Specialty
Certifications
American Board of Surgery
Clinical Focus
Education
MD, University of Southern California
Residency, Surgery
University of Utah HospitalFellowship, Transplantation
University of Iowa Hospital
Biography
Dr. Ames' areas of expertise include kidney and pancreas transplantation, dialysis access surgery (especially reoperative surgery for those with previous access failures), and parathyroid surgery. His areas of clinical interest include outcome analysis of living donor nephrectomy surgery, factors affecting delayed graft function in kidney, and the economics of transplantation.
Dr. Ames earned his M.D. from The University of Southern California School of Medicine. He completed an internship in Surgery and residencies in Surgery and Research at the University of Utah. He did a fellowship in Transplantation at the University of Iowa College of Medicine and a fellowship in Liver Transplantation at Baylor University Medical Center. Dr. Ames has been a member of Alpha Omega Alpha since 1982 and was awarded the Outstanding Physician Award by the Nevada Chapter of the National Kidney Foundation in 1991. He is certified by the National Board of Medical Examiners and the American Board of Surgery.
Research
Dr. Ames' research interests include the study of the accuracy of living donor evaluation by Magnetic Resonance Arteriography and the effects of multiple donor kidney arteries on patient outcomes; and predicting the outcomes of cadaveric renal transplantation using kidneys from extended criteria donors.Publications
Wright, Jr. FH, Smith JL, Ames SA, Schanbacher B, Corry RJ. Function of pancreas allografts more than one year following transplantation. Arch Surg. 1989; 124: 796-799.
Ames SA, Corry RJ. Diagnosis of pancreas transplant rejection: Use of noninvasive tests to assess initial dysfunction in combined pancreas/kidney transplants. Transplant Proc. 1989; 21: 3639-3642.
Merrell SW, Ames SA, Nelson EW, Renlund DG, Karwande SV, Burton NA, Sullivan JJ, Jones KW, Gay, Jr. WA. Major abdominal complications following cardiac transplantation. Arch Surg. 1989; 124: 889-894.
Wright, Jr. FH, Smith JL, Ames SA, Bowers VD, Corry RJ. Pancreatic allograft thrombosis: Donor and retrieval factors and early postperfusion graft rejection. Transplant Proc. 1990; 22: 439-441.
Ames SA, Kisthard JA, Smith DJ, Piper JB, Corry RJ. Successful combined hepatic and pancreatic allograft retrieval in donors having a replaced right hepatic artery. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics 1991; 173: 216-222.
Bowers VD, Locker S, Ames SA, Jennings W, Corry RJ. Hemodynamic effects of cremaphor-el. Transplantation 1991; 51: 847-850.
Industry Relationships
Physicians and scientists on the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai often interact with pharmaceutical, device and biotechnology companies to improve patient care, develop new therapies and achieve scientific breakthroughs. In order to promote an ethical and transparent environment for conducting research, providing clinical care and teaching, Mount Sinai requires that salaried faculty inform the School of their relationships with such companies.
Below are financial relationships with industry reported by Dr. Ames during 2012 and/or 2013. Please note that this information may differ from information posted on corporate sites due to timing or classification differences.
Consulting:
- Epocrates, Inc.
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