Education

• MD, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, 1980
• Internship and Residency, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI, 1980-1983
• Research Fellow, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI, 1984-1985

Professional Activities

Dr. Pirsch serves on the editorial board of several national academic journals, including Transplantation and Graft.

Clinical Specialties

Dr. Pirsch is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine. He is the director of the Medical Transplant Service and specializes in new immunosuppressive drugs, pancreas transplantation, and medical complications of transplant recipients.

Research Interests

Dr. Pirsch has research interests in immunosuppressive therapy and the medical complications of transplantation.

Active Clinical Trials

• Ph3,DB/DD,Multi-Ctr,Pros,Rand Study-Efficacy and Safety of LCP-Tacro™ Tablets, QD, Compared to Prograf® Capsules,BID, in Combination With Mycophenolate Mofetil for Acute Allograft Rejection in De Novo Kidney Transplant
  Principal Investigator(s): John D Pirsch, MD
  Status: Active, not recruiting
  [ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT01187953]
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Recent Publications

• Serum β2-microglobulin at discharge predicts mortality and graft loss following kidney transplantation.
  Astor BC, Muth B, Kaufman DB, Pirsch JD, Michael Hofmann R, Djamali A
  Kidney Int. 2013 May 8.
  [PubMed ID: 23657143]
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• Increased C4d in post-reperfusion biopsies and increased donor specific antibodies at one-week post transplant are risk factors for acute rejection in mild to moderately sensitized kidney transplant recipients.
  Djamali A, Muth BL, Ellis TM, Mohamed M, Fernandez LA, Miller KM, Bellingham JM, Odorico JS, Mezrich JD, Pirsch JD, D'Alessandro TM, Vidyasagar V, Hofmann RM, Torrealba JR, Kaufman DB, Foley DP
  Kidney Int. 2013 Feb 27.
  [PubMed ID: 23447068]
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• Native kidney function following liver transplantation using calcineurin inhibitors: single-center analysis with 20 years of follow-up.
  Lamattina JC, Mezrich JD, Fernandez LA, D'Alessandro AM, Djamali A, Musat AI, Pirsch JD, Foley DP
  Clin Transplant 2013 Mar; 27(2):193-202.
  [PubMed ID: 23294013, PMC ID: 3622762]
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• Complications associated with liver transplantation in the obese recipient.
  LaMattina JC, Foley DP, Fernandez LA, Pirsch JD, Musat AI, D'Alessandro AM, Mezrich JD
  Clin Transplant 2012 Nov; 26(6):910-8.
  [PubMed ID: 22694047, PMC ID: 3518672]
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• Differential outcomes of expanded-criteria donor renal allografts according to recipient age.
  Mezrich JD, Pirsch JD, Fernandez LA, Foley DP, Bellingham JM, Odorico JS, Leverson GE, Munoz-Del-Rio A, Sollinger HW, Kaufman DB, D'Alessandro AM
  Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2012 Jul; 7(7):1163-71.
  [PubMed ID: 22653256, PMC ID: 3386667]
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