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Dr. Ryutaro Hirose, MD

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Specializes in: Transplant Surgery and General Practice

Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons (1989)

Professional interests include: kidney transplant, liver transplant

4800 Sand Point Way Ne Mb.9. 420
Seattle, WA 98105

(206) 987-1800

Dr. Ryutaro Hirose, MD is a transplant surgeon in San Francisco, CA specializing in transplant surgery and general practice. He graduated from Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1989 and has 37 years of experience. Dr. Ryutaro Hirose, MD is affiliated with Seattle Children's, Kidney Transplant Center and THE ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY PHYSICIANS.

Office Locations

1825 4th Street Floor 4
San Francisco, CA 94143

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400 Parnassus Avenue Seventh Floor
San Francisco, CA 94143

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1825 Fourth Street Sixth Floor
San Francisco, CA 94158

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Seattle Children's

4800 Sand Point Way Ne Mb.9. 420
Seattle, WA 98105

(206) 987-1800

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In The News (see more mentions in the news)

“It should be 85 to 95% automatic," said University of California at San Francisco surgery vice chair Ryutaro Hirose, a former chair of the UNOS liver transplant policy committee. "”—"Thousands of lives depend on a transplant network in need of 'vast restructuring'", Indianapolis Business Journal, July 2022

“said UCSF's Dr. Ryutaro Hirose.”—"2 siblings get 2 kidney transplants in less than 24 hours at UCSF", ABC7 News, April 2022

“The same surgeon at UCSF, Dr. Ryutaro Hirose, would end up performing both siblings' surgeries one day apart on April 9 and 10.”—"Young East Bay siblings with rare disease undergo kidney transplants hours apart", Mercury News, April 2022

Noteworthy Medicare Patient Procedures Performed by Dr. Ryutaro Hirose, MD in 2023

Click on any procedure below to see further details on volume and pricing among Medicare patients.

Top 5%

By Volume:

kidney transplant

In 2023, Dr. Ryutaro Hirose, MD performed more kidney transplant procedures for Medicare patients than 95% of providers in related specialties within California.

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2012 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Ryutaro Hirose, MD treated as a transplant surgeon in San Francisco, CA during 2012 were hospital care, inpatient care, transplant procedures and abdominal surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Ryutaro Hirose, MD for Medicare patients.

abdominal surgery	20
hospital care	51
inpatient care	51
transplant procedures	20
urologic procedures	20

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2013 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Ryutaro Hirose, MD treated as a transplant surgeon in San Francisco, CA during 2013 were hospital care, inpatient care, transplant procedures and abdominal surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Ryutaro Hirose, MD for Medicare patients.

abdominal surgery	18
doctor visit	16
hospital care	27
inpatient care	27
transplant procedures	18
urologic procedures	18

2013 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ryutaro Hirose, MD.

**Gender**
Male	56
Female	36

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	34
Black	0
Hispanic	27
Asian	19
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	0
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	55

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ryutaro Hirose, MD in 2013

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	46
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	45
Depression	33
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	30
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	13
Diabetes	58
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2014 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Ryutaro Hirose, MD treated as a transplant surgeon in San Francisco, CA during 2014 were transplant procedures, abdominal surgery and urologic procedures.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Ryutaro Hirose, MD for Medicare patients.

abdominal surgery	18
doctor visit	46
transplant procedures	18
urologic procedures	18

2014 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ryutaro Hirose, MD.

**Gender**
Male	54
Female	35

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	29
Black	0
Hispanic	29
Asian	17
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	0
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	44

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ryutaro Hirose, MD in 2014

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	51
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	45
Depression	19
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	15
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	31
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	47
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2015 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Ryutaro Hirose, MD treated as a transplant surgeon in San Francisco, CA during 2015 were transplant procedures, abdominal surgery, urologic procedures and hospital care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Ryutaro Hirose, MD for Medicare patients.

abdominal surgery	22
doctor visit	24
hospital care	13
inpatient care	13
transplant procedures	22
urologic procedures	22

2015 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ryutaro Hirose, MD.

**Gender**
Male	112
Female	70

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	72
Black	28
Hispanic	44
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	0
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	108

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ryutaro Hirose, MD in 2015

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	36
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	42
Depression	38
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	12
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	27
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	46
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2016 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Ryutaro Hirose, MD treated as a transplant surgeon in San Francisco, CA during 2016 were transplant procedures, abdominal surgery and urologic procedures.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Ryutaro Hirose, MD for Medicare patients.

abdominal surgery	15
doctor visit	20
transplant procedures	15
urologic procedures	15

2016 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ryutaro Hirose, MD.

**Gender**
Male	54
Female	22

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	36
Black	0
Hispanic	19
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	0
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	38

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ryutaro Hirose, MD in 2016

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	50
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	36
Depression	22
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	25
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	55
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2017 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Ryutaro Hirose, MD treated as a transplant surgeon in San Francisco, CA during 2017 were transplant procedures, abdominal surgery and urologic procedures.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Ryutaro Hirose, MD for Medicare patients.

abdominal surgery	11
doctor visit	15
transplant procedures	11
urologic procedures	11

2017 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ryutaro Hirose, MD.

**Gender**
Male	37
Female	29

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	25
Black	0
Hispanic	19
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	0
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	37

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ryutaro Hirose, MD in 2017

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	47
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	29
Depression	35
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	45
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2018 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Ryutaro Hirose, MD treated as a transplant surgeon in San Francisco, CA during 2018 were hospital care, inpatient care, transplant procedures and abdominal surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Ryutaro Hirose, MD for Medicare patients.

abdominal surgery	27
hospital care	30
inpatient care	30
transplant procedures	27
urologic procedures	27

2018 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ryutaro Hirose, MD.

