25 of the Best Transplant Surgeons Near Me in waukesha, WI

Didier Mandelbrot, MD, is a UW Health nephrologist (kidney specialist). Dr. Mandelbrot is also a professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.Dr. Mandelbrot cares for patients with advanced kidney disease, including kidney failure, kidney injuries and diseases that affect kidney function. He diagnoses and treats disorders and manages patients’ medical care before and after transplant surgery.Using compassion and teamwork, Dr. Mandelbrot guides organ recipients and donors. He evaluates their condition, educates them about treatments and helps them determine their best options. Before surgery, he works to improve patients’ health through medical therapies and other steps. He helps improve results by ensuring they are in the best possible condition before and after surgery.Dr. Mandelbrot is the medical director of the UW Health Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation Program. He is also a leader in innovative transplant research. He studies ways to better diagnose and treat rejection of transplanted kidneys. He explores ways to promote living kidney donation to increase the availability of organs for those who need them.In his free time, Dr. Mandelbrot enjoys spending time with his family and playing clarinet in the medical school orchestra.The UW Health Transplant Program is nationally known for exceptional care. It’s gratifying to see people’s lives transformed after a successful kidney transplant. Dr. Mandelbrot is highly rated in 5 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Chronic Antibody-Mediated Rejection, End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Kienbock's Disease, Kidney Transplant, and Pancreas Transplant. Dr. Mandelbrot is board certified in Nephrology. Dr. Mandelbrot is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Kia Saeian specializes in diseases of the liver with a particular focus on viral hepatitis, end-stage liver disease, hepatocellular carcinoma and liver transplantation. He has published widely on minimal hepatic encephalopathy and various aspects of viral hepatitis. Since joining the faculty in 1999, he has also served as director of training for numerous gastroenterologists. Dr. Saeian has been recognized by his peers as one of America’s Best Doctors and Milwaukee Magazine’s Top Doctor. Dr. Saeian is highly rated in 25 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Hepatitis, Hepatitis C, Liver Failure, Endoscopy, and Liver Transplant. Dr. Saeian is board certified in Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology, and Transplant Hepatology. Dr. Saeian is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Takushi Kohmoto has experience in all forms of heart surgery, including heart transplantation, coronary artery bypass surgery, and aortic and mitral valve surgery. He has extensive experience with mechanical circulatory support devices and in performing heart transplantation, having worked with advanced heart failure patients for more than 20 years. Dr. Kohmoto is highly rated in 5 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Aortic Valve Stenosis, Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM), Heart Transplant, and Heart Bypass Surgery. Dr. Kohmoto is currently accepting new patients.

Jaimy Kim is a Transplant Surgeon practicing medicine in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Her clinical expertise encompasses Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH). Dr. Kim is board certified in American Board Of Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology. Dr. Kim is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. José Franco is currently Professor of Medicine and Senior Associate Dean for Education in the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) School of Medicine. He received his medical degree from MCW where he also completed a Residency in Internal Medicine and a Fellowship in Gastroenterology. In addition, he completed a liver transplant fellowship at the University of Nebraska. He has been a faculty member since 1995. Dr. Franco is board certified in Gastroenterology as well as Transplant Hepatology. His clinical interests include liver disease, cirrhosis, and liver transplantation and he currently sees patients at Froedtert Hospital and Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin. Dr. Franco is highly rated in 15 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Visceromegaly, Hepatitis, Enlarged Liver, and Alcoholic Cirrhosis. Dr. Franco is board certified in Gastroenterology and Transplant Hepatology. Dr. Franco is currently accepting new patients.

Achuthan Sourianarayanane is a Gastroenterologist and a Transplant Surgeon practicing medicine in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Dr. Sourianarayanane is highly rated in 14 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH), Alcoholic Cirrhosis, Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Cirrhosis, and Liver Transplant. Dr. Sourianarayanane is board certified in Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology, and Transplant Hepatology. Dr. Sourianarayanane is currently accepting new patients.

Gaurav Jain is a Transplant Surgeon practicing medicine in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Dr. Jain is highly rated in 5 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Gallbladder Disease, Gallbladder Adenocarcinoma, Fibrolamellar Carcinoma, Gallbladder Removal, and Kidney Transplant. Dr. Jain is board certified in American Board Of Surgery. Dr. Jain is currently accepting new patients.

