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Dr. Stephan Busque, MD

Dr. Stephan Busque, MD

Stanford, CA

33 Years of Experience

Accepting patients

Affiliated with a Castle Connolly Top Hospital

    Who is Dr. Busque, Surgeon in Stanford, CA?

    Dr. Stephan Busque, MD is a Surgeon, who primarily practices in Stanford, CA with 1 additional practice location. He has been practicing for over 33 years and is board certified by the American Board of Surgery. Dr. Busque graduated from University Sakartvelo Faculty of Medicine and completed his residency at University of Montreal Affiliated Hospitals. Dr. Busque is fluent in English and French, and is currently seeing new patients. Dr. Busque’s practice accepts Kaiser Permanente, Medicaid, Medicare, UnitedHealthcare and other major insurance plans. To book an appointment or to confirm insurance options, please call Dr. Busque’s office at (425) 256-3737.

    Where did Dr. Busque go to medical school and complete their residency?

    • Fellowship: California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, CA | California Pacific Medical Center CA

    • Residency: University of Montreal Affiliated Hospitals | Montreal Children's Hospital

    • Medical School: University Sakartvelo Faculty of Medicine

    Is Dr. Busque board certified in Surgeon?

    Yes, Dr. Stephan Busque, MD is board certified by the American Board of Surgery , American Board of Surgery since 1996

    What languages does Dr. Busque speak?

    Dr. Busque and their clinical team can communicate with patients in the following languages:

    • English

    • French

    What conditions does Dr. Busque treat?

    As a Surgeon, Dr. Busque diagnoses, treats, and manages a wide range of conditions. This condition information is derived from anonymized insurance claims and highlights the medical conditions most commonly treated by Dr. Busque. It provides insight into the doctor’s areas of experience and expertise based on real-world patient encounters from the past two years, updated quarterly.

    Also known as:

    • Having a Kidney Transplant
    • Having a Pancreas Transplant
    • Kidney Transplantation
    • Kidney Transplant
    • Pancreas Transplantation
    • Renal transplant
    • Kidney replacement surgery
    • Post-kidney transplant
    • Pancreatic transplant
    • Pancreas replacement surgery
    • Post-pancreas transplant

    ICD-10 Codes:

    • Z940: Kidney transplant status
    • Z9483: Pancreas transplant status

    Also known as:

    • End-Stage Kidney Disease
    • End-Stage Kidney Disease from High Blood Pressure
    • Chronic Kidney Disease Stage 5
    • Chronic Kidney Disease
    • Kidney Failure
    • Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)
    • Helping Your Child Adapt to Life with Chronic Kidney Disease
    • High Blood Pressure
    • Mineral & Bone Disorder in Chronic Kidney Disease
    • ESRD
    • End-Stage Renal Failure
    • Hypertensive End-Stage Renal Disease
    • Kidney Failure due to High Blood Pressure
    • Stage 5 CKD from Hypertension
    • CKD Stage 5
    • End-Stage Renal Disease
    • CKD
    • Long-Term Kidney Disease

    ICD-10 Codes:

    • N186: End stage renal disease
    • I120: Hypertensive chronic kidney disease with stage 5 chronic kidney disease or end stage renal disease
    • N185: Chronic kidney disease, stage 5
    • N189: Chronic kidney disease, unspecified

    Also known as:

    • Other Organ Transplant Aftercare
    • Kidney Transplant Aftercare
    • Organ Transplantation
    • Kidney Transplantation
    • Post-organ transplant care
    • Organ transplant follow-up
    • Transplant recovery care
    • Post-kidney transplant care
    • Kidney transplant follow-up
    • Renal transplant recovery

    ICD-10 Codes:

    • Z48298: Encounter for aftercare following other organ transplant
    • Z4822: Encounter for aftercare following kidney transplant

    Also known as:

    • Other Long-Term Drug Therapy
    • Chronic medication use
    • Ongoing drug treatment
    • Extended drug therapy

    ICD-10 Codes:

    • Z79899: Other long term (current) drug therapy

    Also known as:

    • Type 2 Diabetes with Chronic Kidney Disease
    • Diabetes Type 2
    • Diabetic Kidney Problems
    • Type 2 diabetes
    • Diabetic Chronic Kidney Disease
    • Long-term Kidney Failure from Type 2 Diabetes
    • Type 2 Diabetes End-Stage Renal Disease

    ICD-10 Codes:

    • E1122: Type 2 diabetes mellitus with diabetic chronic kidney disease

    Also known as:

