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Dr. (speaker recorded as) Gortz presented Deloche’s application under California Business and Professions Code section 2168.1, describing an academic and clinical background focused on vascularized composite allotransplantation. The presenter said Deloche earned his MD at the University of Paris in 2012, completed surgical residencies including plastic surgery, obtained a PhD, and worked in research fellowships with international leaders in composite allografts.

The presenter told the committee that Deloche participated in high-profile procedures in Paris, including work on a penile transplant and a facial retransplantation, and has an extensive publication record (67 papers cited during the presentation and additional publications in one year). The presentation emphasized Deloche’s focus on functionality after transplant, immunosuppression and organ perfusion techniques prior to transplantation.

No public comments were recorded on the presentation. The committee deliberated in closed session; upon return to open session, chair Jim Helser reported that the committee recommends approval of Deloche’s special faculty permit application. Helser said both recommendations will be forwarded to the full Medical Board of California for consideration at its May meeting.

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Dr. Sharon Lum, chair of the Department of Surgery at Loma Linda University, presented Chaddapati’s application under California Business and Professions Code section 2168.1, saying the hospital recruited him for his experience with living-donor liver transplants and for a role that would include clinical care, teaching and research.

Lum told the committee that Chaddapati trained in India and completed an American Society of Transplant Surgeons–approved multi-organ transplant fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania. Lum said Chaddapati has performed about 400 living-donor liver transplants as a primary surgeon and started a robotic living-donor hepatectomy program at his prior hospital. Lum said living-donor liver transplantation is much more common in parts of Asia than in the United States and that adding Chaddapati will expand access to donor livers and help train U.S. surgeons in the technique.

Committee members asked about Chaddapati’s U.S. training; Lum confirmed he completed the ASTS‑approved fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania and that he operated independently on kidney transplants and certain anastomoses during that fellowship. No public comments were made on the presentation.

After a closed‑session deliberation, committee chair Jim Helser reported the committee’s recommendation to approve the special faculty permit. Helser said the committee’s recommendations will be presented to the full Medical Board of California at its May meeting.

The committee’s recommendation is advisory to the full board; the transcript and meeting record show no final board action at this meeting.","The Medical Board of California special faculty permit review committee recommended approval of a special faculty permit for Dr. Somnath Chaddapati to join Loma Linda University Medical Center as surgical director of its living-donor liver transplant program; the committee will present the recommendation to the full board in May.","actionData","errors"]

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Committee recommends special faculty permit for Cedars‑Sinai applicant with composite allograft expertise

Medical board committee recommends special faculty permit for Loma Linda living-donor liver surgeon