HOONBAE JEON, MD, FACS

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF SURGERY; SURGICAL DIRECTOR, LIVER TRANSPLANT PROGRAM; DIRECTOR, TRANSPLANT SURGERY FELLOWSHIP

General Profile

Specialty:

Abdominal transplant surgery; hepatobiliary surgery

Appointments:

Attending Surgeon at University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System

Clinical Interests:

Abdominal Transplantation (liver, kidney and pancreas), Living Donor Liver Transplantation, Hepatobiliary Surgery

Languages Spoken:

English, Korean

Education

Medical Education:

College of Medicine Korea University, Seoul, Korea

Residency:

General Surgery, Korea University Medical Center, Seoul, Korea

Fellowship:

Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan, Seoul, Korea

Second Fellowship:

Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Certifications:

Foreign Board Certified in General Surgery by Korean Surgical Society and Ministry of Health and Welfare (Republic of Korea); ECFMG; USMLE Step III; National Medical Licensure of Korea; ASTS Certification of Transplant Fellowship

Publications, Awards, & Memberships

Awards:

• The Maurice F. Rabb, MD/Jose F. Pulido, MD Award (Teaching award selected by class of 2013) College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago
• Faculty teaching award, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky
• German Academic Exchange Service Scholar (Deutche Akademischer Austausch Dienst: DAAD) Department of Transplantation, Goettingen University – Professor Dr. med. Burckhard Ringe

Society Memberships:

• American Hepatopancreatobiliary Association
• Clinical Robotic Surgery Association
• Illinois Medical Association
• Warren H. Cole Society

Publications:

• 1Jeon H, Choi SY, Kim YC, Koo B: An Experimental study on the enhanced cytolytic effects of Natural Killer Cells by interleukin-2. Journal of Korean Surgical Society vol.45 no.3 pp.313-324. 1993
• Jung SI, Jeon H, Lee ES, Nam YS, Hwang CW: Profundoplasty for combined aortoiliac and superficial femoral occlusive lesion. Journal of Korean Surgical Society vol.47 no.4 pp.565-573. 1994
• Jeon H, Koo B, Chae Y: Relation between p53 overexpression and established prognostic factors in breast cancer. Journal of Korean Surgical Society vol.48 no.5 pp.648-660. 1995
• Lee SD, Jeon H, Mok YJ, Choi SY, Moon H, Koo B: Experiences of hepatic resection after preoperative transarterial chemoembolization in hepatocellular carcinoma. Journal of Korean Surgical Society vol.50 no.3 pp.395-401. 1996
• Kim C, Jeon H: Clinical experience of circumumbilical incision for infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis. Journal of Korean Association of Pediatric Surgeons vol.2 no.2. 1996
• Lee YJ, Lee SG, Park KM, Hwang S, Nam CW, Jeon H, Lee SG, Kim MH, Min PC: Two cases of advanced mucin producing pancreatic tumor. Korean Journal of HBP Surgery vol.1 no.1 pp.155-160. 1997
• Kim KM, Lee SG, Lee YJ, Park KM, Kim SC, Jeon H, Kwon SW, Han SH, Lee MG, Choi KT, Ha HS: Living related liver transplantation across ABO blood groups. Journal of Korean Society of Transplantation vol.11 no.1 pp.145-149. 1997
• Kim CS, Jeon H, Ryu JW, Kim KH, Koo BH: The effect of surgical manipulation on the bacterial translocation from the gut. Journal of Korean Surgical Society vol.52 no.6 pp.790-795. 1997
• Lee YJ, Lee SG, Jeon H, Park K, Nam CW, Hwang S, Min PC: Anormalous vessels encountered during hepatoduodenal and/or aortocaval lymph node dissection. Journal of Korean Surgical Society vol.53 no.1 pp.105-110. 1997
• Jeon H, Lee SG, Min PC: Experience of an en bloc resection of right lobe of liver, adrenal, kidney and infrahepatic vena cava with the aid of veno-venous bypass. Korean Journal of HBP Surgery vol.1 no.2 pp.171-177. 1997
• Hwang S, Lee SG, Lee YJ, Park KM, Jeon H, Kim PN, Min PC : Calculation of standard liver volume of Korean adult. Korean Journal of HBP Surgery vol.1 no.2 pp.59-65. 1997
• Jeon H, Cho YP, Lee SG, Lee YJ, Park KM, Choi KM, Hwang S, Min PC, Kim MH, Lee SG: Treatment of ampullary neoplasm, diagnosed as benign on preoperative endoscopic biopsy. Journal of Korean Surgical Society vol.53 no.2 pp.258-264. 1997
• Park KM, Lee SG, Lee YJ, Jeon H, Hwang S, Choi KM, Kwon TW, Nam CW, Kim KM, Lee MG, Sung KB, Han SH, Ko KS, Choi KT, You ES, Oh WI, Kim SC, Chung YH, Lee YS, Min PC : Major complications after orthotopic liver transplantations. Journal of Korean Surgical Society vol.53 no.3 pp.415-431. 1997
• Lee SG, Lee YJ, Park KM, Jeon H, Choi KM, Kim MH, Lee SG, Sung KB, Hwang S, Cho YP, Woo DH, Kim WY, Min PC: Fifty major liver resections for Klatskin tumor. Korean Journal of Gastroenterology vol.30 no.3 pp.369-378. 1997
• Lee YJ, Lee SG, Park KM, Jeon H, Nam CW, Hwang S, Min PC: Changing patterns in the serum amylase level and the serum lipase level following hepatic resection with Pringle’s maneuver. Journal of Korean Surgical Society vol.53 no.5 pp.714-719. 1997
• Hwang S, Lee SG, Park KM, Jeon H, Nam CW, Hwang S, Min PC: Significance of preoperative portal vein embolization of cirrhotic livers for major hepatectomy. Journal of Korean Surgical Society vol.53 no.5 pp.560-570. 1997
• Kim WY, Lee SG, Lee YJ, Park KM, Jeon H, Hwang S: Clinical experiences of hepatic resection for a ruptured hepatocellular carcinoma. Journal of Korean Surgical Society vol.53 no.6 pp.395-401. 1997
