Ali Benjamin Abbasi, MD

Title(s)Resident, Surgery
SchoolSchool of Medicine
Address35 Medical Center Way, #001
San Francisco CA 94143
Phone415-476-1239
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    University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UKBA/MSci07/2015Physics
    University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UKMPhil08/2016Computational Biology
    University of Chicago, Chicago, ILMD07/2020Medicine

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    Ali B. Abbasi, MD MPhil MSci is a general surgery resident with the UCSF Department of Surgery. He previously attended the University of Cambridge, where he obtained a BA/MSci in Physics, an MPhil in Computational Biology, and rowed on the varsity crew team, winning the 2016 Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race. He completed medical school at the University of Chicago where he was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha honor medical society.

    Currently, Dr. Abbasi is a T32 Fellow in Surgical Oncology on placement at the US Food and Drug Administration, where he serves as senior policy advisor to Commissioner Robert Califf MD. In this role, Dr. Abbasi is focused on efforts to improve evidence generation and streamline clinical trials in the US health care system.

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    1. The Quality of Evidence Supporting Clinical Practice Guidelines in General Surgery: A Meta-Analysis. JAMA Surg. 2025 Feb 01; 160(2):226-227. Abbasi AB, Valderrama A, Decker HC, Bongiovanni T, Wick EC. PMID: 39565614; PMCID: PMC11579889.
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    2. A Unified Approach to Health Data Exchange: A Report From the US DHHS. JAMA. 2025 Jan 18. Abbasi AB, Layden J, Gordon W, Gregurick S, DeLew N, Grossman J, Bierman AS, Monarez S, Curtis LH, Viall AH, Rocca M, Rivera DR, Marston H, Mugge A, Smith SR, Bent K, Macrae J, Sheehy A, Wegrzyn RD, Valdez RB, Johnson C, Bush L, Blum J, Cohen MK, Bertagnolli MM, Califf RM, Tripathi M. PMID: 39826091.
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    3. Predicting Over-immunosuppression in Kidney Transplant Recipients: Steps Toward Precision Medicine. Transplantation. 2024 Dec 11. Zambeli-Ljepovic A, Abbasi AB, Altshuler PJ. PMID: 39665488.
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    4. Why Evidence Generation Should Matter to Payers-Reply. JAMA. 2024 Dec 10; 332(22):1947-1948. Abbasi AB, Curtis LH, Califf RM. PMID: 39541101.
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    5. Digital Health Technologies for Cardiometabolic Disease and Diabetes: A Perspective From the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2025 Feb 11; 85(5):528-535. Warraich HJ, Patrick-Lake B, Saha A, Rashid L, Pai V, Abbasi A, Diamond MC, Tazbaz T, Califf RM. PMID: 39641737.
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    6. Post-approval evidence generation: a shared responsibility for healthcare. Nat Med. 2024 Nov; 30(11):3046-3049. Abbasi A, Rivera D, Curtis LH, Califf RM. PMID: 39271845.
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    7. Accelerating evidence generation: Addressing critical challenges and charting a path forward. J Clin Transl Sci. 2024; 8(1):e184. Rim JG, Jackman JG, Hornik CP, Rutter JL, Warraich H, Wittes J, Fleisher L, Anderson BS, Krofah E, Kinter E, Locke T, Kehoe L, Abbasi A, Marston H, Meeker-O'Connell A, Weber W, Wang T, Hernandez AF, Landray M, Palmer SM. PMID: 39655038; PMCID: PMC11626582.
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    8. Long-term impact of immigration status on outcomes in pediatric kidney transplant recipients. Am J Transplant. 2025 Feb; 25(2):368-375. Nunez M, Abbasi A, McEnhill M, Brennan J, Shappell T, Kinnier S, Winnicki E, Stock P. PMID: 39278627.
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    9. Why Evidence Generation Should Matter to Payers and How They Can Help. JAMA. 2024 08 06; 332(5):412-417. Abbasi AB, Curtis LH, Fleisher LA, Califf RM. PMID: 38949829.
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    10. Why Should the FDA Focus on Pragmatic Clinical Research? JAMA. 2024 07 09; 332(2):103-104. Abbasi AB, Curtis LH, Califf RM. PMID: 38829729.
