
Latifa Sage Amatullah Sage Silski , MD
Associate Professor of Clinical
Director of Student Clerkship
Medical Sciences Building
COM Surgery Transplant - 0519
Education
Associate's Degree: Cuyahoga Community College Cleveland, OH, 2000
Bachelor's Degree: Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH, 2002 (Chemistry and Dance)
Medical Degree: Univesity of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan, 2011
Residency: Wexner Medical Center at The Ohio State University Columbus, OH, 2016 (General Surgery)
Fellowship: Wexner Medical Center at The Ohio State University Columbus, OH, 2018 (Fellowship Inst.Wexner Medical Center at The Ohio State University Columbus, OH 2018 Transplant Surgery/Laparoscopic hand assisted donor nephrectomies/ Deceased and living donor kidney transplantation/Simultaneous kidney and pancreas transplantion/Liver transplantation/Deceased donor organ recovery )
Certifications
American Board of Surgery (Certification Date: 11-14-2017 )
Clinical Interests
General Surgery
Transplant Surgery
Vascular Surgery
Abdominal Hernia
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
Acute Renal failure (Acute kidney failure)
Biliary Tract Liver Disease
Cholangitis
Cirrhosis
Groin Hernias
Kidney Disease
Liver disease
Liver Failure
Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD)
Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)
Renal Artery Obstruction
Renal Artery Stenosis
Renal Cancer
Renal Cell Carcinoma
Specialities
Surgery-Transplant
Research Support
01-01-2021 -12-31-2021 Ohio Solid Organ Transplantation Consortium Over- or Underutilization of Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplantation? Use of Renal Scintigraphy to Measure Native Kidney Recovery Role:PI 25000.00 Hold Level:Non Profit
01-01-2021 -12-31-2021 Ohio Solid Organ Transplantation Consortium Over- or Underutilization of Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplantation? Use of Renal Scintigraphy to Measure Native Kidney Recovery Role:PI 25000.00 Hold Level:Non Profit
Publications
Peer Reviewed Publications
Choi, Yongsoo; Oldenburg, F Parke; Sage, Latifa; Johnstone, Brian; Yoo, Jung U (2007. ) A bridging demineralized bone implant facilitates posterolateral lumbar fusion in New Zealand white rabbits.Spine, , 32 (1 ) ,36-41 More Information
Silski, L S; Henry, M L; Rajab, A; Pelletier, R P (2017. ) Case Report: Treatment of Renal Artery Aneurysms by Ex Vivo Renal Artery Aneurysm Repair and Transplantation.Transplantation proceedings, , 49 (10 ) ,2374-2377 More Information
Beal, Eliza W; Bennett, Shaylyn; Silski, Latifa Sage; Whitson, Bryan; Henry, Mitchell; Black, Sylvester (2015. ) Rituximab, Dexamethasone, Cytarabine, and Cisplatin as Effective Platinum-Based Salvage Chemotherapy for Periportal Posttransplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder After an Orthotopic Liver Transplant.Experimental and clinical transplantation : official journal of the Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation, , 13 (5 ) ,475-8 More Information
Teman, Nicholas R; Silski, Latifa; Zhao, Lili; Kober, Maggie; Urba, Susan C; Orringer, Mark B; Chang, Andrew C; Lin, Jules; Reddy, Rishindra M (2012. ) Thromboembolic events before esophagectomy for esophageal cancer do not result in worse outcomes.The Annals of thoracic surgery, , 94 (4 ) ,1118-24; discussion More Information
Beal, Eliza W; Sigmond, Benjamin R; Sage-Silski, Latifa; Lahey, Samantha; Nguyen, Victor; Bahner, David P (2017. ) Point-of-Care Ultrasound in General Surgery Residency Training: A Proposal for Milestones in Graduate Medical Education Ultrasound.Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, , 36 (12 ) ,2577-2584 More Information
Lee T.C.;Cortez A.R.;Kassam A.F.;Morris M.C.;Winer L.K.;Silski L.S.;Quillin R.C.;Cuffy M.C.;Jones C.R.;Diwan T.S.;Shah S.A. (01-01-2019. ) Outcomes of en bloc simultaneous liver-kidney transplantation compared to the traditional technique.American Journal of Transplantation, , More Information
Whitrock, Jenna N; Pratt, Catherine G; Carter, Michela M; Chae, Ryan C; Price, Adam D; Justiniano, Carla F; Van Haren, Robert M; Silski, Latifa S; Quillin, Ralph C; Shah, Shimul A (2024. ) Does using artificial intelligence take the person out of personal statements? We can't tell.Surgery, , 176 (6 ) ,1610-1616 More Information
Whitrock, Jenna N; Price, Adam D; Delman, Aaron M; Pratt, Catherine G; Silski, Latifa S; Lemon, Kristina H; Chang, Alex L; Cuffy, Madison C; Quillin, Ralph C; Shah, Shimul A (2024. ) Safety and use of late-turndown liver allografts to increase rate of transplantation.HPB : the official journal of the International Hepato Pancreato Biliary Association, , 26 (9 ) ,1148-1154 More Information
Whitrock, Jenna N; Chae, Ryan C; Kinzer, Alexandra B; Delman, Aaron M; Price, Adam D; Sisak, Stephanie; Carter, Michela M; Cuffy, Madison C; Lemon, Kristina H; Chang, Alex L; Silski, Latifa S; Quillin, Ralph C; Shah, Shimul A (2023. ) Long-term follow-up of temporary abdominal closure in complex abdomens during liver transplant.Surgery, , 174 (4 ) ,996-1000 More Information
Delman, Aaron M; Turner, Kevin M; Silski, Latifa S; Quillin, Ralph C; Estrada, Martha; Lemon, Kristina; Cuffy, Madison C; Shah, Shimul A (2022. ) The Kidney Transplant Equity Index: Improving Racial and Ethnic Minority Access to Transplantation.Annals of surgery, , 276 (3 ) ,420-429 More Information
Delman, Aaron M; Turner, Kevin M; Safdar, Kamran; Anwar, Nadeem; Silski, Latifa S; Lee, Tiffany C; Luckett, Keith; Cuffy, Madison C; Quillin, Ralph C; Schoech, Michael; Kaiser, Tiffany E; Govil, Amit; Bari, Khurram; Shah, Shimul A (2021. ) Expanding the Donor Pool: First Use of Hepatitis B Virus Nat Positive Solid Organ Allografts Into Seronegative Recipients.Annals of surgery, , 274 (4 ) ,556-564 More Information
Delman, Aaron M; Silski, Latifa S; Shah, Shimul A (2021. ) The Opportunity for Impactful Policy Change in Liver Transplantation-Expanding Our Definition of Quality.JAMA network open, , 4 (8 ) ,e2119336 More Information
Delman, Aaron M; Turner, Kevin M; Jones, Courtney R; Vaysburg, Dennis M; Silski, Latifa S; King, Corey; Luckett, Keith; Safdar, Kamran; Quillin, Ralph C; Shah, Shimul A (2021. ) Keeping the lights on: Telehealth, testing, and 6-month outcomes for orthotopic liver transplantation during the COVID-19 pandemic.Surgery, , 169 (6 ) ,1519-1524 More Information
Lee, Tiffany C; Dhar, Vikrom K; Cortez, Alexander R; Morris, Mackenzie C; Winer, Leah K; Silski, Latifa Sage; Cuffy, Madison C; Diwan, Tayyab S; Quillin, R Cutler; Shah, Shimul A (2020. ) Impact of side-to-side cavocavostomy versus traditional piggyback implantation in liver transplantation.Surgery, , 168 (6 ) ,1060-1065 More Information