Clinical Instructor
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Biography
Dr. Sergio Acuna Mancilla is a clinical instructor in the UAB Division of Transplantation.
Acuna Mancilla obtained his medical degree from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. He then completed his general surgery residency and Ph.D. in clinical epidemiology at the University of Toronto. He also completed additional postgraduate education at UAB as a fellow through the Division of Transplantation's Abdominal Transplant Surgery Fellowship.
Upon the completion of his fellowship, Dr. Acuna Mancilla began his role as a faculty member at UAB as a clinical instructor in December 2024.
Selected Publications
Gomez D, Stukel TA, Baxter NN, Acuna SA, Wilton AS, Treleaven D, Ordon M, Kim SJ. A Population-Based Analysis of the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Solid Organ Transplantation in Ontario, Canada: Policy Response and Changes in Volume and 90-Day Outcomes. Ann Surg Open. 2023 Jan 5;4(1):e230.
Ottolino-Perry K, Mealiea D, Sellers C, Acuna SA, Angarita FA, Okamoto L, Scollard D, Ginj M, Reilly R, McCart JA. Vaccinia virus and peptide-receptor radiotherapy synergize to improve treatment of peritoneal carcinomatosis. Mol Ther Oncolytics. 2023 Apr 10;29:44-58.
Gomez D, Acuna SA, Joseph Kim S, Nantais J, Santiago R, Calzavara A, Saskin R, Baxter NN. Incidence and Mortality of Emergency General Surgery Conditions Among Solid Organ Transplant Recipients in Ontario, Canada: A Population-based Analysis. Transplantation. 2022 Oct 17.
Acuna SA, Zhang W, Yoon PD, Ivanics T, Zhu MP, Claasen M, Zuckerman J, Ghanekar A, Cattral MS, Sapisochin G. Right Lobe Versus Left Lobe Living Donor Liver Transplantation: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Donor and Recipient Outcomes. Transplantation. 2022 Dec 1;106(12):2370-2378. Epub 2022 Jul 8.
Acuna SA, Dossa F, Chesney TR. Long-term Outcomes of Laparoscopic Lavage for Perforated Diverticulitis Remain Unfavorable. JAMA Surg. 2021 Jul 28.
Honors and Awards
Education
Medical School
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
Graduate School
University of Toronto
Ph.D., Clinical Epidemiology
Residency
University of Toronto
General Surgery
Fellowship
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Abdominal Transplant Surgery
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