• Lee HK, Park KM, Jeon H, Lee YJ, Hwang S, Lee SG: The outcomes of curative surgery for primary duodenal malignancy. Journal of Korean Surgical Society vol.54 no.4 pp.531-535. 1997
• Kim KM, Lee SG, Lee YJ, Park KM, Kim SC, Jeon H, Yoo ES, Ko KS, Han SH, Lee MG, Choi KT, Ko JK, Moon HN: Living related donor liver transplantation in children: Indication and clinical outcome. Journal of Korean Pediatric Society vol.41 no.5 pp.622-632. 1998
• Lee SG, Lee YJ, Park KM, Jeon H, Hwang S, Lee KH, Lee RK, Lee JJ, Jung JH, Choi WY, Choi JW, Ahn CS, Ha TY, Jung HJ, Lee BC, Ko KH, Park SH, Choi KT, Lee YS, Chung YH, Suh DJ, Kim MH, Lee MH, Sung KB, Kim MK, Ha HS, PC Min : Adult-to-adult living donor liver transplantation. Journal of Korean Surgical Society vol.55 no.5 pp.719-725. 1998
• Song TJ, Jeon H, Yun JS, Choi SY: Splenic metastasis of lung cancer. Journal of Korean Surgical Society vol.55 no.5 pp.775-778. 1998
• Youm W, Yun IJ, Jeon H, Lee SY, Jung YS, Lim H, Moon C: Cavoatrial shunt for IVC obstruction by organized thrombosis. Korean Journal of Vascular Surgery vol.15 no.1 pp.153-158. 1999
• Lee SG, Hwang S, Park KM, Jeon H, Min PC : Regeneration of graft liver in adult-to-adult living donor liver transplantation using a left lobe graft. Journal of Korean Medical Science. vol.13 no.4 pp.350-354. 1998
• Jeon H, Lee SG, Lee YJ, Park KM, Hwang S, Kim PN, Min PC: Xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis. Korean Journal of HBP Surgery vol.3 no.2 pp.171-177. 1999
• Shim CS, Moon JH, Cho YD, Lee MS, Jeon H, Jin SY, Lee HK: Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of the ampulla of Vater. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy vol. 51 no.5 pp. 593-594. 2000
• Shim CS, Moon JH, Cho YD, Hong SJ, Kim JO, Cho JY, Lee MS, Jeon H, Hur KY, Jin SY: Argon plasma coagulation for the endoscopic treatment of a non-resectable Klatskin tumor: In vitro and in vivo study. Digestive Endoscopy. Vol. 12 no.2 pp. 141-146. 2000
• Jeon H, Ortiz JA, Manzarbeitia CY, Alvarez SC, Sutherland DER, Reich DJ: Combined liver and pancreas procurement from a controlled non-heart-beating donor with aberrant hepatic arterial anatomy. Transplantation vol. 74 no. 11 pp.1636-1638. 2002
• Yoshizumi T, Gondolesi GE, Bodian CA, Jeon H, Schwartz ME, Fishbein TM, Miller CM, Emre S: A simple new formula to assess liver weight. Transplantation Proceedings. Vol. 35 no. 4 pp.1415-1420. 2003
• Briceno PJ, Ortiz JA, Manzarbeitia CY, Jeon H, Munoz SJ, Rothstein KD, Araya VR, Gala I, Reich DJ : Liver transplantation using an organ donor With HELLP Syndrome. Transplantation vol. 77. No.1 pp. 137-139. 2004
• Manzarbeitia CY, Ortiz JA, Jeon H, Munoz SJ, Rothstein KD, Araya VR, Reich DJ : Long-term outcome of controlled, non-heart-beating donor liver transplantation.
• Johnston TD, Thacker LR, Jeon H, Lucas B, Ranjan D : Sensitivity of expanded-criteria donor kidneys to cold ischemia time. Clin Transplantation. Vol. 18:S12:28-32. 2004
• Lopez NM, Jeon H, Ranjan D, Johnston TD: Atypical etiology of massive gastrointestinal bleeding: arterio-enteric fistula following enteric drained pancreas transplant. Am Surg vol.;70. no.6 :529-32. 2004
• Ranjan D, Chen C, Johnston TD, Jeon H, Nagabhushan M: Curcumin inhibits mitogen stimulated lymphocyte proliferation, NF kappaB activation, and IL-2 signaling.J Surg Res. Vol. 121 no.2 pp.171-177.2004
• Ranjan D, Chen C, Johnston TD, Jeon H, Ibrahim, M, Drake J, Butterfield DA : Stimulation of Epstein-Barr virus- infected human B cell growth by physiological concentrations of 4-hydroxynonenal. Cell Biochem Funt vol. 24 no.2 pp.147-152 2005
