Dr. Englesbe received his undergraduate degree at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut in 1993. He went on to obtain his medical degree in 1997 from the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and completed his general surgery residency at the University of Michigan Health System in 2004. From 2000 to 2002, Dr. Englesbe did a surgical research post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle, Washington. Dr. Englesbe completed a two-year fellowship in multi-organ transplantation surgery at the University of Michigan in June of 2006. He now serves as the Cyrenus G. Darling Sr. & Cyrenus G. Darling Jr. Professor of Surgery.
Dr. Englesbe performs both kidney and liver transplantation. His primary clinical focus is pediatric liver transplantation. He started the multi-disciplinary pediatric portal hypertension clinic and has significant expertise in the management of portal hypertension and portal vein thrombosis in children and adults. He also does surgery for living kidney donation and dialysis access.
Dr. Englesbe is very involved in medical student education. He is the director of the 3rd and 4th year medical school curriculum at Michigan. He runs several research programs for students and mentors many students and residents.
Dr. Englesbe’s active research group focuses on improving the value of surgical care. Key topics of interest include frailty, prehabilitation, opioid use, patient regret, patient reported outcomes and surgical appropriateness. His work is funded by the National Institute of Health, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, the Substance Use and Mental Health Administration, Center for Disease Control, and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan.
Dr. Englesbe aspires to make Michigan the best place for patients to receive surgical care in the United States.