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Shane Ottmann, MD

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Shane Ottmann, MD

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  • Academic Title: Professor, Surgery
  • On Staff Since: December 2024

  • Biography

    Shane Ottmann, M.D., is professor of surgery at University of Washington Medical Center and will serve as the Surgical Director of the Liver Transplant Program and Living Donor Liver Program.  He joined the teams at UWMC and Seattle Children’s on January 1, 2025.

    Dr. Ottmann most recently practiced at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, leading the liver transplant programs there. Prior to that, he served as Chief of the Army-Navy Transplant Program at Walter Reed Military Medical Center and Transplant Consultant to the Army Surgeon General. 

    Dr. Ottmann received his undergraduate degree from William Jewell College and earned his medical degree from the University of Missouri. He completed his residency at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and his abdominal organ transplant fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a member of the American College of Surgeons and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons.

    Dr. Ottmann’s areas of clinical expertise include abdominal surgery, dialysis access, liver transplant, kidney transplant, pancreas transplant, live donor transplant, hepatobiliary surgery, laparoscopic and robotic surgery. Dr. Ottmann’s research interests include organ preservation, hepatocellular carcinoma, and the expansion of living donor transplant.

    Board Certification(s)

    Surgery (General Surgery)

    Clinical Interests

    Abdominal surgery, dialysis access, liver transplant, kidney transplant, pancreas transplant, live donor transplant, hepatobiliary surgery, laparoscopic and robotic surgery

    Research Description

    Organ preservation, hepatocellular carcinoma, and the expansion of living donor transplant.

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Seattle Children's - Transplant Services
4800 Sand Point Way NE
MB.9.420
Seattle, WA 98105
Tel: 206-987-1800

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