• Jeon H, Johnston TD, Strup SE, Ibrahim M, Ranjan D: University of Kentucky experience of laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy using two different techniques. Int Surg vol.91 no.6 pp.332-335 2006
• Ranjan D, Schmonsky K, Johnston TD Jeon H, Bouneva I, Erway E. Financial analysis of potential donor management at a Medicare approved transplant Hospital. Am J Transplant vol. 6 no.1.pp.199-204 2006
• Sha SH, Johnston, TD, Jeon H, Ranjan D: Effect of Chronic Glucocorticoid Therapy and the Gender Difference on Bone Mineral Density in Liver Transplant Patients.J Surg Res vol135 no.2.pp. 238-241 2006
• McConathy K, Turner V, Johnston T, Jeon H, Bouneva I, Koch A, Clifford T, Ranjan D. Analysis of smoking patients referred for liver transplantation and its adverse impact of short-term outcomes. J Ky Med Assoc Jun: 105(6):261-6 2007
• Clifford T, Johnston T, Jeon H, Gedaly R, Ranjan D. A Pharmacoeconomic analysis of liver transplant charges. Progress in Transplantation, Vol 17, No. 4, December 2007
• Jeon H, McHugh P, Banerjee A, Gedaly R, Johnston T, Ranjan D. The use of Dacron graft for cavo-cavostomy in Orthotopic Liver Transplantation. Transplantation 2008 vol. 85 no. 4:651-653
• Gedaly G, Jeon H, Johnston T, McHugh P, Rowland R, Ranjan D. Surgical treatment of a rare primary renal carcinoid tumor with liver metastasis. World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2008, vol. 6 no. 41
• Jeon H, McHugh P, Gedaly R, Johnston T, Ranjan D, Pu L. Successful Management of Eviscerated Renal Allograft with Preservation of Function. Am J Trans 2008 vol. 8 no.5:1067-70
• Johnston T, Jeon H, Gedaly R, Ranjan R. Importance of local infection in hepatic artery pseudoaneurysms. Liver Transplantation 2008. vol. 14 no. 3:388
• Gedaly R, Clifford, TM, McHugh PP, Jeon H, Johnston, TD, Ranjan D. Prevalent immunosuppressive strategies in liver transplantation for hepatitis C: results of multi-center international survey. Transplant Int. 2008. May 21
• Chen C, Johnston TD, Jeon H, Gedaly R, McHugh P, Ranjan D. Cyclosporin A up-regulates and activates protein kinase C-zeta in EBV-infected and EBV-transformed human B-cells. J Surg Res. 2008 Apr 8.
• Jeon H, Ranjan D. The easiest way to improve the outcome of suboptimal liver graft. Liver Transplantation 2008 Jun;14(6):905; author reply 906-7
• McHugh P, Jeon H, Gedaly R, Johnston T, DePriest P, Ranjan D. Vaginal Varices with Massive Hemorrhage in a Patient with NASH and Portal Hypertension: Successful Treatment with Liver Transplantation. Liver Transplantation 2008 Oct; 14(10):1538-40.
• Chen C, Jeon H, Johnston, TD, Gedaly R, McHugh PP, Ranjan D. Cyclosporin A-induced lipid and protein oxidation in human B-cells and in Epstein-Barr virus-infected B-cells is prevented by antioxidants. J Invest Surg. 2008 Jul-Aug; 21(4):201-8.
• Gedaly R, McHugh PP, Johnston TD, Jeon H, Koch A, Clifford TM, Ranjan D. Predictors of relapse to alcohol and illicit drugs after liver transplantation for alcoholic liver disease. Transplantation. 2008 Oct 27; 86(8):1090-5.
• Chen C, Johnston TD, Jeon H, Gedaly, R, McHugh PP, Burke TG, Ranjan D. An in vitro study of liposomal curcumin: Stability, toxicity and biological activity in human lymphocytes and Epstein-Barr virus-transformed human B-cells. Int J Pharm. 2008 Sep 17.
• McHugh PP, Johnston TD, Gedaly R, Jeon H, Ranjan D. Seatbelt injury resulting in functional loss of a transplanted kidney. Prog Transplant. 2008 Sep;18(3):199-202.
• McHugh PP, Johnston TD, Gedaly R, Jeon H, Ranjan D. Successful open pulmonary embolectomy for acute massive pulmonary embolism in a recent kidney transplant recipient. Ann Transplant. 2008 13(3): 19-22
