Seth A Waits
Clinical Associate Professor
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Seth A Waits
Clinical Associate Professor
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Seth A. Waits, MD is a faculty member in the Section of Transplant Surgery. Dr. Waits received his medical degree from the University of Toledo in 2009. He completed his general surgery residency and abdominal transplant fellowship at the University of Michigan in 2018. While a research fellow in transplantation and general surgery from 2013-2015, he investigated quality improvement efforts across hospital collaboratives and looked for novel methods of surgical education. He is board certified by the American College of Surgeons and holds a certificate of completion of fellowship from the American Society of Transplant Surgeons
Center Memberships
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Center MemberInstitute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation
Recent Publications
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Shingina A, Tareen K, Waits S. American Journal of Transplantation, 2026 Feb 1; 26 (2): 427 - 428.Journal ArticleMore than just the surgeon: The collective moral injury in the liver transplant team
DOI:10.1016/j.ajt.2025.09.001 PMID: 40939818 -
Davis JPE, Henry Z, Sharma P, Tsunoda SM, Han H, Orandi BJ, Heimbach JK, Schulman AR, Tincopa M, Argo CK, Bittermann T, Chacko KR, Corey KE, Goldaracena N, Han H, Heimbach JK, Henry ZH, Lee KC, Liapakis AM, Lizaola-Mayo BC, Nadig SN, Orandi B, Papademetriou M, Posselt AM, Rabiee A, Reticker A, Schulman AR, Selzner N, Sharpton S, Siddiqui MS, Stanford FC, Tsunoda SM, Waits SA, Watt KD, Wattacheril JJ. American Journal of Transplantation, 2026 Jan 1; 26 (1): 32 - 46.Journal ArticleEstablishing best practices for obesity and metabolic syndrome in liver transplantation: Insights from a modified Delphi-based controversies conference
DOI:10.1016/j.ajt.2025.10.008 PMID: 41135885 -
Aslam A, Mendiratta-Lala M, Chahine R, Davenport MS, Parikh ND, Hussain H, Waits S, Weadock W, Sonnenday C. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 2026 Jan 1; 63 (1): 9 - 21.Journal ArticleEvaluation of Living Liver Donors Using Dual-Contrast-Agent Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Cholangiopancreatography (MRCP)—Technical Development
DOI:10.1002/jmri.70010 PMID: 40548481 -
Fleischer CM, Swanson EA, Thumma JR, San Loh W, Shingina A, Sonnenday CJ, Waits S, Sheetz KH. American Journal of Transplantation, 2026 Jan 1;Journal ArticleKidney safety net utilization after liver transplant for acute alcohol-associated hepatitis
DOI:10.1016/j.ajt.2026.05.730 PMID: 42173491 -
Shingina A, Waits S. Liver Transplantation, 2025 Nov 1; 31 (11): 1320 - 1321.Journal ArticleCannabis and liver transplant: We need to chill, man
DOI:10.1097/LVT.0000000000000662 PMID: 40539924 -
Davis JPE, Reticker A, Han H, Orandi BJ, Henry Z, Tsunoda SM, Heimbach JK, Schulman AR, Tincopa MA. Liver Transplantation, 2025 Oct 1; 31 (10):Journal ArticleManagement of obesity in liver transplant candidates and recipients: Rethinking the false dichotomy between pharmacotherapy and surgical intervention
DOI:10.1097/LVT.0000000000000645 PMID: 40454867 -
Satishchandran A, Meade C, Waits SA, Barrett M, Schulman AR. Videogie, 2025 May 1; 10 (5): 263 - 266.Journal ArticleEUS-guided coloenterostomy for the management of afferent limb syndrome-induced pancreatitis in a patient with donor duodenojejunostomy
DOI:10.1016/j.vgie.2025.01.003 -
Pourak K, Zugris N, Palmon I, Monovoukas D, Waits S. Clinical Teacher, 2024 Oct 1; 21 (5):Journal ArticleInnovating medical education: Development of an affordable, 3-D printed knot-tying simulator
DOI:10.1111/tct.13770 PMID: 38686890
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