Ashish Saharia, MD, MS, FACS

David M. Underwood Chair of Surgery in Digestive Disorders, Underwood Center for Digestive Health
Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery, Academic Institute
Houston Methodist
Weill Cornell Medical College


Areas Of Expertise

Liver transplant surgery
Education & Training

Clinical Fellowship, Methodist University Hospital
Internship, Safdarjung Hospital
MD, Jawarhalal Nehru Medical College
Residency, Houston Methodist
Publications

Utilization of Immunotherapy as a Neoadjuvant Therapy for Liver Transplant Recipients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Abdelrahim, M, Esmail, A, Divatia, MK, Xu, J, Kodali, S, Victor, DW, Brombosz, E, Connor, AA, Saharia, A, Elaileh, A, Kaseb, AO & Ghobrial, RM 2024, , Journal of Clinical Medicine, vol. 13, no. 11, 3068. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm13113068

Effect of a Hispanic outreach program on referral and liver transplantation volume at a single center
Kodali, S, Mobley, CM, Brombosz, EW, Lopez, A, Graves, R, Ontiveros, J, Velazquez, M, Saharia, A, Cheah, YL, Simon, CJ, Valverde, C, Brown, A, Corkrean, J, Moore, LW, Graviss, EA, Victor, DW, Maresh, K, Hobeika, MJ, Egwim, C & Ghobrial, RM 2024, , Transplant Immunology, vol. 84, 102034, pp. 102034. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trim.2024.102034

Single-center Outcomes After Liver Transplantation With SARS-CoV-2–Positive Donors: An Argument for Increased Utilization
Connor, AA, Adelman, MW, Mobley, CM, Moaddab, M, Erhardt, AJ, Hsu, DE, Brombosz, EW, Sanghvi, M, Lee Cheah, Y, Simon, CJ, Hobeika, MJ, Saharia, AS, Victor, DW, Kodali, S, Basra, T, Graviss, EA, Nguyen, DT, Elsaiey, A, Moore, LW, Nigo, M, Drews, AL, Grimes, KA, Arias, CA, Li, XC, Gaber, AO & Ghobrial, RM 2024, , Transplantation Direct, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. E1590. https://doi.org/10.1097/TXD.0000000000001590

Molecular profiling in the management of hepatocellular carcinoma
Soliman, N, Saharia, A, Abdelrahim, M & Connor, AA 2024, , Current opinion in organ transplantation, vol. 29, no. 1, pp. 10-22. https://doi.org/10.1097/MOT.0000000000001124

Bloodstream infections after solid organ transplantation: clinical epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance (2016–21)
Adelman, MW, Connor, AA, Hsu, E, Saharia, A, Mobley, CM, Victor, DW, Hobeika, MJ, Lin, J, Grimes, KA, Ramos, E, Pedroza, C, Brombosz, EW, Ghobrial, RM & Arias, CA 2024, , JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance, vol. 6, no. 1, 158, pp. dlad158. https://doi.org/10.1093/jacamr/dlad158

Transplant Oncology: An Emerging Discipline of Cancer Treatment
Abdelrahim, M, Esmail, A, Abudayyeh, A, Murakami, N, Victor, D, Kodali, S, Cheah, YL, Simon, CJ, Noureddin, M, Connor, A, Saharia, A, Moore, LW, Heyne, K, Kaseb, AO, Gaber, AO & Ghobrial, RM 2023, , Cancers, vol. 15, no. 22, 5337, pp. 5337. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15225337

Modern Outcomes After Liver Retransplantation: A Single-center Experience
Connor, AA, Saharia, A, Mobley, CM, Hobeika, MJ, Victor, DW, Kodali, S, Brombosz, EW, Graviss, EA, Nguyen, DT, Moore, LW, Gaber, AO & Ghobrial, RM 2023, , Transplantation, vol. 107, no. 7, pp. 1513-1523. https://doi.org/10.1097/TP.0000000000004500

Factors affecting survival after liver retransplantation: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Brombosz, EW, Moore, LW, Mobley, CM, Kodali, S, Saharia, A, Hobeika, MJ, Connor, AA, Victor, III, DW, Cheah, YL, Simon, CJ, Gaber, AO & Ghobrial, RM 2023, , Frontiers in Transplantation, vol. 2, pp. 1181770. https://doi.org/10.3389/frtra.2023.1181770

