Anthony M D'Alessandro, MD
Professor
- Endowed Professor, Mark A. Fischer Professorship in Transplantation
- Section of Liver and Kidney Surgery
- Division of Transplantation
adalessandro@uwhealth.org
(608) 263-9903
600 Highland Ave
MC 7375
Madison, WI 53792-3284
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
Honors
Castle Connolly America’s Top Doctors Surgery
Best Doctors in America Award Surgery, Transplantation
Madison Magazine Top Docs 2016 Award Surgery, Transplantation
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, Liver Transplant, Pediatric Liver Transplant, Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy, Liver Resection.
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 policies regarding the implementation of donation after cardiac death.
Recent Publications
Targeted donor complement blockade after brain death prevents delayed graft function in a nonhuman primate model of kidney transplantation.
Danobeitia JS, Zens TJ, Chlebeck PJ, Zitur LJ, Reyes JA, Eerhart MJ, Coonen J, Capuano S, D'Alessandro AM, Torrealba JR, Burguete D, Brunner K, Van Amersfoort E, Ponstein Y, Van Kooten C, Jankowska-Gan E, Burlingham W, Sullivan J, Djamali A, Pozniak M, Yankol Y, Fernandez LA
Am. J. Transplant. 2020 Jan 10;
[PubMed ID: 31922336]Reexamination of the chromium-51-labeled posttransfusion red blood cell recovery method.
Francis RO, Mahajan S, Rapido F, La Carpia F, Soffing M, Divgi C, Yeh R, Mintz A, Leslie L, Agrest I, Karafin MS, Ginzburg Y, Shaz BH, Spitalnik SL, Schwartz J, Thomas T, Fu X, Amireault P, Buffet P, Zimring JC, D'Alessandro A, Hod EA
Transfusion 2019 07; 59(7): 2264-2275
[PubMed ID: 31002399]Brain Death Enhances Activation of the Innate Immune System and Leads to Reduced Renal Metabolic Gene Expression.
Zitur LJ, Chlebeck PJ, Odorico SK, Danobeitia JS, Zens TJ, Van Kooten C, Eerhart M, Reyes JA, Springer ML, Coonen JM, Brunner KG, Capuano SV, D'Alessandro AM, Fernandez LA
Transplantation 2019 09; 103(9): 1821-1833
[PubMed ID: 30964836]Improved clinical outcome following liver transplant in patients with ethylmalonic encephalopathy.
Tam A, AlDhaheri NS, Mysore K, Tessier ME, Goss J, Fernandez LA, D'Alessandro AM, Schwoerer JS, Rice GM, Elsea SH, Scaglia F
Am. J. Med. Genet. A 2019 06; 179(6): 1015-1019
[PubMed ID: 30864297]The impact of kidney donor profile index on delayed graft function and transplant outcomes: A single-center analysis.
Zens TJ, Danobeitia JS, Leverson G, Chlebeck PJ, Zitur LJ, Redfield RR, D'Alessandro AM, Odorico S, Kaufman DB, Fernandez LA
Clin Transplant 2018 03; 32(3): e13190
[PubMed ID: 29314286]