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Randall S. Sung, M.D., is a Professor of Surgery in the Section of Transplantation Surgery at the University of Michigan. He did his general surgery residency training at Columbia, and his clinical fellowship at the University of Michigan. After two years at Mount Sinai in New York, in late 2002 Dr. Sung returned to the University of Michigan, where he is a multi-organ transplant surgeon and the Surgical Director of Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation. He has also served as the Fellowship Program Director and Medical Student Facilitator for the Section of Transplantation Surgery.
Dr. Sung has been the MPLAN Medical Director for the University Hospital 5C inpatient unit since 2012. Over the past decade, the 5C MPLAN Leadership team has engaged in many successful initiatives to increase safety, enhance physician- nursing communication, and improve efficiency of clinical care. They also previously represented the UH inpatient units on the UHCVC Operations Committee.
Dr. Sung has provided extensive service to the transplant community. He has a long history of leadership for the American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS), most recently as Councilor-at-Large. He is currently Councilor-at-Large for the Transplant Accreditation and Certification Council. He has also held leadership positions for the Organ Donation and Transplantation Alliance and Gift of Life Michigan
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FellowshipUniversity of Michigan Health System, United States, 2000
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ResidencyColumbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, United States, 1997
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InternshipColumbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, United States of America, 1992
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Center MemberInstitute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation
Dr. Sung's research interests include kidney and pancreas transplantation outcomes, deceased donor organ utilization, and transplant program performance evaluation. He was a Co-investigator for the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) and is currently part of a UM Kidney Epidemiology and Cost Center team that provides analytic support to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for the evaluation of dialysis facilities, organ procurement organizations, and transplant centers.
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Ly L, Zhu D, Schaubel DE, Woodside KJ, Sung RS. Clin Transplant, 2024 May; 38 (5): e15319Journal ArticleImpact of delayed listing after initiating kidney transplant evaluation on transplant outcomes.
DOI:10.1111/ctr.15319 PMID: 38683684 -
Rheault MN, Amaral S, Bock M, Chambers ET, Chavers B, Ters ME, Garro R, Gbadegesin R, Govil A, Harshman L, Amer H, Hooper DK, Israni AK, Riad S, Sageshima J, Shapiro R, Seifert M, Smith J, Sung R, Thomas CP, Wang Q, Verghese PS. Front Nephrol, 2023 3: 1181076Journal ArticleA randomized controlled trial of preemptive rituximab to prevent recurrent focal segmental glomerulosclerosis post-kidney transplant (PRI-VENT FSGS): protocol and study design.
DOI:10.3389/fneph.2023.1181076 PMID: 37675355 -
Hricik DE, Armstrong B, Alhamad T, Brennan DC, Bromberg JS, Bunnapradist S, Chandran S, Fairchild RL, Foley DP, Formica R, Gibson IW, Kesler K, Kim SJ, Mannon RB, Menon MC, Newell KA, Nickerson P, Odim J, Poggio ED, Sung R, Shapiro R, Tinckam K, Vincenti F, Heeger PS. J Am Soc Nephrol, 2023 Jan 1; 34 (1): 145 - 159.Journal ArticleInfliximab Induction Lacks Efficacy and Increases BK Virus Infection in Deceased Donor Kidney Transplant Recipients: Results of the CTOT-19 Trial.
DOI:10.1681/ASN.2022040454 PMID: 36195441 -
Doshi MD, Schaubel DE, Xu Y, Rao PS, Sung RS. Transplantation direct, 2022 Jan 17; 8 (7):Journal ArticleClinical Utility in Adopting Race-free Kidney Donor Risk Index.
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Sung RS. 2021 Surgery: Scientific Principles and Practice,ChapterPancreas and Islet Transplantation
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He K, Li Y, Rao PS, Sung RS, Schaubel DE. Lifetime Data Anal, 2020 Jul; 26 (3): 451 - 470.Journal ArticlePrognostic score matching methods for estimating the average effect of a non-reversible binary time-dependent treatment on the survival function.
DOI:10.1007/s10985-019-09485-x PMID: 31576491 -
Williams AM, Barrett M, Smith AR, Kathawate RG, Woodside KJ, Sung RS. J Surg Res, 2020 Apr; 248: 69 - 81.Journal ArticleVariable Benefits of Antibody Induction by Kidney Allograft Type.
DOI:10.1016/j.jss.2019.11.015 PMID: 31865161 -
DeBolle SA, Ochieng IA, Saha AK, Sung RS. Ann Transplant, 2020 Sep 15; 25: e922178Journal ArticleEvaluation of the Effectiveness of Screening for Iliac Arterial Calcification in Kidney Transplant Candidates.
DOI:10.12659/AOT.922178 PMID: 32929057