed
- Contemporary Trends in Malignant Peritoneal Mesothelioma: Incidence and Survival in the United States.| | PubMed PubMed
- Implementation, evaluation, and modification of a near-peer learning group in graduate surgical education.| | PubMed PubMed
- Hand-Assisted Versus Pure Minimally-Invasive Distal Pancreatectomy: Is There a Downside to Lending a Hand?| | PubMed PubMed
- Minimally Invasive Distal Pancreatectomy Techniques: A Contemporary Analysis Exploring Trends, Similarities, and Differences to Open Surgery.| | PubMed PubMed
- Using Electronic Health Record Meta-Data to Identify Variation in Trainee Progress Note Writing Patterns: Opportunity to Enhance Systems-Based Care.| | PubMed PubMed
- Emotional Regulation in Surgery: Fostering Well-Being, Performance, and Leadership.| | PubMed PubMed
- ASO Visual Abstract: Determining Hospital Volume Threshold for the Safety of Minimally Invasive Pancreaticoduodenectomy: A Contemporary Cutpoint Analysis.| | PubMed PubMed
- Determining Hospital Volume Threshold for Safety of Minimally Invasive Pancreaticoduodenectomy: A Contemporary Cutpoint Analysis.| | PubMed PubMed
- Estimation of Surgical Resident Duty Hours and Workload in Real Time Using Electronic Health Record Data.| | PubMed PubMed
- Burden of Ionizing Radiation in the Diagnosis and Management of Necrotizing Pancreatitis.| | PubMed PubMed
- Minimally Invasive Surgery for Ileal Neuroendocrine Tumors.| | PubMed PubMed
- How COVID-19 inspired surgical residents to rethink educational programs.| | PubMed PubMed
- Contemporary Management of Hepatic Cyst Disease: Techniques and Outcomes at a Tertiary Hepatobiliary Center.| | PubMed PubMed
- Synchronous Versus Metachronous Colorectal Liver Metastasis Yields Similar Survival in Modern Era.| | PubMed PubMed
- Ampullary stenosis and choledocholithiasis post Roux-En-Y gastric bypass: challenges of biliary access and intervention.| | PubMed PubMed
- A novel stratification of mesenteric mass involvement as a predictor of challenging mesenteric lymph node dissection by minimally invasive approach for ileal neuroendocrine tumors.| | PubMed PubMed
- Adopting best practices in post-operative analgesia prescribing in a safety-net hospital: Residents as a conduit to change.| | PubMed PubMed
- Residual tumor volume discriminates prognosis after surgery for neuroendocrine liver metastasis.| | PubMed PubMed
- Variability in Opioid-Prescribing Patterns in Endocrine Surgery and Discordance With Patient Use.| | PubMed PubMed
- Prognostic impact of a large mesenteric mass >2 cm in ileal neuroendocrine tumors.| | PubMed PubMed
- Residents as Key Effectors of Change in Improving Opioid Prescribing Behavior.| | PubMed PubMed
- Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor type 2-independent Ca2+ release from the endoplasmic reticulum in astrocytes.| | PubMed PubMed
- Prevalence and predictors of pain and opioid analgesic use following total pancreatectomy with islet autotransplantation for pancreatitis.| | PubMed PubMed
- Laparoscopic Total Pancreatectomy With Islet Autotransplantation and Intraoperative Islet Separation as a Treatment for Patients With Chronic Pancreatitis.| | PubMed PubMed
- Duodenal and Ampullary Carcinoid Tumors: Size Predicts Necessity for Lymphadenectomy.| | PubMed PubMed
- Glycemic Predictors of Insulin Independence After Total Pancreatectomy With Islet Autotransplantation.| | PubMed PubMed
- Chronic Gastrointestinal Dysmotility and Pain Following Total Pancreatectomy with Islet Autotransplantation for Chronic Pancreatitis.| | PubMed PubMed
- Ileus is a predictor of local infection in patients with acute necrotizing pancreatitis.| | PubMed PubMed
- A Contemporary Evaluation of the Cause of Death and Long-Term Quality of Life After Total Pancreatectomy.| | PubMed PubMed
- Surgical approaches to chronic pancreatitis: indications and imaging findings.| | PubMed PubMed
- A novel, validated risk score to predict surgical site infection after pancreaticoduodenectomy.| | PubMed PubMed
- A novel approach for selecting combination clinical markers of pathology applied to a large retrospective cohort of surgically resected pancreatic cysts.| | PubMed PubMed
- Metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma associated with chronic calcific pancreatitis and a heterozygous SPINK1 N34S mutation.| | PubMed PubMed
- Modified Appleby Procedure for Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma: Does Improved Neoadjuvant Therapy Warrant Such an Aggressive Approach?| | PubMed PubMed
- Predictors of Post-Operative Pain Relief in Patients with Chronic Pancreatitis Undergoing the Frey or Whipple Procedure.| | PubMed PubMed
- Surgical Resection Preferences and Perceptions among Medical Oncologists Treating Liver Metastases from Colorectal Cancer.| | PubMed PubMed
- Postoperative Omental Infarct After Distal Pancreatectomy: Appearance, Etiology Management, and Review of Literature.| | PubMed PubMed
- Effect of surgeon and anesthesiologist volume on surgical outcomes.| | PubMed PubMed
- A combination of molecular markers and clinical features improve the classification of pancreatic cysts.| | PubMed PubMed
- National trends with a laparoscopic liver resection: results from a population-based analysis.| | PubMed PubMed
- Early hospital readmission for gastrointestinal-related complications predicts long-term mortality after pancreatectomy.| | PubMed PubMed
- The impact of resident involvement on surgical outcomes among patients undergoing hepatic and pancreatic resections.| | PubMed PubMed
- Delayed Gastric Emptying (DGE) Following Total Pancreatectomy with Islet Auto Transplantation in Patients with Chronic Pancreatitis.| | PubMed PubMed
