The UW Health Transplant Center performed 64 paired kidney exchanges in 2020, the most in the nation. This accomplishment, achieved despite several COVID-19-related shutdowns, contributed to a record-breaking year for UW Health during which 548 …
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University Hospital Set Transplant Record in 2020
Despite the challenges of a global pandemic, our transplant teams were able to provide a record 548 people with a new lease on life last year. That total includes a record 315 kidney transplants. Read …
Odorico Lab receives two new grants
The Odorico Lab, led by Jon Odorico, MD, recently received two new grants. The UW Office of Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education is supporting “Probing the human pancreas and islet matrisome for matrixstem …
Winners of the 2020 Department Science Image Contest
Check out the winners and all submissions for our Surgery Science Image Contest, held annually as part of our Research Summit. Winner: “Normothermic Perfusion of a Donor Heart” Kaelin Grant, CCRC, Research Program Manager, with the help …
Welcome Dr. Talal Al-Qaoud to the Division of Transplantation!
Join us in welcoming Talal AI-Qaoud, MD, MSc, to our faculty as an Assistant Professor in the Division of Transplantation, with a 10% appointment with the Department of Urology. His practice will focus on kidney …
Will Burlingham awarded grant for immunosuppression research
Congratulations to Will Burlingham, PhD, who received an NIH R21 grant for his project, “Exosome-mediated Tolerance in Combined Kidney and Stem Cell Transplantation.” This research will study whether renal transplant patients make tolerogenic virus-sized particles (known …
Pancreas Transplant program recognized for its success
Congratulations to the UW Health Pancreas Transplant program on being ranked #1 in the nation by Interlink, a national transplant network. The ranking uses data from the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients to identify the …
Dr. Dixon Kaufman delivers American Society of Transplant Surgeons Presidential Address
Dixon B. Kaufman, MD, PhD, 45th President of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, and Chair of the Transplant Division, delivered his presidential address to 5,000 attendees at the American Transplant Congress in Boston, Massachusetts, on …
Dr. Hans Sollinger Wins Pioneer Award for Transplant Achievements
Transplant surgeon Hans Sollinger, MD, PhD, has been awarded the Pioneer Award by the American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS). The award is the most distinguished award bestowed upon an individual by the ASTS for …
Welcoming Jason Smith, MD
Please join us in welcoming cardiac surgeon Jason W. Smith, MD, to the Department of Surgery as an Associate Professor in the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery. He began his new position as Surgical Director of …