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Henry

Specialty: General Surgery

Graduation Year: 1990

Henry Randall

Henry B. Randall, M.D. ’90, is a professor of surgery, division chief and surgical directors of liver & kidney transplantation; he is the Executive Director of the Center for Abdominal Transplantation for SSM Health | Saint Louis University Hospital, at the Saint Louis University School of Medicine.

Dr. Randall specializes in liver, kidney, and pancreas transplantation, he performs a number of and oncologic procedures of the liver and pancreas. His research interests include the use of artificial intelligence in medicine and Transplant Outcomes and T Regs in Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury. Dr. Randall has over 100 publications and book chapters to his credit and currently has over $1 M in grant funding supporting his research lab at SSM Health SLU Hospital.

He is board certified by the American Board of Surgery (ABS) and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS) and the American Board of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (ABAIM); he is a fellow of the American Society of Transplantation (FAST), the American College of Surgeons (FACS) and is a member of several surgical societies, e.g., Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO), American & International Hepatobiliary Associations (AHPBA and IHPBA).

Dr. Randall was elected as the inaugural Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Officer of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons; in 2025 he will become president of the ASTS, the organization’s first Black president in its 50-year history. Dr. Randall also obtained his MBA at the University of Missouri ‘2016 (Accounting & Finance & Business Development) while working full-time.

Dr. Randall, a native Detroiter, has held several national leadership positions with the United Network for Organ Sharing, a non-profit scientific and educational organization that administers the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network in the United States. He has served as chair of the Minority Affairs Committee, and principal investigator and co-principal investigator for numerous transplant grants. He mentors students, residents and faculty at Saint Louis University School of Medicine and around the country at many other institutions focusing on improving the advancement of the careers of Blacks in medicine.