Walid S. Arnaout, M.D., F.A.C.S. 

Medical School: 

American University of Beirut, Doctor of Medicine, Beirut, Lebanon 1985

Internship:

American University of Beirut Medical Center, Surgical Intern, Beirut, Lebanon, July 1985 - December 1986  

Residency:

Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Surgical Resident
Nashville, TN 1993

Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Chief Resident, General Surgery
Nashville, TN 1994  

 

Fellowship:

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Department of Surgery, Liver Transplant Fellowship
Los Angeles, CA 1996

UCLA School of Medicine, Dumont-UCLA Transplant Center, Transplant Fellowship
Los Angeles, CA 1996

 

Undergraduate School:

American University of Beirut, Bachelor of Science, Beirut, Lebanon 1981

Professional Appointments:

American Society of Transplant Surgeons

American College of Surgeons

Los Angeles Surgical Society

American Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary Association (AHPBA)

H. William Scott, Jr. Society

Society of Gastro-endoscopic Surgeons

American Liver Foundation  

Professional Affiliations/Memberships:

Buffalo Medical Group, 2007 - Present, General Surgery and Surgical Oncology

January 2002 - August 2007, Private Practice, General Surgery & Trauma/Surgical Oncology, San Fernando Valley and Thousand Oaks

April 1999 - October 2001, Associate Director, Liver Transplant Program, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California

UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, 1997 - 2001, Assistant Professor of Surgery In-Residence

UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, 1996 - 1997, Instructor of Surgery  

Publications:

2001, Isolation, characterization and transplantation of bone marrow derived hepatocyte stem cells

2001, Transmission of hepatitis B infection from hepatitis B core antibody positive liver allograft is prevented by Lamivudine therapy

2000, Predictors of survival after In Vivo split liver transplantation: analysis of 110 consecutive patients

2000, Radiographic findings of ischemic hepatitis in a cirrhotic patient

2000, The Liver- Hepatic Support, Bioartificial Liver. In SIRS, MODS and MOF- Systemic Inflammatory Response, Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome and Multiple Organ Failure- Pathopysiology, Prevention and Therapy