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Dr. Ivan Zendejas is an assistant professor of surgery in the Division of Transplantation Surgery at the University of Florida College of Medicine.
Dr. Zendejas earned his medical degree from the medical school of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (Universidad Nacional Aut and oacute;noma de M and eacute;xico, UNAM) in Mexico City and completed his general surgery residency training in Mexico City at Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas. He completed a transplant clerkship at the University of Alabama and an abdominal multi-organ transplant and hepatobiliary surgery fellowship at the University of Florida in 2008. In 2010, he completed his general surgery chief residency with the University of Florida.
He is board-certified in general surgery by the American Board of Surgery and the Mexican Board of Surgery. He also is certified by the American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS) and is a member of multiple surgical societies, including the American Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association.
His clinical interests include cholangiocarcinoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, liver metastases, complex liver surgery, laparoscopic liver surgery, liver tumor ablations, liver transplant and pancreas transplant, kidney transplant and laparoscopic kidney donation. His research interests include innovative techniques for laparoscopic liver resections and surgical manipulation of liver regeneration, as well as improving short- and long-term outcomes for patients undergoing liver surgery.