Overview
Dr. Russell Wesson is the Surgical Director of Kidney Transplantation and a liver and kidney transplant surgeon at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. His areas of clinical expertise include Liver, Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation, Hepatobiliary surgery, Living Liver and Kidney donation and Transplantation for Colorectal Metastasis. Dr. Wesson completed his General Surgery Residency in 2016 at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. He was an intern at Johns Hopkins in 2009 after receiving his medical degree from the University of Cape Town, South Africa. After his residency, Dr. Wesson completed the American Society of Transplant Surgery accredited Fellowship in Abdominal Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery at Johns Hopkins. He continued on faculty within the division of transplant surgery. Dr. Wesson's academic and research focuses on basic and translational research within the context of liver and kidney transplantation and organ injury. He is active as a principle investigator on multiple clinical trials investigating novel immunosuppressive agents. He is a member of the American Society of Transplant Surgery as well as the American Transplantation Society.
Dr. Wesson is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Enlarged Liver. His top areas of expertise are Liver Failure, Chronic Antibody-Mediated Rejection, Hepatitis, Liver Transplant, and Kidney Transplant.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 29 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
Baltimore, MD 21287
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Dr. Cameron is the director of the Johns Hopkins Department of Surgery and surgeon-in-chief of The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Cameron was born at Johns Hopkins and raised in Baltimore. He attended Harvard College and returned to Johns Hopkins where he obtained his M.D.. and Ph.D. degrees. His surgical training was spent at the Massachusetts General Hospital and then at UCLA for Liver Transplantation. He returned to Hopkins as Head of the Liver Transplant Program in 2006. His laboratory studies stem cells and the liver to promote drug-free transplantation and other pursuits include the use of social media to increase organ donation. He is married to Lisa, a lawyer, and has two children, Charlotte and John. Dr. Cameron is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Enlarged Liver. His top areas of expertise are Hepatitis, Alcoholic Cirrhosis, Visceromegaly, Liver Transplant, and Hernia Surgery.
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Areas of Expertise
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- Advanced
- Kidney TransplantDr. Wesson isAdvanced. Learn about Kidney Transplant.
- Liver FailureDr. Wesson isAdvanced. Learn about Liver Failure.
- Liver TransplantDr. Wesson isAdvanced. Learn about Liver Transplant.
- Simultaneous Pancreas Kidney Transplant
- Experienced
- Alcoholic CirrhosisDr. Wesson isExperienced. Learn about Alcoholic Cirrhosis.
- Chronic Antibody-Mediated RejectionDr. Wesson isExperienced. Learn about Chronic Antibody-Mediated Rejection.
- End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD)Dr. Wesson isExperienced. Learn about End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD).
- Enlarged LiverDr. Wesson isExperienced. Learn about Enlarged Liver.
- Fibrolamellar CarcinomaDr. Wesson isExperienced. Learn about Fibrolamellar Carcinoma.
- HepatitisDr. Wesson isExperienced. Learn about Hepatitis.