Jon S Odorico, MD
Professor
- Section of Kidney and Pancreas Surgery
- Division of Transplantation
jon@surgery.wisc.edu
(608) 263-0388
Clinical Science Center
600 Highland Avenue
Madison WI 53792
Education
- MD, New York University, School of Medicine, New York, NY
- Residency, General Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Harrison Department of Surgical Research, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
- Fellow, Transplant Surgery, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI
Honors
Best Doctors in America Award Surgery, Transplantation
Madison Magazine Top Docs 2012 Award Surgery, Transplantation
Avant-Garde Health General Surgery Research All-Stars (2024)
Clinical Specialties
Dr. Odorico is certified by the American Board of Surgery. He specializes in pancreatic, islet cell, and multi-organ transplants.
Dr. Odorico provides a wide range of services including Kidney Transplant, Pancreas Transplant.
Research Interests
Dr. Odorico’s research focuses on stem cell biology and differentiation, developing novel stem cell-based strategies for treating diabetes, pancreas transplantation, and islet cell transplantation.
Dr. Odorico was recently awarded a one-year, $70,000 grant from UW’s Fall Research Competition. Read more here.
Dr. Odorico’s Lab >>
Clinical Trials
Conversion from Immediate Release Tacrolimus to Envarsus XR® in Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Recipients: Assessment of functional, safety and quality of life outcomes (CIRTEN SPK)
Study sponsor: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Study funding provided by: Veloxis Pharmaceuticals
Jon S. Odorico, MD, Principal Investigator
10/18/2018 –present
Non Invasive Blood Test to Diagnose Acute Rejection After Pancreas and Kidney Transplantation: Pancreas and Renal Rejection Diagnosis Using Circulating Donor-Derived Cell-free DNA in Peripheral Blood (PANCDx)
Study funding provided by: CareDx
Jon S. Odorico, MD, Sub-Investigator
Subcontract Agreement Amendment under negotiation, we expect to start enrollment in the first quarter of 2020
Recent Publications
Spatially resolved lipid compartmentalization in human pancreatic islets revealed by high-resolution ultra-low-flow-rate desorption electrospray ionization mass spectrometry imaging.
Lee WJ, Duong T, Zhang H, Kapadia D, Chlebeck P, Lu KH, Chamberlain CS, Odorico JS, Li L
Anal Bioanal Chem 2026 May 22;
[PubMed ID: 42168637]The Elusive Definition of Type 2 Diabetes in the Context of Pancreas Transplantation: Summary of the International Pancreas and Islet Transplantation Association Pre-Congress Meeting.
Fridell JA, Dunn TB, Oram RA, Sadhu AR, Spaggiari M, Dib YE, Odorico JS
Transplantation 2026 May 18;
[PubMed ID: 42150118]Banff 2024 Pancreas Transplantation Report: Diagnosis and impact of chronic active T cell-mediated allograft rejection and re-evaluation of the indeterminate category with utilization of leukocyte immunostains in biopsies with ambiguous findings.
Buttner-Herold M, Seshan SV, Archilla I, Mikhailov A, Papadimitriou JC, Grzyb K, Renaudin K, Mesa-Corrales H, Doucette S, Zaccarini DJ, LaRocque A, Agni RM, Haririan A, Fyfe-Kirschner B, Li J, Toniolo MF, Cantarovich D, Uva PD, Pujol GS, Farris AB, Ugarte R, Budhiraja P, Meier R, Niederhaus S, Stratta R, Odorico J, Roufosse C, Ventura-Aguiar P, Drachenberg CB
Am J Transplant 2026 Apr 10;
[PubMed ID: 41967641]Dual Kidney Transplantation Offers Prolonged Graft Survival.
Fedorova E, Firmino SN, Foley D, Garonzik-Wang J, Kaufman D, Odorico J, Aufhauser D, Neidlinger NA, Thiessen C, Philip J, Collins KM, Mezrich J, Al-Adra D, Mandelbrot D, Astor BC, Parajuli S
Clin Transplant 2026 Feb; 40(2): e70481
[PubMed ID: 41674145]Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA in Pancreas-Kidney, Heart-Kidney, and Liver-Kidney Multiorgan Transplant Recipients (MOTR).
Gupta G, Wojciechowski D, Sener A, Gong T, Dunn TB, Costa N, Odorico JS, Daloul R, Rohan VS, Biagini DG, Barnes D, Kaur N, Gude G, Ahmed E, Xie J, Spellicy CJ, Al Haj Baddar N, Bloom MS, Demko Z, Prewett A, Gauthier P, Bhorade S, Tabriziani H, Akkina SK
Transpl Int 2025; 38: 15823
[PubMed ID: 41635311]