    • Other Pre-Procedure Examination
    • Various pre-op checks
    • Miscellaneous pre-surgery exams
    • Other pre-treatment assessments

    ICD-10 Codes:

    • Z01818: Encounter for other preprocedural examination

    Also known as:

    • Routine Adult Health Checkup
    • Health Checkup
    • Adult physical exam
    • Annual wellness visit for adults
    • General adult medical exam

    ICD-10 Codes:

    • Z0000: Encounter for general adult medical examination without abnormal findings

    Also known as:

    • Immune Deficiency
    • Immune System and Disorder
    • Weak Immune System
    • Immune System Disorder

    ICD-10 Codes:

    • D849: Immunodeficiency, unspecified

    Also known as:

    • Bone Marrow Transplant
    • Bone Marrow Transplantation
    • Stem Cell Transplant
    • Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant
    • Marrow Transplant

    ICD-10 Codes:

    • Z9481: Bone marrow transplant status

    Also known as:

    • Other Kidney Transplant Complication
    • Kidney Transplantation
    • Renal Transplant Problem
    • Kidney Graft Issue
    • Post-Kidney Transplant Problem

    ICD-10 Codes:

    • T8619: Other complication of kidney transplant

    Which procedures does Dr. Busque perform as a Surgeon?

    As a Surgeon, procedures performed by a Dr. Stephan Busque may include:

    For detailed information, please contact Dr. Busque's office.

    Does Dr. Busque accept my insurance?

    Dr. Busque accepts most major insurance plans. Important: Please call our office at (425) 256-3737 before your appointment to verify that your specific plan and network are accepted.

    What insurance plans does Dr. Busque accept in Stanford, CA?

    Dr. Busque in Stanford, CA accepts plans from many carriers. While this list is updated regularly, it is not a guarantee of coverage.

    Top Insurances

    • All Other Third Party

    • AllCare Health Plan

    • Blue Shield of California

    • Central California Alliance for Health

    • Department of Defense / Tricare

    • Medicaid

    • Medicare

    • OptumRx

    • State of California

    • Valley Health Plan

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    Where is Dr. Busque's office located?

    Dr. Stephan Busque's Primary Practice

    300 Pasteur Dr

    Stanford, CA 94305

    (425) 256-3737

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    Dr. Stephan Busque's Practice 2

    725 Welch Rd

    Palo Alto, CA 94304

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    Recognitions

    Publications

    Uniform Long-Term Graft Survival in a Clincial Trial of the Induction of Tolerance to Kidney

    Scandling, J., Busque, S., Shori, A., Dejbakhsh-Jones, S., Shizuru, J., 2013

    Evaluating Deceased Donor Registries: Identifying Predictive Factors of Donor Desigtion

    AMERICAN SURGEON, 2013

    Desensitization Combined With Paired Exchange Leads to Successful Transplantation

    TRANSPLANTATION PROCEEDINGS, 2013

    A preconditioning regimen with a PKC? activator improves islet graft function

    Cell transplantation

    Randomized Phase 2b Trial of Tofacitinib (CP-690,550) in De Novo Kidney Transplant Patients

    AMERICAN JOURL OF TRANSPLANTATION, 2012

    Chain Transplantation: Initial Experience of a Large Multicenter Program

    AMERICAN JOURL OF TRANSPLANTATION, 2012

    Incidental kidney stones: a single center experience with kidney donor selection

    CLINICAL TRANSPLANTATION, 2012

    Tolerance and Withdrawal of Immunosuppressive Drugs

    AMERICAN JOURL OF TRANSPLANTATION, 2012

    Validity of Surrogate Measures for Functiol Nephron Mass

    TRANSPLANTATION, 2011

    The PROMISE Study: A Phase 2b Multicenter Study of Voclosporin

    AMERICAN JOURL OF TRANSPLANTATION, 2011

    Induced Immune Tolerance for Kidney Transplantation

    NEW ENGLAND JOURL OF MEDICINE, 2011

    12-MONTH RESULTS OF TOFACITINIB (CP-690

    Vincenti, F., Silva, H. T., Busque, S., O'Connell, P., Friedewald, J.,, 2011

    Maging Finces of Shipping Living Donor Kidneys for Donor Exchanges

    AMERICAN JOURL OF TRANSPLANTATION, 2011

    Living donor evaluation and exclusion: the Stanford experience

    CLINICAL TRANSPLANTATION, 2011

    Changes in T Cell Subsets in 12 Patients Enrolled in a Tolerance Induction Protocol with Combined