• Giulianotti P, Gorodner V, Sbrana F, Tzvetanov I, Jeon H, Bianco F, Kinzer K, Oberholzer J, Benedetti E. Robotic transabdominal kidney transplantation in a morbidly obese patient. Am J Transplant. 2010 10(6): 1478 – 1482
• Jeon H, Lee SG. Living donor liver transplantation. Curr Opin Organ Transplant. 2010 15(3): 283 – 287 Review.
• Krishnamoorthy V, Li J, Jeon H, Nicolau R. Use of an Inferior Epigastic Arterial Catheter in a Patient With Difficult Vascular Access. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2011 Jun 1. [Epub ahead of print] • Ghafari JL, Bhati C, John E, Tzvetanov IG, Testa G, Jeon H, Oberholzer J, Benedetti E. Long-term follow-up in adult living donors for combined liver/bowel transplant in pediatric recipients: A single center experience. Pediatr Transplant. 2011 Jun;15(4):425-9.
• Tzvetanov IG, Bhati CS, Jeon H, Glover AE, Oberholzer J, Benedetti E. Segmental intestinal autotransplantation after extensive enterectomy for removal of large intra-abdominal desmoid tumors of the mesentery root: Initial experience. Surgery. 2011 Oct 5.
• Jeon H, Bhati C, Tzvetanov I, Oberholzer J, Kinzer K, Benedetti E. Calibrated extra-anatomic hepatic arterial reconstruction in living donor liver transplantation. Transpl Int. 2012 Jan; 25(1):e16-8.
• Giulianotti P, Gorodner V, Sbrana F, Tzvetanov I, Jeon H, Bianco F, Kinzer K, Oberholzer J, Benedetti E. Robotic transabdominal kidney transplantation in a morbidly obese patient. Am J Transplant. 2010 Jun; 10(6):1478-82. Epub 2010 May 10.
• Ghafari J, Tzvetanov I, Spaggiari M, Jeon H, Oberholzer J, Benedetti E. The effect of small bowel living donation on donor lipid profile. Transpl Int. 2012 Jan;25(1):e19-20. Epub 2011 Oct 11.
• Giulianotti PC, Tzvetanov I, Jeon H, Bianco F, Spaggiari M, Oberholzer J, Benedetti E.Robot-assisted right lobe donor hepatectomy. Transpl Int. 2012 Jan; 25(1):e5-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2011.01373.x. Epub 2011 Oct 27.
• Sohn AJ, Jeon H, Ahn J. Primary care of the liver transplant recipient. Prim Care. 2011 Sep; 38(3):499-514; ix. Review.
• Tzvetanov I, Spaggiari M, Oberholzer J, Setty S, Stephenson A, Thielke J, West-Thielke P, Jeon H, Danielson KK, Kaplan B, Benedetti E. Cell population in Spleens during antibody-mediated rejection: pathologic and clinical findings. Transplantation. 2012 Aug 15; 94(3): 255-62. PubMed PMID: 22790386.
• Tzvetanov I, Spaggiari M, Jeon H, Bhati C, Hassan S, Joseph J, Heinrich L, Thielke J, Setty S, Oberholzer J, Benedetti E. Rescue Splenectomy in a Case of Humoral Rejection in ABO-Incompatible Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplantation. Transplantation. 2012 Jan 27; 93(2):e1-2.
• Tzvetanov I, Spaggiari M, Jeon H, Roca RG, Bhati C, Oberholzer J, Benedetti E. The role of splenectomy in the setting of refractory humoral rejection after kidney transplantation. Transplant Proc. 2012 Jun; 44(5):1254-8. PubMed PMID: 22663995.
• Wang Y, Mendoza-Elias JE, Qi M, Harvat TA, Ahn SJ, Lee D, Gutierrez D, Jeon H, Paushter D, Oberholzer J. Implication of mitochondrial cytoprotection in human islet isolation and transplantation. Biochem Res Int. 2012; 2012:395974. Epub 2012 May 7. PubMed PMID: 22611495: PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3352213.
• Lo JF, Wang Y, Blake A, Yu G, Harvat TA, Jeon H, Oberholzer J, Eddington DT. Islet precondition via multimodal microfluidic modulation of intermittent hypoxia. Anal Chem. 2012 Feb 21; 84(4):1987-93. Epub 2012 Feb1. PubMed PMID: 22296179; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3302975.
