Assistant Professor
Associate Vice Chair of Access & Engagement

Areas of Interest
liver transplantation, kidney transplantation, pediatric transplantation, live donor liver transplant, live donor kidney transplant, hepatobiliary surgery

Biography

Dr. Saulat Sheikh joined the UAB Department of Surgery in July 2020 as an Assistant Professor in the Division of Abdominal Transplantation. Dr. Sheikh attended medical school at the Aga Khan University in Karachi, Pakistan where she was conferred the "Best Graduate" award. She subsequently completed her General Surgery Residency at York Hospital, York, Pennsylvania. Dr. Sheikh graduated from the University of Alabama at Birmingham's Abdominal Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery Fellowship in 2020.

Her areas of interest include liver transplantation, kidney transplantation, pediatric transplantation, live donor liver transplant, live donor kidney transplant, and hepatobiliary surgery.

Societies and Membership

American College of Surgeons
American Society of Transplant Surgeons
Association of Academic Surgery

Education

Medical School
Aga Khan University Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan

Residency
Providence Hospital and Medical Centers, Southfield, Michigan
General Surgery
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso
General Surgery
York Hospital, York, Pennsylvania
General Surgery

Fellowship
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Abdominal Transplantation Surgery

Contact

Campus Address
FOT 756

Phone
Patient Appointments and Questions: 205-975-5691 (Liver Transplant & Tumor), 205-975-9200 (Kidney)
Academic Office: 205-996-4249 

Email
ssheikh@uabmc.edu