    Dejbakhsh-Jones, S., Takahashi, K., Jensen, K. P., Busque, S., Scandli, 2011

    C1q-Fixing Human Leukocyte Antigen Antibodies Are Specific for Predicting Transplant Glomerulopathy

    TRANSPLANTATION, 2011

    Debate: PRO Position Formal Assessment of Donor Kidney Function Should Be Mandatory

    AMERICAN JOURL OF NEPHROLOGY, 2011

    Population Pharmacokinetic Alysis of Mycophenolic Acid Coadministered With Either Tasocitinib

    THERAPEUTIC DRUG MONITORING, 2010

    Effects of aging on glomerular function and number in living kidney donors

    KIDNEY INTERTIOL, 2010

    Imprecision of Creatinine-Based GFR Estimates in Uninephric Kidney Donors

    CLINICAL JOURL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY, 2010

    Gene Arrays May Predict Stable Clinical Kidney Tolerance

    Sarwal, M. M., Li, L., Hsieh, S., Lowsky, R., Busque, S., Scandling, J, 2010

    Factors Associated With Progression of Interstitial Fibrosis

    TRANSPLANTATION, 2009

    Asynchronous, Out-of-Sequence, Transcontinental Chain Kidney Transplantation: A Novel Concept

    AMERICAN JOURL OF TRANSPLANTATION, 2009

    Calcineurin-Inhibitor-Free Immunosuppression Based on the JAK Inhibitor CP-690,550

    AMERICAN JOURL OF TRANSPLANTATION, 2009

    Accounting for Donor Charges in Kidney Donor Chains.

    Melcher, M. L., Veale, J., Mast, D., Standridge, K., Goldberg, S., MOY, 2009

    Glomerular Function, Structure, and Number in Rel Allografts from Older Deceased Donors

    JOURL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY, 2009

    Gene Arrays May Predict Stable Clinical Tolerance and Support Safe Immunosuppression Withdrawal.

    Sarwal, M. M., Li, L., Hsieh, S., Lowsky, R., Busque, S., Scandling, J, 2009

    Glomerular function and number in ECD transplants

    Workeneh, B., Busque, S., Derby, G., Blouch, K., Myers, B., Tan, J., 2008

    Islet cell survival during isolation improved through protein kise C epsilon activation

    TRANSPLANTATION PROCEEDINGS, 2008

    Tolerance and chimerism after rel and hematopoietic-cell transplantation.

    New England jourl of medicine, 2008

    Lack of benefit of early protocol biopsies in rel transplant patients receiving TAC and MMF

    AMERICAN JOURL OF TRANSPLANTATION, 2007

    Once-daily tacrolimus extended release formulation

    TRANSPLANTATION, 2007

    Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt creation

    JOURL OF VASCULAR AND INTERVENTIOL RADIOLOGY, 2006

    Circulating growth hormone binding protein levels

    JOURL OF REL NUTRITION, 2006

    Validation of a screening protocol for identifying low-risk c

    CLINICAL TRANSPLANTATION, 2006

    Treatment of hepatic venous outflow obstruction after piggyback liver transplantation

    RADIOLOGY, 2005

    Conversion from cyclosporine microemulsion to tacrolimus

    JOURL OF HEART AND LUNG TRANSPLANTATION, 2005

    Conversion of stable liver transplant recipients from a twice-daily prograf

    TRANSPLANTATION PROCEEDINGS, 2005

    A prospective 3-yr evaluation of tacrolimus

    CLINICAL TRANSPLANTATION, 2005

    Preoperative rel volumes as a predictor of graft function in living donor transplantation

    AMERICAN JOURL OF KIDNEY DISEASES, 2004

    Effect of steroid avoidance on early graft function after kidney transplantation

    Roozrokh, H. C., Chen, L., Scandling, J. D., Momsen, A., Tan, J., Busq, 2004

    Pre-operative MRI kidney volumes as a predictor of graft function in living donor kidney

    Bhatt, A., Arjane, P., Busque, S., Tan, J. C., 2003

    Synergistic effects of RAD and Neoral in inhibition of host-vs.