- National trends in the use of surgery for benign hepatic tumors in the United States.| | PubMed PubMed
- Tracking early readmission after pancreatectomy to index and nonindex institutions: a more accurate assessment of readmission.| | PubMed PubMed
- Liver transplant patients have a risk of progression similar to that of sporadic patients with branch duct intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms.| | PubMed PubMed
- Sarcopenia adversely impacts postoperative complications following resection or transplantation in patients with primary liver tumors.| | PubMed PubMed
- Hospital volume and patient outcomes in hepato-pancreatico-biliary surgery: is assessing differences in mortality enough?| | PubMed PubMed
- A population-based evaluation of severity and mortality among transferred patients with acute pancreatitis.| | PubMed PubMed
- A comparison of open and minimally invasive surgery for hepatic and pancreatic resections using the Nationwide Inpatient Sample.| | PubMed PubMed
- A single institutional comparison of endoscopic and open abdominal component separation.| | PubMed PubMed
- Venous thromboembolic prophylaxis after a hepatic resection: patterns of care among liver surgeons.| | PubMed PubMed
- Role of a multidisciplinary clinic in the management of patients with pancreatic cysts: a single-center cohort study.| | PubMed PubMed
- Readmission incidence and associated factors after a hepatic resection at a major hepato-pancreatico-biliary academic centre.| | PubMed PubMed
- Duty hours and perceived competence in surgery: are interns ready?| | PubMed PubMed
- Assessing the experience in complex hepatopancreatobiliary surgery among graduating chief residents: is the operative experience enough?| | PubMed PubMed
- Alternative lengthening of telomeres predicts site of origin in neuroendocrine tumor liver metastases.| | PubMed PubMed
- Defining incidence and risk factors of venous thromboemolism after hepatectomy.| | PubMed PubMed
- Trends and risk factors for transfusion in hepatopancreatobiliary surgery.| | PubMed PubMed
- Influence of patient, physician, and hospital factors on 30-day readmission following pancreatoduodenectomy in the United States.| | PubMed PubMed
- Surgical therapy for early hepatocellular carcinoma in the modern era: a 10-year SEER-medicare analysis.| | PubMed PubMed
- A randomized, prospective, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of the effect of diltiazem gel on pain after hemorrhoidectomy.| | PubMed PubMed
- Incidence and prognostic impact of KRAS and BRAF mutation in patients undergoing liver surgery for colorectal metastases.| | PubMed PubMed
- Multifaceted longitudinal study of surgical resident education, quality of life, and patient care before and after July 2011.| | PubMed PubMed
- Is it necessary to follow patients after resection of a benign pancreatic intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm?| | PubMed PubMed
- Influence of nonclinical factors on choice of therapy for early hepatocellular carcinoma.| | PubMed PubMed
- Patient readmission and mortality after surgery for hepato-pancreato-biliary malignancies.| | PubMed PubMed
- Effect of metabolic syndrome on perioperative outcomes after liver surgery: A National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) analysis.| | PubMed PubMed
- Improvements in quality of life after surgery for benign hepatic tumors: Results from a dual center analysis.| | PubMed PubMed
- Impact of sarcopenia on outcomes following resection of pancreatic adenocarcinoma.| | PubMed PubMed
- A multi-institution analysis of outcomes of liver-directed surgery for metastatic renal cell cancer.| | PubMed PubMed
- Sequential intra-arterial therapy and portal vein embolization is feasible and safe in patients with advanced hepatic malignancies.| | PubMed PubMed
- Readmission rates and cost following colorectal surgery.| | PubMed PubMed
- Conditional survival in patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma resected with curative intent.| | PubMed PubMed
- Palliative surgical management of patients with unresectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma: trends and lessons learned from a large, single institution experience.| | PubMed PubMed
- National trends in surgical procedures for hepatocellular carcinoma: 1998-2008.| | PubMed PubMed
- Hilar cholangiocarcinoma: tumor depth as a predictor of outcome.| | PubMed PubMed
- The role of liver-directed surgery in patients with hepatic metastasis from a gynecologic primary carcinoma.| | PubMed PubMed
- Refining the definition of perioperative mortality following hepatectomy using death within 90 days as the standard criterion.| | PubMed PubMed
- Surgical site infections and cost in obese patients undergoing colorectal surgery.| | PubMed PubMed
- Pay for obesity? Pay-for-performance metrics neglect increased complication rates and cost for obese patients.| | PubMed PubMed
- Re-evaluating the impact of tumor size on survival following pancreaticoduodenectomy for pancreatic adenocarcinoma.| | PubMed PubMed
- National trends in the management and survival of surgically managed gallbladder adenocarcinoma over 15 years: a population-based analysis.| | PubMed PubMed
- Safety and efficacy of curative intent surgery for peri-ampullary liver metastasis.| | PubMed PubMed
- Is impaired hepatic arterial buffer response a risk factor for biliary anastomotic stricture in liver transplant recipients?| | PubMed PubMed
- Management of suspected pancreatic cystic neoplasms based on cyst size.| | PubMed PubMed
- Incidental reduction in the size of liver hemangioma following use of VEGF inhibitor bevacizumab.| | PubMed PubMed
- Images in clinical medicine. Massive subcutaneous emphysema after tracheal perforation.| | PubMed PubMed
 
    