Narendra Battula is a Transplant Surgeon practicing medicine in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Dr. Battula is highly rated in 3 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Liver Failure, Chronic Antibody-Mediated Rejection, Fibrolamellar Carcinoma, Liver Transplant, and Kidney Transplant. Dr. Battula is currently accepting new patients.

Matthew Cooper, MD is the Chief of Transplantation and Director of Solid Organ Transplant.Dr. Cooper seeks new opportunities for living donation through innovation and by removing the disincentives for those considering donation while promoting the safety and long-term care of live organ donors. His clinical interests included kidney and pancreas transplantation in both children and adults; particularly the use of marginal organs and has chaired several national taskforces which have led to many innovative projects to potentially bring more patients an opportunity to receive the Gift of Life. Dr. Cooper is involved in several ongoing clinical research projects primarily with an interest in immunosuppression minimization and tolerance and avoidance of delayed graft function in kidney allografts following preservation injury. He has authored over 260 peer-reviewed manuscripts, 300 abstracts and 12 book chapters. He is regularly invited to speak on a variety of transplant-related topics both nationally and internationally.Dr. Cooper is involved in organ transplantation activities both nationally and internationally. He is the UNOS/OPTN Past President. He is a member of the Board of Directors for several national organizations. Dr. Cooper is highly rated in 2 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Chronic Antibody-Mediated Rejection, End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Kidney Transplant, and Simultaneous Pancreas Kidney Transplant. Dr. Cooper is board certified in Surgery. Dr. Cooper is currently accepting new patients.

I have a strong academic interest in optimizing outcomes of liver and kidney transplant using ex vivo organ perfusion technology. I have been involved in machine perfusion research since 2018, across the spectrum of basic, translational, and clinical science. My research interests are focused on defining mechanisms of liver injury during machine perfusion and designing clinical treatments that maximize graft function during perfusion and after transplant. Dr. Raigani is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Liver Transplant, and Pancreaticoduodenectomy. Dr. Raigani is board certified in Surgery. Dr. Raigani is currently accepting new patients.

Mallory Hunt is a Transplant Surgeon and a Thoracic Surgeon practicing medicine in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She has been practicing medicine for over 10 years. Dr. Hunt is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS), Mediastinal Tumor, Lung Transplant, and Heart Transplant. Dr. Hunt is currently accepting new patients.

I have trained in the United Kingdom throughout my whole career. I graduated from the University of Aberdeen medical school in Scotland in 1999 and I completed my residency at the University Hospitals in Oxford and my fellowship at the University Hospitals of the Northern Deanery based in Newcastle. I completed my research at Addenbrookes Hospital in Cambridge and a further advanced hepatology fellowship at King's College Hospital in London. I have been working as an attending physician in hepatology and transplant hepatology at St James' University Hospital in Leeds for the last 11 years until my very recent move to Milwaukee and the Medical College of Wisconsin. Dr. Tachtatzis is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Hepatitis, Alcoholic Cirrhosis, Liver Failure, Visceromegaly, and Liver Transplant. Dr. Tachtatzis is currently accepting new patients.

Calvin Eriksen is a Transplant Surgeon practicing medicine in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Dr. Eriksen is highly rated in 7 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Alcoholic Cirrhosis, Hepatitis, Cirrhosis, Kidney Transplant, and Simultaneous Pancreas Kidney Transplant. Dr. Eriksen is currently accepting new patients.

Terra Pearson is a Transplant Surgeon practicing medicine in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Dr. Pearson is highly rated in 3 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Primary Biliary Cholangitis, Cirrhosis, Liver Failure, Kidney Transplant, and Simultaneous Pancreas Kidney Transplant. Dr. Pearson is currently accepting new patients.

Dr Melissa-Wong is a Transplant Surgeon practicing medicine in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Dr. Melissa-Wong is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Liver Failure, Alcoholic Cirrhosis, Hepatitis, Kidney Transplant, and Simultaneous Pancreas Kidney Transplant. Dr. Melissa-Wong is currently accepting new patients.

