Linda S. Sher, MD

Professor of Clinical Surgery

Chair, HSC IRB: Chief, Division of Clinical Research

Chair of the Biomedical Institutional Review Board 1

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Overview

Dr. Sher is a Professor of Clinical Surgery and Director of Clinical Research in the Division of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Abdominal Organ Transplantation at Keck School of Medicine of USC. After completing her medical school education and surgical residency at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, Dr. Sher undertook her fellowship training in Liver and Kidney Transplantation at the University of Pittsburgh. Following her fellowship in 1988, Dr. Sher was involved in the establishment of two liver transplant programs in Los Angeles prior to joining the USC program in 2001.Dr. Sher has participated in and overseen over 50 research projects and is currently very active in the development of the clinical and basic science research components of the USC Abdominal Organ Transplantation Program. She has numerous publications on immunosuppression, chronic rejection, disease recurrence, infection, and prophylaxis and hepatobiliary surgery. Dr. Sher is one of the original editors of Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation and has endeavored over the years to provide the reader with an up to date overview of the entire field of organ transplantation.

Awards

  • Southeastern Surgical Congress: Society Membership, 1996-2014
  • American Liver Foundation: Society Membership, 1995-2014
  • International Liver Transplantation Society: Society Membership, 1993-2014
  • American Society of Transplant Surgeons: Society Membership, 1993-2014
  • American College of Surgeons: Society Membership, 1992-2014
  • International Transplantation Society: Society Membership, 1991-2014
  • American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases: Society Membership, 1990-2014
  • Western Association for Transplant Surgeons: Society Membership, 1990-2014
  • Los Angeles Surgical Society: Society Membership, 1990-2014
  • United Liver Association: Society Membership, 1990-1997
  • American Society of Transplantation: Society Membership, 1989-2014
  • University of Pittsburgh: Fellowship, 1986-1988
  • Mount Sinai Hospital: Fellowship, 1982-1983
  • American Medical Association: Society Membership, 1981-2014