Luis A. Fernandez, MD

Assistant Professor of Transplantation H4/782 Clinical Science Center 600 Highland Avenue Madison, WI 53792-7375 Appointments: (608) 263-9531 Office: (608) 263-9903 FAX: (608) 263-7652 Dr. Fernandez's Laboratory Web site luisf@surgery.wisc.edu

Education

• MD, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Jose Maria Vargas School of Medinice, Caracas, Venezuela, 1981-1987
• Fellowship, Transplant Surgery, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI, 2000-2003
• Chief Resident, General Surgery, University of Miami Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL, 1999-2000
• Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Miami Diabetes Research Institute, Miami, FL, 1995-1997
• Residency, General Surgery, University of Miami Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL, 1993-2000

Clinical Specialties

Dr. Fernandez is certified by the American Board of Surgery. He specializes in pancreas, liver, islet cell, and renal transplantation.

Research Interests

Dr. Fernandez's research interests include pancreas, liver, islet cell, and renal transplantation.

Active Grants

• Multi-Parametric Characterization of Human Islets: Predictor of Islet Quality, Potency and Function Prior to Transplantation

Recent Publications

• Neidlinger NA, Odorico JS, Sollinger HW, Fernandez LA. Can 'extreme' pancreas donors expand the donor pool?, Current opinion in organ transplantation. 2008 Feb;13(1):67-71.
  [PubMed ID: 18660709]
• 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]
• D'Alessandro AM, Knechtle SJ, Chin LT, Fernandez LA, Yagci G, Leverson G, Kalayoglu M. Liver transplantation in pediatric patients: twenty years of experience at the University of Wisconsin., Pediatric transplantation. 2007 Sep;11(6):661-70.
  [PubMed ID: 17663691]
• Couto FM, Minn AH, Pise-Masison CA, Radonovich M, Brady JN, Hanson M, Fernandez LA, Wang P, Kendziorski C, Shalev A. Exenatide blocks JAK1-STAT1 in pancreatic beta cells., Metab. Clin. Exp. 2007 Jul;56(7):915-8.
  [PubMed ID: 17570252]
• Armann B, Hanson MS, Hatch E, Steffen A, Fernandez LA. Quantification of basal and stimulated ROS levels as predictors of islet potency and function., Am. J. Transplant. 2007 Jan;7(1):38-47.
  [PubMed ID: 17227556]
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