
Dr. James B Piper MD
Transplant Surgeon
8503 Arlington Blvd Suite 200 Fairfax VA, 22031About
Dr. James Piper is a transplant surgeon practicing in Fairfax, VA. Dr. Piper specializes in organ transplants, and may perform surgeries involved with the transplant of organs such as the kidneys, liver, pancreas, intestines, heart, lungs, tracheal tissue and more. As a transplant surgeon, Dr. Piper performs long, complex surgeries that might take many hours to complete. Transplant surgeons remove the organ from the donor as well as transplant the organ in the recipient. Dr. Piper works with transplant physicians, nurses and surgical residents, and is responsible for and complications which may arise during or after surgery.
Education and Training
Univ Of Ia Coll Of Med- Iowa City Ia 1984
University of Ia Roy J & L Carver Com 1984
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 1984
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Organ allocation in the United States: where does it stand? Counterpoint.
- Complicated triple gallbladder: clinical presentation and surgical approach.
- Pediatric liver transplantation.
- Role of protocol biopsies in the treatment of refractory renal allograft rejection with FK 506.
- Living related liver transplantation.
Treatments
- Pancreatic Cancer
- Birth Defects
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Vascular Disease
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