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

Kelly Collins, MD, FACS

Associate Professor

  • UW Health Surgical Director of Pediatric Kidney Transplant
  • UW Health Surgical Director of Pediatric Liver Transplant
  • Division of Transplantation
  • Program Director, Transplant Fellowship

collinsk@surgery.wisc.edu
(608) 263-9903

Education

  • MD, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
  • Residency, Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
  • Residency, General Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
  • Fellowship, Adult and Pediatric Abdominal Transplantation, Washington University, St. Louis, MO

Recent Publications

  • Outcomes of Patients with Localized Renal Cell Carcinoma on Immunosuppression Following Solid Organ Transplantation.
    Shah PV, Jason Abel E, Mezrich JD, Carey AZ, Taylor AK, Bregman A, Al-Adra D, Aufhauser D, Collins KM, Mandelbrot D, Lotan P, Lee FT, Louis Hinshaw J, Allen GO, Jarrard DF, Richards KA, Koehne EL, Risk MC, Shapiro DD
    Urology 2025 Dec 11;
    [PubMed ID: 41389849]

  • Primary inferior vena cava synovial sarcoma treated with caval replacement during cardiopulmonary bypass and ante situm liver perfusion.
    Frenkel M, Guenther T, Hermsen J, Collins K, Mezrich J, Al-Adra D, Xia Y
    J Surg Case Rep 2024 Dec; 2024(12): rjae760
    [PubMed ID: 39678485]

  • Variation of Liver Transplant Practice and Outcomes During Public Holidays in the United States: Analysis of United Network for Organ Sharing Registry.
    Shamaa TM, Kitajima T, Ivanics T, Shimada S, Mohamed A, Yeddula S, Rizzari M, Collins K, Yoshida A, Abouljoud M, Nagai S
    Transplant Direct 2023 Apr; 9(4): e1463
    [PubMed ID: 37009167]

  • ASO Visual Abstract: Multiple Pretransplant Treatments for Patients Without Pathological Complete Response may Worsen Posttransplant Outcomes in Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma.
    Shimada S, Shamaa T, Ivanics T, Kitajima T, Adhnan M, Collins K, Rizzari M, Yoshida A, Abouljoud M, Salgia R, Nagai S
    Ann Surg Oncol 2023 Mar; 30(3): 1422-1423
    [PubMed ID: 36496492]

  • Multiple Pretransplant Treatments for Patients Without Pathological Complete Response may Worsen Posttransplant Outcomes in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma.
    Shimada S, Shamaa T, Ivanics T, Kitajima T, Adhnan M, Collins K, Rizzari M, Yoshida A, Abouljoud M, Salgia R, Nagai S
    Ann Surg Oncol 2023 Mar; 30(3): 1408-1419
    [PubMed ID: 36434482]

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