Education

• MD, Hahnemann University, Philadelphia, PA, 1981
• Internship and Residency, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1981-1987
• Transplantation Research Fellowship, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1984-1985
• Transplantation and Clinical Research Fellowship, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1987-1989

Clinical Specialties

Dr. D’Alessandro is certified by the American Board of Surgery in general surgery. His clinical specialties are liver, kidney and small bowel transplants and hepatobiliary surgery.

Dr. D'Alessandro provides a wide range of services including Intestine Transplant, Kidney Transplant, Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy, Liver Resection, Liver Transplant, Pediatric Liver Transplant, and Wedge Resection of the Liver.

Research Interests

Dr. D’Alessandro’s research interests include marketing and social networking efforts to increase awareness and rate of organ and tissue donation and implementation of donation after cardiac death policies.

Active Clinical Trials

• A 24-month Randomized Multicenter Study Evaluating Efficacy, Safety, Tolerability and Pharmacokinetics of Sotrastaurin and Tacrolimus vs. a Tacrolimus/Mycophenolate Mofetil-based Control Regimen in de Novo Liver Transplant Recipients
  Principal Investigator(s): Anthony M D'Alessandro, MD
  Status: Recruiting
  [ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT01128335]
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Recent Publications

• Treatment with sildenafil and treprostinil allows successful liver transplantation of patients with moderate to severe portopulmonary hypertension.
  Hollatz TJ, Musat A, Westphal S, Decker C, D'Alessandro AM, Keevil J, Zhanhai L, Runo JR
  Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2012 Feb 8.
  [PubMed ID: 22315210]
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• The impact of social, cognitive and attitudinal dimensions on college students' support for organ donation.
  D'Alessandro AM, Peltier JW, Dahl AJ
  Am. J. Transplant. 2012 Jan; 12(1):152-61.
  [PubMed ID: 21992480]
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• Donation after cardiac death: a 29-year experience.
  Bellingham JM, Santhanakrishnan C, Neidlinger N, Wai P, Kim J, Niederhaus S, Leverson GE, Fernandez LA, Foley DP, Mezrich JD, Odorico JS, Love RB, De Oliveira N, Sollinger HW, D'Alessandro AM
  Surgery 2011 Oct; 150(4):692-702.
  [PubMed ID: 22000181]
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• Luminex-based desensitization protocols: the University of Wisconsin initial experience.
  Niederhaus SV, Muth B, Lorentzen DF, Wai P, Pirsch JD, Samaniego-Picota M, Leverson GE, D'alessandro AM, Sollinger HW, Djamali A
  Transplantation 2011 Jul 15; 92(1):12-7.
  [PubMed ID: 21512428]
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• Simultaneous liver and kidney transplantation using donation after cardiac death donors: a brief report.
  LaMattina JC, Mezrich JD, Fernandez LA, D'Alessandro AM, Bellingham JM, Musat AI, Foley DP
  Liver Transpl. 2011 May; 17(5):591-5.
  [PubMed ID: 21506247, PMC ID: 3088423]
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