Emre Arpali is a Transplant Surgeon and a Urologist practicing medicine in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His clinical expertise encompasses Kidney Transplant and Simultaneous Pancreas Kidney Transplant. Dr. Arpali is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Badi Rawashdeh is an assistant professor of surgery (transplant surgery) at the Medical College of Wisconsin. He specializes in abdominal organ transplantation.Dr. Rawashdeh is actively involved in the evaluation and surgical management of kidney transplant candidates, as well as the care of complex and preoperative transplant patients. He is committed to providing patient-centered, evidence-based care and works closely with multidisciplinary transplant teams to optimize surgical and long-term outcomes.Dr. Rawashdeh has a strong interest in clinical research, focusing on improving transplant outcomes, perioperative care, and quality of life for transplant recipients. His research interests include outcomes analysis, donor and recipient risk stratification, and advancing evidence-based practices in kidney transplantation. His clinical expertise encompasses Alcoholic Cirrhosis. Dr. Rawashdeh is currently accepting new patients.

Rituparna Medda is a Gastroenterologist and a Transplant Surgeon practicing medicine in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Her clinical expertise encompasses Esophagitis, Barrett Esophagus, and Endoscopy. Dr. Medda is board certified in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology. Dr. Medda is currently accepting new patients.

Tyler Burnett is a Transplant Surgeon practicing medicine in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Dr. Burnett is board certified in  . Dr. Burnett is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Kondragunta Rajendra ‘Raj’ Prasad is surgical director of the liver transplant program and a professor of surgery at the Medical College of Wisconsin. He has practiced high volume liver surgery for more than 20 years. He trained in three continents, starting his career as a hepatobiliary and liver transplant surgeon at Leeds Teaching Hospitals in UK. Throughout his career he has pioneered new techniques and services in liver transplantation and liver cancer surgery. These include techniques that enabled transplantation of very small children, transplant techniques to perform complex liver cancer surgeries, laparoscopic liver resections and living donor liver transplantation. His research interests include liver regeneration, tumor biology, predicting post liver resection liver failure and transplantation for cancers. He continues as a visiting professor at University of Leeds. In addition, Dr. Prasad has developed new protocols for transplantation of colorectal liver metastases, intrahepatic and peri-hilar cholangiocarcinoma, which are currently being evaluated in UK. He has also held several leadership roles such as director of surgery at Leeds Hospitals, national clinical lead to improve utilization of liver grafts, chair of UK Liver Transplant Research Collaborative, has mentored other transplant programs in developing living donor liver transplantation and continues as an international expert for the National LDLT program in the UK. His clinical expertise encompasses Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) and Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. Dr. Prasad is currently accepting new patients.

Jorge Mascaro was born in Chile from Chilean parents. He was educated in Chile at the German School in Santiago and studied Medicine at the Universidad de Chile Medical School, graduating with distinction in 1984. He went on to complete a residency in general surgery and in 1990 started residency in Cardiac Surgery in London UK. He returned to Chile in 1993 where he developed a Lung and Heart Transplant Unit. In 2004 he was appointed as the consultant cardiac surgeon at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham. He has held leadership positions including Director of Heart and Lung Transplant, Director of Mechanical Circulatory Support and Head of Complex Aortic Services. Dr. Mascaro has been performing advanced cardiac procedures and lung transplantation for nearly 30 years. He serves as Surgical Director of the Adult Lung Transplantation, Adult Heart Transplantation and the Ventricular Assist Devices (VAD) Program for the Froedtert & MCW health network. Dr. Mascaro continues to be an active athlete with achievement in competitive athletics and skiing. More recently he has participated in competitive triathlons, including Ironman racing. Dr. Mascaro is currently accepting new patients.

Prakash Chauhan is a Transplant Surgeon practicing medicine in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He has been practicing medicine for over 16 years. His clinical expertise encompasses Alcoholic Cirrhosis, Hepatic Ischemia, and Liver Transplant. Dr. Chauhan is currently accepting new patients.

Ibrahim Khrais is a General Surgeon and a Transplant Surgeon practicing medicine in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Laura Nino-Torres is a Transplant Surgeon practicing medicine in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.