University of Wisconsin–Madison
Department of Surgery
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Clinical Information

Specialties

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

    • 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 Apr 04;
    • [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 Mar 12;
    • [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]
    • An Evaluation of the Safety and Efficacy of Simultaneous Bilateral Nephrectomy and Renal Transplantation for Polycystic Kidney Disease: A 20-Year Experience.
    • Grodstein EI, Baggett N, Wayne S, Leverson G, D'Alessandro AM, Fernandez LA, Foley DP, Mezrich JD, Odorico JS, Redfield RR, Sollinger HW, Kaufman DB
    • Transplantation 2017 11; 101(11): 2774-2779
    • [PubMed ID: 29064957]
    • Guidelines for the management of a brain death donor in the rhesus macaque: A translational transplant model.
    • Zens TJ, Danobeitia JS, Chlebeck PJ, Zitur LJ, Odorico S, Brunner K, Coonen J, Capuano S, D'Alessandro AM, Matkowskyj K, Zhong W, Torrealba J, Fernandez L
    • PLoS ONE 2017; 12(9): e0182552
    • [PubMed ID: 28926566]

All Publications on PubMed