Dr. Juliet Emamaullee is a Professor of Surgery, Medicine, and Immunology at the University of Rochester School of Medicine. She is the Director of Transplant Research and the Vice Chair of Translational Research with the Department of Surgery. She also serves as an attending liver and kidney transplant surgeon.
Dr. Emamaullee completed her PhD and MD degrees at the University of Alberta, followed by residency training in general surgery at Emory University and an abdominal organ transplant/HPB surgery fellowship at the University of Alberta. She led a translational research lab at the University of Southern California for many years before transitioning into her new role in 2026.
She is a surgeon-scientist with an NIH-funded translational immunobiology lab, exploring immunological phenotypes associated with liver transplant recipients. Dr. Emamaullee’s areas of expertise include computational biology, Fontan-associated liver disease, and living donor liver transplantation.
Dr. Emamaullee holds leadership roles in several surgical societies including the American College of Surgeons, American Society of Transplant Surgeons, American Society of Transplantation, and Association for Academic Surgery. She serves as Chair of the North American Living Liver Donation Innovation Group. She has co-authored over 110 peer-reviewed publications, has received more than 50 awards, and has over $2 million in extramural funding including a National Cancer Institute K08 Award.
Honors
Faculty Mentoring Undergraduate Students Award, University of Southern California 2023
Basic Science Investigator Award, International Liver Transplant Society 2023
Rising Star in Transplant Surgery Award, American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2023
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons International Visiting Professorship, Association for Academic Surgery 2022
Clinical Science Career Development Award, American Society of Transplantation 2023
