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John D. Pirsch, MD

Photograph of John D. Pirsch, MD

Affiliate Professor, Division of Transplantation
Professor, Department of Medicine

H4/772 Clinical Science Center
600 Highland Avenue
Madison, WI 53792-7375

Appointments: (608) 263-9531

Office: (608) 263-2527

FAX: (608) 262-6280

pirsch@surgery.wisc.edu

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

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.

Professional Activities

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

Recent Publications

  • Pirsch JD. Weight gain after kidney transplantation: weigh too much!, Transplantation. 2008 May 27;85(10):1387-8.
    [PubMed ID: 18497675]
  • Pascual J, Samaniego MD, Torrealba JR, Odorico JS, Djamali A, Becker YT, Voss B, Leverson GE, Knechtle SJ, Sollinger HW, Pirsch JD. Antibody-mediated rejection of the kidney after simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation., J. Am. Soc. Nephrol. 2008 Apr;19(4):812-24.
    [PubMed ID: 18235091]
  • Odorico JS, Voss B, Munoz Del Rio A, Leverson G, Becker YT, Pirsch JD, Hoffman RM, Sollinger HW. Kidney function after solitary pancreas transplantation., Transplant. Proc. 2008 Mar;40(2):513-5.
    [PubMed ID: 18374117]
  • Yagci G, Fernandez LA, Knechtle SJ, D'Alessandro AM, Chin LT, Musat AI, Lucey MR, Said A, Pirsch JD, Leverson G, Kalayoglu M. The impact of donor variables on the outcome of orthotopic liver transplantation for hepatitis C., Transplant. Proc. 2008 Jan-Feb;40(1):219-23.
    [PubMed ID: 18261591]
  • Pascual J, Mezrich JD, Djamali A, Leverson G, Chin LT, Torrealba J, Bloom D, Voss B, Becker BN, Knechtle SJ, Sollinger HW, Pirsch JD, Samaniego MD. Alemtuzumab induction and recurrence of glomerular disease after kidney transplantation., Transplantation. 2007 Jun 15;83(11):1429-34.
    [PubMed ID: 17565315]
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