Alan Zambeli-Ljepoviç, MD, MHS
Department of Surgery
Dr. Zambeli-Ljepoviç is a PRISE Center T32 postdoctoral fellow and general surgery resident at UCSF with interests in abdominal transplantation and global health. He earned a BS in biomedical engineering from Columbia University, as well as an MD and MHS (Master of Health Sciences) from Duke University. His research focuses on generating evidence to guide the safe and ethical expansion of kidney transplantation services in low- and middle-income countries. Dr. Zambeli-Ljepović is also a fellow of the National Clinician Scholars Program and the UCSF Center for Health Equity in Surgery and Anesthesia. Outside of his academic work, he is a founding member of the Buck Fellows Program, mentoring local high school students applying to college. Originally from Croatia, he speaks Serbo-Croatian and Spanish.