Type 1 diabetes affects more than 1.6 million people in the U.S., including a growing number of children and adolescents. The disease develops when the immune system mistakenly attacks and destroys the pancreatic islet cells, …
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Wisconsin Surgery Research Roundup: September 2025 and October 2025
Wisconsin Department of Surgery members engage in remarkable research that yields many impactful publications every month. We’re highlighting several of these publications monthly to showcase the diversity of research in the department; see selections from …
Transplant Surgeon-Scientist Receives New Investigator Award from Wisconsin Partnership Program
Over 12,000 patients in the state of Wisconsin are impacted by kidney failure. Receiving a new kidney from an organ donor can cure kidney failure, but there is nowhere near enough donor kidneys to meet …
Welcome Dr. Ashley Krepline to the Division of Transplantation
Ashley Krepline, MD, returns to the University of Wisconsin–Madison as a clinical assistant professor in the Division of Transplantation. Dr. Krepline completed her Abdominal Transplant Surgery Fellowship at the UW–Madison Department of Surgery earlier this …
UW Health Transplant Center Completes its 1,000 Lung Transplant
Brown Lab Awarded Grant to Study the Transplantation Immune Response in Down Syndrome
People with Down syndrome have an increased risk of certain cancers, congenital heart defects, autoimmune diseases, and cognitive disorders like Alzheimer’s disease. What do all of these conditions have in common? They all involve irregularities …
Wisconsin Surgery Research Roundup: August 2025
Wisconsin Department of Surgery members engage in remarkable research that yields many impactful publications every month. We’re highlighting several of these publications monthly to showcase the diversity of research in the department; see selections from …
Dr. Joshua Mezrich Awarded Grant to Study Dietary Intervention to Improve the Quality of Donated Organs
When a potential organ donor is declared brain dead, the care of the donor is medically managed to ensure their organs remain healthy and available for donation. Division of Transplantation Professor Joshua Mezrich, MD believes …
Dr. Jon Odorico Elected to the Council of the CTRMS
Dr. Jon Odorico, professor in the Division of Transplantation, was recently elected to the Council of the Cell Transplant and Regenerative Medicine Society (CTRMS). The mission of the CTRMS is to lead the development and …
Dr. Kelly Collins Selected for the ABS Transplantation Advisory Council
Dr. Kelly Collins, associate professor in the Division of Transplantation, was recently selected to join the American Board of Surgery (ABS) Transplantation Advisory Council. The Transplantation Advisory Council (TAC) is a specialty board of the …