Specialties
Nikole Neidlinger, MD
Associate Professor
- Division of Transplantation
- Associate Medical Director of Organ and Tissue Donation (OTD)
neidlinger@surgery.wisc.edu
(608) 263-9903
Clinical Science Center
600 Highland Avenue
Madison WI 53792
Education
- MD, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
- Research Fellowship, Children's Oakland Hospital Research Institute, Oakland, CA
- Residency, University of California, San Francisco, East Bay, Oakland, CA
- Transplantation Fellowship, University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, Madison, WI
Clinical Specialties
Kidney and pancreas transplantation
Living and deceased donor recovery
Research Interests
Dr. Neidlinger and Dr. Thiessen received a grant award from Donate Life Wisconsin to support a project evaluating the University of Wisconsin Organ and Tissue Donation program’s practice of having pre-procurement conversations. Read more here.
Recent Publications
Importing pancreata for transplantation: a single-center experience across evolving allocation eras.
Tamburrini R, Hidalgo S, Leverson G, Kaufman DB, Neidlinger NA, Al-Adra DP, Aufhauser DD, Thiessen C, Mandelbrot D, Parajuli S, Odorico JS
Front Transplant 2025; 4: 1698617
[PubMed ID: 41488372]Impella 5.5 as Bridge and Mechanical Support Following Simultaneous Heart/Kidney Transplant.
Kristo A, Fajardo R, Harrison JH, Tessmann P, Hermsen J, Neidlinger N, Xia Y
ASAIO J 2025 Nov 11;
[PubMed ID: 41214494]Reasons for donor heart offer refusal in the United States: Results from 14,132 transplant clinician surveys in the Donor Heart Study.
Wayda B, Luikart H, Weng Y, Zhang S, Neidlinger N, Wood RP, Nieto J, Nicely B, Belcher J, Groat T, Malinoski D, Zaroff J, Khush KK
J Heart Lung Transplant 2025 Jul; 44(7): 1075-1082
[PubMed ID: 40480732]Facilitation of a Centralized Recovery Center Through Air and Ground Critical Care Transport.
George NH, McCauley M, Newberry R, Neidlinger N, Bandara T, Ethington J, Stampfl MJ, Bernardoni B, Johnson T, Cathers A
Air Med J 2025; 44(4): 282-285
[PubMed ID: 40571385]Reasons for donor heart offer refusal are often unrelated to the donor itself - when, why, and the "weekend effect".
Wayda B, Luikart H, Weng Y, Zhang S, Neidlinger N, Patrick Wood R, Nieto J, Nicely B, Belcher J, Groat T, Malinoski D, Zaroff J, Khush KK
J Heart Lung Transplant 2025 Jul; 44(7): 1066-1074
[PubMed ID: 40088959]