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    11. Modifier 22-Is It All Just a Catch-22? JAMA Surg. 2024 May 01; 159(5):570. Abbasi AB, Wick EC. PMID: 38506883.
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    12. Don't Ask Us to Stop Cycling: A Surgical Perspective. Ann Surg Open. 2024 Mar; 5(1):e380. Abbasi AB, Zambeli-Ljepovic A. PMID: 38883930; PMCID: PMC11175853.
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    13. Precision Oncology in Breast Cancer Surgery. Surg Oncol Clin N Am. 2024 Apr; 33(2):293-310. Abbasi AB, Wu V, Lang JE, Esserman LJ. PMID: 38401911.
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    14. Why some Patients Benefit from Participating in a Sham Surgery Trial. Ann Surg. 2024 Apr 01; 279(4):577-582. Abbasi AB, Cifu AS. PMID: 37870249.
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    15. Hidden hazards and screening policy: Predicting undetected lead exposure in Illinois. J Health Econ. 2023 07; 90:102783. Abbasi A, DiTraglia FJ, Gazze L, Pals B. PMID: 37413713.
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    16. Tracheal Reconstruction Using Endotracheal Stent and Pectoralis Major Muscle Flap. Ann Thorac Surg Short Rep. 2023 Mar; 1(1):118-120. Abbasi AB, Alcon A, Patel A, Gesthalter Y, Hoffman W, Kratz J. PMID: 39790512; PMCID: PMC11708533.
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    17. The Reversal of a "Reversible" Procedure. Am J Surg. 2022 01; 223(1):216-217. Abbasi AB, Cifu AS. PMID: 34412899.
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    18. Reconstruction Using Endotracheal Stent and Pectoralis Major Muscle Flap. Annals of Thoracic Surgery Short Reports. 2021; 1(1):118-120. Ali B. Abbasi, MD Andre Alcon, MD Alap Patel, MD Yaron Gesthalter, MD William Hoffman, MD Johannes Kratz, MD. View Publication.
    19. Predictors of Opioid Prescription After Orthognathic Surgery in Opioid Naive Adults From a Large Database. J Craniofac Surg. 2021 May 01; 32(3):978-982. Pakvasa M, Abbasi A, Boachie-Mensah M, Chattha A, Reid RR. PMID: 33496521.
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    20. Association of a New Trauma Center With Racial, Ethnic, and Socioeconomic Disparities in Access to Trauma Care. JAMA Surgery. 2020. Abbasi AB, Dumanian J, Okum S, Nwaudo D, Lee D, Prakash P, Bendix P. View Publication.
    21. Policy Changes and Child Blood Lead Levels by Age 2 Years for Children Born in Illinois, 2001-2014. Am J Public Health. 2020 05; 110(5):734-740. Abbasi A, Pals B, Gazze L. PMID: 32191520; PMCID: PMC7144441.
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    22. Opioid Prescribing Patterns Before Fatal Opioid Overdose. Am J Prev Med. 2020 02; 58(2):250-253. Abbasi AB, Salisbury-Afshar E, Berberet CE, Layden JE, Pho MT. PMID: 31959322; PMCID: PMC6986381.
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    23. Mutational load causes stochastic evolutionary outcomes in acute RNA viral infection. Virus Evol. 2019 Jan; 5(1):vez008. Zhao L, Abbasi AB, Illingworth CJR. PMID: 31024738; PMCID: PMC6476161.
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    24. Clinical and Radiological Outcomes of Oblique Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion. Cureus. 2019 Feb 07; 11(2):e4029. Abbasi A, Khaghany K, Orandi V, Abbasi H. PMID: 31007987; PMCID: PMC6453614.
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    25. Health Care Utilization of Opioid Overdose Decedents with No Opioid Analgesic Prescription History. J Urban Health. 2019 02; 96(1):38-48. Abbasi AB, Salisbury-Afshar E, Jovanov D, Berberet C, Arunkumar P, Aks SE, Layden JE, Pho MT. PMID: 30607879; PMCID: PMC6391294.
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    26. Minimally Invasive Scoliosis Surgery with Oblique Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion: Single Surgeon Feasibility Study. Cureus. 2017 Jun 25; 9(6):e1389. Abbasi H, Miller L, Abbasi A, Orandi V, Khaghany K. PMID: 28775929; PMCID: PMC5526703.
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    27. Oblique Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion (OLLIF): Technical Notes and Early Results of a Single Surgeon Comparative Study. Cureus. 2015 Oct 15; 7(10):e351. Abbasi H, Abbasi A. PMID: 26623206; PMCID: PMC4652919.
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