- Fellowship: Wexner Medical Center at The Ohio State University (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 )
- Residency: Wexner Medical Center at The Ohio State University (General Surgery)
- Medical Degree: Univesity of Michigan
- Bachelor's Degree: Case Western Reserve University (Chemistry and Dance)
- Associate's Degree: Cuyahoga Community College
American Board of Surgery (Certification Date: 2017-11-14)
Surgery-Transplant
- Medical Sciences Building
- Office 513-558-6001
- Email sagesila@ucmail.uc.edu
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
Peer Reviewed Publications
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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, ,