Progress in Combined Liver-lung Transplantation at a Single Center
Connor, AA, Huang, HJ, Mobley, CM, Graviss, EA, Nguyen, DT, Goodarzi, A, Saharia, A, Yau, S, Hobeika, MJ, Suarez, EE, Moaddab, M, Brombosz, EW, Moore, LW, Yi, SG, Gaber, AO & Ghobrial, RM 2023, , Transplantation Direct, vol. 9, no. 5, pp. E1482. https://doi.org/10.1097/TXD.0000000000001482

Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors for Solid Tumors in the Adjuvant Setting: Current Progress, Future Directions, and Role in Transplant Oncology
Abboud, K, Umoru, G, Esmail, A, Abudayyeh, A, Murakami, N, Al-Shamsi, HO, Javle, M, Saharia, A, Connor, AA, Kodali, S, Ghobrial, RM & Abdelrahim, M 2023, , Cancers, vol. 15, no. 5, 1433. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15051433

An uncommon cause of a giant abdominal mass
Tellez-Garcia, E & Saharia, A 2023, , Gastroenterology and Hepatology from Bed to Bench, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 539-541. https://doi.org/10.22037/ghfbb.v16i1.2649

960P Personalized circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) monitoring for recurrence detection and treatment response assessment in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)
Abdelrahim, M, Esmail, A, He, AR, Franses, J, Bhan, I, Victor, III, DW, Kodali, S, Connor, AA, Saharia, A, Brdiges, C, Tin, T, Brewer, C, Jurdi, A, Liu, MC & Ghobrial, RM 2023, , Annals of Oncology, vol. 34, pp. S600. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annonc.2023.09.2106

Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors for Solid Tumors in the Adjuvant Setting: Current Progress, Future Directions, and Role in Transplant Oncology: Cancers
Abboud, K, Umoru, G, Esmail, A, Abudayyeh, A, Murakami, N, Al-Shamsi, HO, Javle, M, Saharia, A, Connor, AA, Kodali, S, Ghobrial, RM & Abdelrahim, M 2023, .. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15051433

Trial in Progress: Atezolizumab and Bevacizumab Pre-liver Transplantation for Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma beyond Milan Criteria: Abstracts of the 15th Biennial Congress of the European-African Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (E-AHPBA), 6-9 June 2023, Lyon, France.
Abdelrahim, M, Sapisochin, G, OKane, G, Esmail, A, Saharia, A & Ghobrial, RM 2023, , HPB, vol. 25, pp. S560-S561. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hpb.2023.07.756

Trial in Progress: Neoadjuvant Combination Therapy of Lenvatinib Plus Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization (TACE) for Transplant-eligible Patients with Large HCC: Abstracts of the 15th Biennial Congress of the European-African Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (E-AHPBA), 6-9 June 2023, Lyon, France.
Abdelrahim, M, Esmail, A, Saharia, A, Kodali, S, Victor, D, Heyne, K & Ghobrial, RM 2023, , HPB, vol. 25, pp. S560. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hpb.2023.07.755

Gemcitabine Plus Cisplatin versus Non-gemcitabine and Cisplatin Regimens as Neoadjuvant Treatment for Cholangiocarcinoma Patients Prior to Liver Transplantation: Abstracts of the 15th Biennial Congress of the European-African Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (E-AHPBA), 6-9 June 2023, Lyon, France.
Abdelrahim, M, Esmail, A, Xu, J, Umoru, G, Saharia, A & Ghobrial, RM 2023, , HPB, vol. 25, pp. S223. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hpb.2023.07.064

502 Transplant oncology: Utilization of immunotherapy in the peri-transplant setting
Abdelrahim, M, Esmail, A, Abudayyeh, A, Saharia, A & Ghobrial, RM 2022, , J Immunother Cancer, vol. 10, no. Suppl 2, pp. A523. https://doi.org/10.1136/jitc-2022-SITC2022.0502

Liver transplantation and intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: time to go forward again?
Kodali, S, Saharia, A & Ghobrial, RM 2022, , Current opinion in organ transplantation, vol. 27, no. 4, pp. 320-328. https://doi.org/10.1097/MOT.0000000000000983

Liver transplantation and intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: Time to go forward again?
Kodali, S, Saharia, A & Ghobrial, RM 2022, , Current opinion in organ transplantation, vol. 27, no. 4, pp. 320-328. https://doi.org/10.1097/MOT.0000000000000983

Immunotherapy as a Neoadjuvant Therapy for a Patient with Hepatocellular Carcinoma in the Pretransplant Setting: A Case Report
Abdelrahim, M, Esmail, A, Umoru, G, Westhart, K, Abudayyeh, A, Saharia, A & Ghobrial, RM 2022, , Current Oncology, vol. 29, no. 6, 4267, pp. 4267-4273. https://doi.org/10.3390/curroncol29060341