    MICROSURGERY, 2003

    Low-dose tacrolimus, trough-monitored mycophenolate mofetil

    TRANSPLANTATION PROCEEDINGS, 2002

    Chest wall and liver resection for chondrosarcoma

    ANLS OF THORACIC SURGERY, 2002

    In vivo higher glucuronidation of mycophenolic acid in male than in female recipients of a

    THERAPEUTIC DRUG MONITORING, 2001

    Tacrolimus, MMF, steroid, and ALG immunotherapy for high immunological risk rel transplant

    Zaltzman, J., McAlister, V., Russell, D., Halloran, P., Landsberg, D.,, 2001

    Cadian multicentre trial of tacrolimus/azathioprine/steroids versus tacrolimus/mycophenolate

    Busque, S., Shoker, A., Landsberg, D., McAlister, V., Halloran, P., Sh, 2001

    Effect of intraoperative blood transfusion on patient outcome in hepatic transplantation

    ARCHIVES OF SURGERY, 1999

    [Hypertrichosis and gingival hypertrophy regression in rel transplants following the substitution

    Anles de chirurgie, 1999

    Mycophenolate mofetil's effect on accelerated heart allograft rejection

    TRANSPLANTATION PROCEEDINGS, 1998

    Conversion from neoral

    TRANSPLANTATION PROCEEDINGS, 1998

    Experience with the piggyback technique without caval occlusion

    TRANSPLANTATION, 1998

    Tacrolimus (FK506) and sirolimus (rapamycin) in combition are not antagonistic but produce extended

    TRANSPLANTATION, 1997

    Left hepaticogastrostomy for biliary obstruction: Long-term results

    RADIOLOGY, 1997

    Induction of long-term small bowel graft survival by low

    Chen, H., Xu, D., Qi, S., Busque, S., Tan, A., Daloze, P., 1997

    Intra-hepatic glutathione and oxidative stress in liver transplantation in the pig.

    ANLES DE CHIRURGIE, 1997

    Primary liver transplantation without transfusion of red blood cells

    Cacciarelli, T. V., Keeffe, E. B., Moore, D. H., BURNS, W., Chuljian, , 1996

    CYCLOSPORINE AND THE REVERSIBILITY OF CHRONIC VASCULAR REJECTION

    Guttmann, R. D., Forbes, R. D., Zheng, S., Busque, S., 1994

    PASSENGER LEUKOCYTE EFFECT NOT MEDIATED BY INTERSTITIAL DENDRITIC CELLS

    Guttmann, R. D., Forbes, R. D., Busque, S., Zheng, S., ALSAFFAR, M., C, 1993

    SIMULTANEOUS LIVER AND WHOLE PANCREAS HARVESTING IN THE MULTIORGAN CADAVERIC DONOR

    CADIAN JOURL OF SURGERY, 1990

    What is Dr. Busque's NPI number?An National Provider Identifier (NPI) is a unique ID number that identifies doctors and healthcare providers nationwide.

    Dr. Busque's National Provider Identifier (NPI) number is 1508891052.

    What common questions do patients ask about Dr. Busque?

    Here are answers to patients Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ’s) about Dr. Busque

    What is Dr. Stephan Busque's specialty?

    Dr. Busque is a Surgeon near Stanford, CA. General surgeons are experts in diagnosing and managing surgical conditions which includes preoperative, operative, and postoperative care, as well as addressing complications. Their expertise include the areas such as the alimentary tract, breast, abdomen, skin and soft tissue, endocrine system, head and neck, pediatric surgery, surgical critical care, surgical oncology, trauma, burns, and vascular surgery. General surgeons increasingly utilize minimally invasive and endoscopic techniques to provide proper care. In addition to this, many general surgeons have expertise in transplantation, plastic, and cardiothoracic surgery. Contact Dr. Busque to book an appointment today.

    Is this Dr. Stephan Busque affiliated with a ranked Castle Connolly Top Hospital?

    Yes, Dr. Busque is affiliated with Stanford Health Care - Stanford Hospital which is a Castle Connolly Top Hospital. Castle Connolly Top Hospitals are healthcare institutions recognized for their excellence in specific medical procedures and overall patient care. They are identified through a rigorous peer nomination process, evaluating factors like patient outcomes, quality of care, and expertise. The list recognizes hospitals that excel in 20 or more specific medical procedures, representing the top 25% nationwide. Castle Connolly Top Hospitals

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    Is Stephan Busque accepting new patients in Stanford, CA?

    Yes, Dr. Stephan Busque is accepting new patients at this time.

    Does Dr. Stephan Busque offer online booking?

    Please contact Dr. Busque's office at (425) 256-3737 for information about online booking, telehealth, or to schedule an appointment.

    How can I make an appointment with Stephan Busque?

    Please contact Dr. Busque's office at (425) 256-3737 for information regarding telehealth appointment availability or for scheduling assistance.

    Which board certifications does Dr. Stephan Busque have?

    Dr. Stephan Busque is certified by the American Board of Surgery.

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