Dr. Jean C. Emond

Dr. Emond serves as Vice Chair of Surgery at Columbia University and directs abdominal organ transplantation at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia. His operative focus spans living-donor and deceased-donor liver transplantation, complex hepatobiliary resections, and pediatric liver surgery. Early in his career he helped perform North America’s first successful living-donor liver transplant in a child, an experience that shaped his ongoing commitment to donor safety and recipient outcomes.

 

Multidisciplinary research under his supervision evaluates graft allocation, small-for-size physiology, and machine perfusion for marginal organs, producing widely cited guidance on access metrics and organ utilization. Collaborative trials with immunologists investigate tailored immunosuppression to preserve renal function while maintaining graft survival, and results inform ongoing multicenter protocols listed on ClinicalTrials.gov. His editorial work in peer-review journals contextualizes emerging evidence on donor selection and split-liver techniques for both adult and pediatric recipients.

 

Academic duties extend to mentoring fellows in Columbia’s transplant-surgery program, where he teaches operative strategy, outcomes analysis, and ethical stewardship of scarce organs. He lectures internationally on equity in liver-transplant access and consults for health-policy groups seeking data-driven allocation models. Continuous interaction with surgical trainees and policy makers keeps his practice aligned with evolving standards, benefitting patients whose conditions demand coordinated, evidence-based care.