**Gender**
Male	48
Female	32

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	27
Black	0
Hispanic	28
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	0
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	48

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ryutaro Hirose, MD in 2018

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	55
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	53
Depression	24
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	15
Heart Failure	20
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	58
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2019 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Ryutaro Hirose, MD treated as a transplant surgeon in San Francisco, CA during 2019 were transplant procedures, abdominal surgery, urologic procedures and hospital care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Ryutaro Hirose, MD for Medicare patients.

abdominal surgery	19
doctor visit	13
hospital care	15
inpatient care	15
transplant procedures	19
urologic procedures	19

2019 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ryutaro Hirose, MD.

**Gender**
Male	40
Female	27

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	29
Black	0
Hispanic	26
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	0
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	33

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ryutaro Hirose, MD in 2019

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	52
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	51
Depression	33
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	40
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	58
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2020 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Ryutaro Hirose, MD treated as a transplant surgeon in San Francisco, CA during 2020 were hospital care, inpatient care, transplant procedures and abdominal surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Ryutaro Hirose, MD for Medicare patients.

abdominal surgery	25
hospital care	42
inpatient care	42
transplant procedures	25
urologic procedures	25

2020 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ryutaro Hirose, MD.

**Gender**
Male	49
Female	33

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	24
Black	0
Hispanic	36
Asian	11
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	0
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	49

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ryutaro Hirose, MD in 2020

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	61
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	52
Depression	22
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	13
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	13
Heart Failure	27
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	62
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2021 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Ryutaro Hirose, MD treated as a transplant surgeon in San Francisco, CA during 2021 were hospital care, inpatient care, transplant procedures and abdominal surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Ryutaro Hirose, MD for Medicare patients.

abdominal surgery	15
doctor visit	13
hospital care	18
inpatient care	18
transplant procedures	15
urologic procedures	15

2021 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ryutaro Hirose, MD.

**Gender**
Male	47
Female	18

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	27
Black	0
Hispanic	20
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	0
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	33

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ryutaro Hirose, MD in 2021

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	69
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	51
Depression	25
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	25
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	54
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2022 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Ryutaro Hirose, MD treated as a transplant surgeon in San Francisco, CA during 2022 were transplant procedures, abdominal surgery and urologic procedures.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Ryutaro Hirose, MD for Medicare patients.

abdominal surgery	24
doctor visit	30
transplant procedures	24
urologic procedures	24

2022 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ryutaro Hirose, MD.

**Gender**
Male	43
Female	30

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	22
Black	0
Hispanic	28
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	0
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	37

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ryutaro Hirose, MD in 2022

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	66
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	38
Depression	26
Chronic Kidney Disease	66
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	16
Atrial Fibrilation	18
Heart Failure	30
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	55
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2012 - 2022

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Ryutaro Hirose, MD for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Dr. Ryutaro Hirose, MD treated as a transplant surgeon in San Francisco, CA were hospital care, inpatient care, transplant procedures and abdominal surgery.

abdominal surgery	19
doctor visit	22
hospital care	28
inpatient care	28
transplant procedures	19
urologic procedures	19

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2012 - 2022

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ryutaro Hirose, MD.

**Gender**
Male	49
Female	30

**Ethnicity**
Black / African American	2
Asian / Pacific Islander	4
Non-Hispanic White	29
Native American / Alaskan Native	0
Hispanic	25
Other	0

**Age**
75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	43
65 to 74	0

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ryutaro Hirose, MD From 2012 - 2022

The highest averages of the most common conditions of Medicare patients that Dr. Ryutaro Hirose, MD treated were hypertension, chronic kidney disease, diabetes and high cholesterol.

Hypertension	68
High Cholesterol	48
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	40
Depression	25
Chronic Kidney Disease	67
Asthma	2
Osteoporosis	2
Heart Failure	23
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	1
Diabetes	48
Atrial Fibrillation	4
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Education & Training

Dr. Ryutaro Hirose, MD graduated from Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1989. He completed residency at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Affiliated Hospitals. He is certified by the American Board of Surgery and has a state license in Washington.

Medical School: Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons (1989)

Residency: University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Affiliated Hospitals

Board Certification: American Board of Surgery

Licensed In: Washington

Affiliations & Hospitals

Dr. Ryutaro Hirose, MD is associated with these hospitals and organizations:

Seattle Children's

Kidney Transplant Center

THE ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY PHYSICIANS

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General Payments

These charts describe general payments received by Dr. Ryutaro Hirose, MD. Doctors may receive payments for a number of reasons, including meal compensation, travel compensation, and consulting.

**Payments by Company**
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation	$1,279 ZORTRESS $1,133	NON BRAND $109	AFINITOR $37
Applied Medical Resources Corporation	$343 SIMSEI LAPAROSCOPIC TRAINER $343

**Types of Payments**
Food and Beverage	$1,306
Travel and Lodging	$316

Biography

Dr. Ryutaro Hirose's areas of specialization are general practice and transplant surgery. His clinical interests encompass kidney transplant and liver transplant. He is professionally affiliated with Seattle Children's. Dr. Hirose's practice in San Francisco, CA is open to new patients as reported by Doctor.com. Dr. Hirose attended Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons for medical school and subsequently trained at a hospital affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) for residency.