• Wang Y, Lee D, Zhang L, Jeon H, Mendoza-Elias JE, Harvat TA, Hassan SZ, Zhou A, Eddington DT, Oberholzer J. Systematic prevention of bubble formation and accumulation for long-term culture of pancreatic islet cells in microfluidic device. Biomed Microdevices. 2012 Apr; 14(2):419-26.
• Tzvetanov I, Spaggiari M, Joseph J, Jeon H, Thielke J, Oberholzer J, Benedetti E. The use of bortezomib as a rescue treatment for acute antibody-mediated rejection: report of three cases and review of literature. Transplant Proc. 2012 Dec; 44(10):2971-5
• Tzvetanov I, Spaggiari M, Jeon H, Garcia-Roca R, Osipova M, Oberholzer J, Benedetti E. Renal artery aneurysm in robotic donor nephrectomy: a case report. Exp Clin Transplant. 2012 Jun; 10(3):293-5. Erratum in: Exp Clin Transplant. 2012 Aug; 10(4):418.
• Darwish Murad S, Kim WR, Harnois DM, Douglas DD, Burton J, Kulik LM, Botha JF, Mezrich JD, Chapman WC, Schwartz JJ, Hong JC, Emond JC, Jeon H, Rosen CB, Gores GJ, Heimbach JK. Efficacy of neoadjuvant chemoradiation, followed by liver transplantation, for perihilar cholangiocarcinoma at 12 US centers. Gastroenterology. 2012 Jul;143(1):88-98.e3
• Yerlioglu E, Krishnamoorthy V, Jeon H, Gustin A, Nicolau-Raducu R. Patentforamen ovale and intracardiac thrombus identified by transesophagealechocardiography during liver transplantation. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2012Dec; 26(6):1069-73
• Casadaban L, Parvinian A, Tzvetanov IG, Jeon H, Oberholzer J, Benedetti E, Bui JT, Gaba RC. Unconventional Extrahepatic Neovascularization After Transplant Hepatic Artery Thrombosis: A Case Report. Transplant Proc. 2013 Jul 29. doi:pii: S0041-1345(13)
• Oberholzer J, Giulianotti P, Danielson KK, Spaggiari M, Bejarano-Pineda L, Bianco F, Tzvetanov I, Ayloo S, Jeon H, Garcia-Roca R, Thielke J, Tang I, Akkina S, Becker B, Kinzer K, Patel A, Benedetti E. Minimally invasive robotic kidney transplantation for obese patients previously denied access to transplantation. Am J Transplant. 2013 Mar; 13(3):721-8.
• Choudhury N, Khan AB, Tzvetanov I, Garcia-Roca R, Oberholzer J, Benedetti E, Jeon H. Cerebellar abscess caused by Listeria monocytogenes in a liver transplant patient. Transpl Infect Dis. 2013 Dec;15(6):E224-8.
• Tzvetanov I, Giulianotti PC, Bejarano-Pineda L, Jeon H, Garcia-Roca R, Bianco F, Oberholzer J, Benedetti E. Robotic-assisted kidney transplantation. Surg Clin North Am. 2013 Dec;93(6):1309-23
• Tzvetanov I, Bejarano-Pineda L, Giulianotti PC, Jeon H, Garcia-Roca R, Bianco F, Oberholzer J, Benedetti E. State of the art of robotic surgery in organ transplantation. World J Surg. 2013 Dec;37(12):2791-9.
• Choudhury N, Khan AB, Tzvetanov I, Garcia-Roca R, Oberholzer J, Benedetti E, Jeon H. Multiple Aspergillus Brain Abscesses after Liver Transplantation. Transplantation 2014 Jun 27;97(12):e72-e73
• Tzvetanov I, D’Amico G, Walczak D, Jeon H, Garcia-Roca R, Oberholzer J, Benedetti E. High Rate of Unemployment After Kidney Transplantation: Analysis of the United Network for Organ Sharing Database. Transplant Proc. 2014 May 14. pii: S0041-1345(14)00121-32014 May 14. pii: S0041-1345(14)00121-3
• Khan A, Park P, Oberholzer J, Tzvetanov I, Garcia Roca R, Gaba RC, Benedetti E, Jeon H. Concurrent hepatic artery and portal vein thrombosis after orthotopic liver transplantation with preserved allografts. Case Rep Transplant. 2014;2014:384295.

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ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF SURGERY; SURGICAL DIRECTOR, LIVER TRANSPLANT PROGRAM; DIRECTOR, TRANSPLANT SURGERY FELLOWSHIP

General Profile

Education

Publications, Awards, & Memberships

HOONBAE JEON, MD, FACS