Maria B. Majella Doyle, MD, MBA, FRCS

Maria B. Majella Doyle, MD, MBA, FRCS

Mid-America Transplant/Department of Surgery Distinguished Endowed Chair in Abdominal Transplantation
Section of Transplant Surgery
Division of General Surgery
Director, Liver Transplant Program, Barnes-Jewish Hospital and St. Louis Children's Hospital
Director, Clinical Faculty Development
Executive Vice Chair, Department of Surgery

Specialties

  • Abdominal transplantation 
  • Hepatobiliary surgery 
  • Liver transplantation 
  • Removal of benign tumors 
  • Removal of malignant tumors 
  • Management of liver cancer – hepatocellular carcinoma 
  • Pediatric liver transplantation 
  • Adult liver transplantation 
  • Living kidney donation 
  • Cholangiocarcinoma management 

Call for patient appointments: 314-747-9889


Meet Dr. Doyle 

Dr. Maria B. Majella Doyle is the Mid-America Transplant/Department of Surgery Distinguished Endowed Chair in Abdominal Transplantation. She specializes in adult and pediatric transplantation procedures. 

She has expertise in treating hepatocellular carcinoma, pediatric liver transplantation, and living kidney donation. 

Dr. Doyle earned her medical degree and completed general surgery residency training at Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and completed a clinical research fellowship at National University of Ireland. Additionally, she completed a hepatobiliary, pancreatic and liver transplant surgery fellowship and an abdominal organ transplant fellowship at WashU Medicine. 

We truly have the most amazing job in the world, and thanks to the organ donors and their families, we can pass on this gift of life.

Dr. Doyle

Degrees

MB, BCh, BAO, LRCP & SI, Medical Degree
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
1996

Master of Business Administration
WashU Medicine, St. Louis, MO
2012

Masters
University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
2004

Residency

Irish General Surgical Training Program
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
2005

Fellowship

Clinical Research, Department of Academic Surgery
National University of Ireland, and Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland
2001

Hepatobiliary, Pancreatic and Liver Transplant Surgery Fellowship
WashU Medicine, St. Louis, MO
2006

Abdominal Organ Transplant
WashU Medicine, St. Louis, MO
2007


Research interests

Liver transplantation, pediatric liver transplantation, living donor transplantation, hepatobiliary surgery, gallbladder surgery, pancreatic surgery


Locations

Center for Advanced Medicine
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
4921 Parkview Place
St. Louis, MO 63110
Floor 12, Suite B
Fax: 314-362-4197
Appointments: 314-747-9889

Hospital affiliations

Barnes-Jewish Hospital 

St. Louis Children’s Hospital 


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Professional Memberships


  • Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
  • Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center
  • American College of Surgeons
  • American Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association
  • American Society of Transplant Surgeons
  • American Surgical Association
  • International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association
  • International Pediatric Transplant Association
  • Royal College of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland, Fellow
  • Society of Surgical Oncology
  • Southern Surgical Association
  • St. Louis Surgical Society
  • Western Surgical Association

Awards and Honors


  • Medal Winner for second place in Anatomy, Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, Ireland, 1992
  • Medal Winner for second place in Pharmacology, Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, Ireland, 1993
  • Member of winning team for R.C.S.I. in the Clinico-Pathological Competition, Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, Ireland, 1993
  • Health Research Board of Ireland Grant for research performed at The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology on cervical cancer, Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, Ireland, 1995
  • Lyons Medal for First Place in “Surgical Written” in Final Medical Year, Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, Ireland, 1996
  • McDonnell Medal for First Place in “Surgical Clinical Examination” in Final Medical Year. Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, Ireland, 1996
  • Winner of Best Presentation: Surgical Infection Society of North America (“Induction of Bacterial Lipoprotein Tolerance Protects Against Polymicrobial Sepsis”), Snowbird, Utah, 2001
  • Brad Aust Award for Best Paper, Western Surgical Association Meeting, Tucson Arizona, Nov 2011
  • Article Chosen for Cover of AJT: “A Novel Organ Donor Facility: A Decade of Experience with Liver Donors,” Feb 2014
  • Academic Women’s Network Clinician Educator Award for Outstanding Clinical and Educational Contributions by a WUSM Faculty, Washington University School of Medicine, April 28, 2014
  • Best Doctors in America, 2013-2018
  • Recipient of ACS/AHPBA $8,000 scholarship for the Executive Leadership Program in Health Policy and Management at Brandeis University, June 2018