Adeel S. Khan, MD, MPH, FACS
Professor of Surgery
Section of Transplant Surgery
Division of General Surgery
Section of Surgical Technology and Bioengineering
Division of Surgical Sciences
Director, Transplant
Director, Robotic Transplantation
- Phone: 314-747-9889
Specialties
- Adult transplantation
- Pediatric transplantation
- Robot assisted transplantation
- Liver surgery
- Pancreatic surgery
- Bile duct surgery
- Robot assisted HPB surgery
- Retroperitoneal tumors
- Sarcomas
- Gastric tumors
- Neuroendocrine tumors
- GIST tumors
Call for patient appointments: 314-747-9889
Meet Dr. Khan
Dr. Adeel Khan is a transplant surgeon specializing in minimally invasive and robotic transplantation surgery. In 2023, he performed the first robotic liver transplant in the US.
He has expertise in robotic transplantation procedures, adult and pediatric transplantations, and hepatopancreatobiliary surgery.
Dr. Khan earned his medical degree from Aga Khan University. He completed general surgery residency training at Brown University and a hepatic, pancreatic and biliary surgery fellowship at WashU Medicine in 2011, an abdominal transplant fellowship at Baylor University Medical Center, an advanced robotic HPB surgery fellowship at Carolina’s Medical Center, and an abdominal transplant surgery fellowship, again at WashU medicine in 2017.
Dr. Khan serves as director for the abdominal transplant fellowship at WashU Medicine.
Degrees
Medical Degree
The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
2002
Master of Public Health
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
2015
Residency
General Surgery Residency
Brown University, Providence, RI
2009
Fellowship
Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery Fellowship
WashU Medicine, St. Louis, MO
2011
Transplant Surgery Fellowship
Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX
2012
Abdominal Organ Transplant Fellowship
WashU Medicine, St. Louis, MO
2016
Minimally Invasive and Robotic Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery Fellowship
Carolina’s Medical Center, Charlotte, NC
2017
Living Donor Liver Transplantation Fellowship
Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea
2017
Research interests
Improving outcomes in hepatobiliary and transplant surgery
Social economic and racial disparities in organ transplantation
Locations
Center for Advanced Medicine
Gastrointestinal Center
4921 Parkview Place
St. Louis, MO 63110
Floor 12, Suite B
Fax: 877-438-4530
Appointments: 314-747-9889
Hospital affiliations
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Board certifications
- General Surgery
Dr. Khan in the news
- Dr. Adeel Khan wins 1st place in top global robotic surgery competition
- Dr. Adeel Khan KS Awards First Place Tribute, 2023
- Changing the playing field: Robotic surgery in transplantation
- 2022 Annual Report – Transplant Surgery
- Meet the pancreatic cancer team
- Ask the doctors: Adult liver transplant
- Disparities after surgery: Readmission from complications more common for people of color
- Telling the whole story: Measuring patient outcomes with composite length of stay