Christopher T. Barry Joins Division of Solid Organ Transplantation

Christopher Barry, M.D., Ph.D.

The University of Rochester Medical Center’s Department of Surgery welcomes a new surgeon to its Division of Solid Organ Transplantation: Christopher Taylor Barry, M.D., Ph.D. He began in his new position Aug. 3.
Barry is one of two new transplant surgeons joining the division. As a surgical specialist and researcher, he fits perfectly into the vision of the Medical Center’s Strategic Plan, according to Jeffrey H. Peters, M.D., Seymour I. Schwartz Professor and chair of the URMC Department of Surgery.

Barry joins veteran surgeon Mark S. Orloff, M.D., professor of Surgery, chief of the Division of Solid Organ Transplantation and director of Live Donor Liver Transplant, and Randeep S. Kashyap, M.D., assistant professor of Surgery.

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Barry, most recently an assistant professor in residence in the Department of General Surgery/Section of Transplantation at UC-San Diego, specializes in liver, kidney and pancreas transplantation, as well as laparoscopic removal of kidneys from healthy living donors. He performs traditional and laparoscopic resections and laparoscopic radiofrequency ablation of liver tumors. He has research interests in liver cancer and employs genomic analysis (the study of the entire genome to determine which genes are on and which are off) to better understand the prognosis and best treatment options for an individual patient's liver tumor.