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Sang-Mo Kang

Sang-Mo Kang

MD

Organ transplant surgeon

Dr. Sang-Mo Kang is an organ transplant surgeon, performing transplants of the kidney, liver and pancreas. His expertise includes gastrointestinal surgery, laparoscopic kidney donor surgery, laparoscopic liver surgery, and surgeries related to the liver, bile ducts and gallbladder.

Kang maintains a research laboratory focused on understanding how the immune system responds to transplanted organs. He investigates new methods to induce transplant-specific tolerance, with the goal of replacing immunosuppressive medications. He has been awarded research grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and American Society of Transplant Surgeons.

Kang earned his medical degree at Harvard Medical School and completed a surgical residency and transplant fellowship at UCSF Medical Center. He received two research fellowships from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, which he used to study transplant immunology at the NIH and the UCSF Transplantation Research Laboratory.

Kang teaches fellows, residents and medical students at UCSF.

  • Board Certifications

    American Board of Surgery, Surgery, 2000

  • Fellowships

    UCSF, Transplant Surgery, 2001

    UCSF, 1997

  • Residencies

    UCSF, General Surgery, 1999

  • Education

    Harvard Medical School, 1992

  • Languages

    English

Where I see patients (5)

    Selected research

    My work

    Craigslist kidney donor, recipient paying it forward

    Mom's liver donation saves daughter's life

    By the time Sahej's family reached our hospital, the baby was seriously ill with biliary atresia. Learn how Dr. Kang's transplant team helped her thrive.

    Saving future lives

    500+ UCSF investigators are researching cures for hundreds of childhood and adult diseases.

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