Mark Sturdevant, MD, is the Chief of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery and Abdominal Organ Transplantation at Keck Medicine of USC. His interests lie in adult and pediatric liver transplantation with a particular focus in living donor and split liver transplantation as well as complex hepatobiliary procedures. Dr. Sturdevant believes in using minimally invasive techniques whenever possible to offer his patients faster recoveries and a reduced risk of complications.
In addition to complex hepatobiliary surgery, Dr. Sturdevant has experience in the resection of abdominal tumors involving the hepatic hilum and inferior vena cava, liver resections requiring vascular reconstructions, and bile duct resections and reconstructions. He also performs both kidney and pancreas transplants, live donor nephrectomy, and general surgical procedures particular to those with end–stage liver (including portal decompression procedures) and kidney disease.
Born and raised in Sioux City, Iowa, Dr. Sturdevant stayed close to home to complete his bachelor ’s degree in biology, his medical degree, and a one–year student fellowship in surgical pathology at the University of Iowa. His general surgery training was completed at the Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte and his transplant training started with an abdominal transplant fellowship at the University of Minnesota. He has since held faculty positions at The Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, the University of Pittsburgh, the King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and the University of Washington.
Dr. Sturdevant helped build the living-donor liver transplant program at King Faisal Specialist Hospital into the third-largest program in the world and one of the highest-volume pediatric liver transplant programs in the world. He created a new living-donor liver transplant at the University of Washington and rapidly built it into one of the top 5 national living-donor programs. He also started a liver transplantation program for colorectal liver metastases and did pioneering utilizing liver transplantation to facilitate heart transplantation in those with a sensitized immune system. He looks forward to building Keck Medicine of USC’s thriving liver transplantation program even further.
Dr. Sturdevant and his wife Mahan and daughter Aspen Rose are excited to be joining the Trojan family.
I am here to serve the patient, full stop. It is my responsibility to listen intently to the ailing patient and to exhaust all resources in elucidating their problem. The next step is one of partnership: The patient and I formulate the best theraputic approach possible within the framework of their priorities, wishes, and goals.
Liver transplantation in adults and children
Living-donor liver transplantation
Transplant oncology
Complex hepato- pancreato- and biliary surgery
Pancreas transplantation
Minimally invasive liver surgery
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