Roberto Hernandez Alejandro, M.D.

Contact Information

Phone Numbers

Appointment: (585) 275-5875

Administrative: (585) 273-3881

Fax: (585) 271-7929

A member of the University of Rochester Medical Faculty Group

An Accountable Health Partner

Accepting New Patients

Locations

University of Rochester Medical Center
School of Medicine and Dentistry
601 Elmwood Ave, Box SURG
Rochester, NY 14642

Faculty Appointments

Professor - Department of Surgery , Transplant (SMD)

Patient Care Settings

Cancer, Organ Transplant, Surgery

Biography

Professional Background

Dr. Roberto Hernandez-Alejandro has been Chief of the Division of Transplantation at the University of Rochester since August 2016. Here, he’s demonstrated his ability to grow a program, leading his team to double the number of organ transplants with the best outcomes in the program’s history. Under his leadership, URMC restarted live donor liver transplants, performing 60 operations over 5 years. He also expanded opportunities for transplant through increased use of donation after cardiac death organs. Dr. Hernandez recently opened a program on liver transplantation for unresectable colorectal liver metastases, currently the leading center in volume and outcomes in North America. He also has expertise in liver resections, and is one of a handful of US surgeons performing the ALPPS procedure.

Dr. Hernandez has received multiple grants for innovative research in liver cancer and regeneration and has over 100 peer-reviewed publications in the fields of HPB and liver transplantation. In 2019, he joined the editorial board of Annals of Surgery, the highest impact factor surgical journal. Dr. Hernandez-Alejandro has positions in many societies, including the Scientific Committee of the ALPPS Registry, Chair of the ILTS Education Committee, Chair of the Scientific Program for the American Transplant Conference and President of the New York Liver Transplant Consortium. Dr. Hernandez is a member of the American Surgical Association, the oldest and must prestigious Surgical Society in North America.

Credentials

Education

1996
MD | Universidad de La Salle (Mexico)
Surgery (General Surgery)

Post-doctoral Training & Residency

07/01/2006 - 06/30/2008
Fellowship in Transplant Surgery at University Hospital (Canada)

08/01/2003 - 07/31/2005
Fellowship in Transplant Surgery at Foothills Medical Center, University of Calgary (Canada)

03/01/1997 - 02/28/2001
Residency in Surgery (General Surgery) at Mexican Institute of Social Security

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Awards

2023
REAL Advancing in Liver Transplantation Award
Sponsor: International Liver Transplantation Society

2016
Latin American Leadership Award
Sponsor: Government of Ontario
Location: London North Center

2016
Excellence in Academics
Sponsor: Department of Oncology, Western University
Location: London, Ontario, Canada

2015
President's Award for Innovation
Sponsor: London Health Science Center
Location: London, Ontario, Canada

2013
Mentor for Rising Star Award
Sponsor: International Liver Transplantation Society
Location: Sydney, Austraila

2013
Best Clinical Abstract at CST 2013
Sponsor: Clinical Society of Transplantation
Location: Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada

2012
Clinical Abstract Award Winner
Sponsor: Clinical Society of Transplantation
Location: Quebec City, QC, Canada

2012
Resident Mentor Award
Sponsor: Western University
Location: London, Ontario, Canada

2010 - 2011
USC Teaching Honour Roll Award of Excellence
Sponsor: University of Western Ontario
Location: London, Ontario, Canada

2010
Clerkship Teacher of the Year Award
Sponsor: Department of Surgery, Western University
Location: London, Ontario, Canada

2008
Distinguished Fellow for Outstanding Research in the Field of Transplantation
Sponsor: American Society of Transplantation
Location: SanDiego, CA, USA

2008
Rising Star Award
Sponsor: 2008 Joint International Congress
Location: Paris, France

2007
Clinical Abstract Award Winner
Sponsor: Clinical Society of Transplantation
Location: Banff, Alberta, Canada

2006
Clinical Abstract Award Winner
Sponsor: Canadian Society of Transplantation
Location: Mont-Tremblant, Quebec

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Publications

Journal Articles

11/23/2023
Wehrle CJ, Fujiki M, Schlegel A, Whitsett Linganna M, Pita A, Kim JK, Kwon DCH, Miller C, Hashimoto K, Dueland S, Sasaki K, Sapisochin G, Line PD, Hernandez-Alejandro R, Aucejo F. "Update to 'A Contemporary Systematic Review on Liver Transplantation for Unresectable Liver Metastasis of Colorectal Cancer'." Annals of surgical oncology.. 2023 Nov 23; Epub 2023 Nov 23.

9/26/2023
Hernandez-Alejandro R, Chávez-Villa M, Line PD, Sapisochin G. "Festina lente - to advance we need to make haste slowly. Living Donor Liver Transplant for Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastases." American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons.. 2023 Sep 26; Epub 2023 Sep 26.

7/31/2023
Ivanics T, Claasen MP, Samstein B, Emond JC, Fox AN, Pomfret E, Pomposelli J, Tabrizian P, Florman SS, Mehta N, Roberts JP, Emamaullee JA, Genyk Y, Hernandez-Alejandro R, Tomiyama K, Sasaki K, Quintini C, Nagai S, Abouljoud M, Olthoff KM, Hoteit MA, Heimbach J, Taner T, Liapakis AH, Mulligan DC, Sapisochin G, Halazun KJ. "Living Donor Liver Transplantation (LDLT) for Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) within and Outside Traditional Selection Criteria: A Multicentric North American Experience." Annals of surgery.. 2023 Jul 31; Epub 2023 Jul 31.

Books & Chapters

2020
Chapter Title: The RAPID concept: Pushing the boundary in resectability in Liver Transplantation Oncology
Book Title: Liver Transplantation: Operative Techniques and Medical Management
Author List: Ruffolo, L; Bao Tram, N; Linehan, D; Tomiyama, K; Hernandez-Alejandro, R.
Edited By: Ernesto Pompeo Molmenti, Eduardo de Santibanes, Martin de Santibañes
Published By: McGraw Hill 2020

2019
Book Title: Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary and Transplant Surgery – Practical Management of Dilemmas
Author List: Roberto Hernandez-Alejandro
Published By: Beaux Books Publishing 2019

2019
Chapter Title: EL DOPPLER EN LA ECOGRAFÍA INTRAOPERATORIA
Book Title: FUNDAMENTOS TEÓRICOS EN ECOGRAFÍA HEPÁTICA INTRAOPERATORIA
Author List: Carlos García-Ochoa; Roberto Hernández-Alejandro
Published By: CE-IHPBA 2019

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