25 of the Best Transplant Surgeons Near Me

Richard Green is a Transplant Surgeon practicing medicine in Chicago, Illinois. He has been practicing medicine for over 40 years. Dr. Green is highly rated in 7 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Autoimmune Hepatitis, Hepatitis, Primary Biliary Cholangitis, and Visceromegaly. Dr. Green is board certified in American Board Of Internal Medicine - Gastroenterology (Certified).

Olumuyiwa Awoniyi is a Transplant Surgeon practicing medicine in Cleveland, Ohio. He has been practicing medicine for over 23 years. Dr. Awoniyi is highly rated in 7 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Cholangitis, Sclerosing Cholangitis, Alcoholic Cirrhosis, and Banti's Syndrome. Dr. Awoniyi is board certified in American Board Of Internal Medicine, 2022.

Atul Singh is a Transplant Surgeon practicing medicine in Royal Oak, Michigan. He has been practicing medicine for over 33 years. Dr. Singh is highly rated in 7 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Cytomegalic Inclusion Disease, Cytomegalovirus Infection, Pseudohypoaldosteronism Type 2, Liddle Syndrome, and Kidney Transplant. Dr. Singh is board certified in American Board Of Internal Medicine and American Board Of Internal Medicine. Dr. Singh is currently accepting new patients.

Diane Cibrik is a Transplant Surgeon practicing medicine in Wichita, Kansas. She has been practicing medicine for over 34 years. Dr. Cibrik is highly rated in 7 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Cytomegalovirus Infection, Cytomegalic Inclusion Disease, Acute Tubular Necrosis, Chronic Kidney Disease, and Kidney Transplant. Dr. Cibrik is board certified in American Board Of Internal Medicine, Nephrology - 1999. Dr. Cibrik is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Amarpali Brar is a nephrologist who specializes in caring for patients during all phases of kidney transplantation. She evaluates patients before transplant surgery and helps them manage postsurgical immunosuppressive therapy for preventing organ rejection. She also evaluates kidney donors. In research, Brar’s primary interest is in epidemiology – the study of who develops certain diseases and factors affecting outcomes as regards to patients who receive or donate kidneys. Brar earned her medical degree at Government Medical College, Patiala in India. She completed a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in nephrology at the State University of New York Downstate Health Sciences University. Brar is a member of the American Society of Transplantation and American Society of Nephrology. Dr. Brar is highly rated in 7 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Chronic Kidney Disease, End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Cytomegalovirus Infection, Cytomegalic Inclusion Disease, and Kidney Transplant. Dr. Brar is board certified in American Board Of Internal Medicine/Nephrology, Nephrology and American Board Of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine. Dr. Brar is currently accepting new patients.

Hirohito Ichii is a General Surgeon and a Transplant Surgeon practicing medicine in Orange, California. Dr. Ichii is highly rated in 7 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Chronic Antibody-Mediated Rejection, Polycystic Kidney Disease, Kidney Transplant, and Pancreas Transplant.

Atta Nawabi is a Transplant Surgeon practicing medicine in Overland Park, Kansas. He has been practicing medicine for over 39 years. Dr. Nawabi is highly rated in 7 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Liver Failure, Polycystic Kidney Disease, Chronic Antibody-Mediated Rejection, Kidney Transplant, and Simultaneous Pancreas Kidney Transplant. Dr. Nawabi is board certified in American Board Of Surgery, Surgery (General Surgery) - 2007. Dr. Nawabi is currently accepting new patients.

Jason Hawksworth, MD is a noted pioneer in minimally invasive robotic hepatobiliary and transplant surgery. Dr. Hawksworth is the Surgical Director of Adult Liver Transplantation, Chief of Hepatobiliary Surgery, and the Director of Robotic Liver Surgery Program in the Division of Abdominal Organ Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery at New York Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Irving Medical Center and is an Associate Professor at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.Dr. Hawksworth is known for unique and innovative minimally invasive robotic surgeries to remove tumors of the liver, bile duct and pancreas, including robotic major hepatectomy, robotic pancreatectomy, and robotic Whipple. He also specializes in robotic transplantation including robotic kidney transplantation, robotic living donor nephrectomy and robotic living donor hepatectomy.Dr. Hawksworth received his undergraduate degree from The United States Military Academy at West point and his medical degree from Wake Forest University Bowman Gray School of Medicine. Dr. Hawksworth completed general surgery residency at Walter Reed Army Medical Center followed by an abdominal transplant and hepatobiliary surgery fellowship at Georgetown University Hospital.Previously the Chief of Robotic Surgery at Georgetown University Hospital, Dr. Hawksworth established one of the nation’s premier robotic hepatobiliary and transplant programs in 2018 at Georgetown. He was recruited to Columbia University Irving Medical Center in 2023 to lead the liver transplant and hepatobiliary programs and continue to develop innovative techniques in robotic surgery.Dr. Hawksworth is a member of several key organizations including a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, American Society of Transplant Surgeons, International Laparoscopic Liver Society, and Americas Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association. His research interests include clinical transplant and hepatobiliary trials, and he has published over 60 scientific manuscripts and book chapters in leading journals such as Annals of Surgery, Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, American Journal of Transplantation and Transplantation.Dr. Hawksworth is a Colonel in the Army reserves and has deployed four times to support combat operations in Afghanistan and the Middle East.Visit The Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation at columbiasurgery.org/liver. Dr. Hawksworth is highly rated in 7 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Bile Duct Cysts, Pancreatic Cancer, Familial Pancreatic Cancer, Hepatectomy, and Liver Transplant. Dr. Hawksworth is currently accepting new patients.

Trent Wang is a Hematologist Oncology specialist and a Transplant Surgeon practicing medicine in Miami, Florida. Dr. Wang is highly rated in 7 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Graft Versus Host Disease (GvHD), Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia without Maturation, Bone Marrow Transplant, and Bone Graft. Dr. Wang is currently accepting new patients.

Karthik Ramanathan is a Transplant Surgeon practicing medicine in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Dr. Ramanathan is highly rated in 6 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Chronic Pancreatitis, Childhood Pancreatitis, Chronic Antibody-Mediated Rejection, Pancreas Transplant, and Pancreatectomy. Dr. Ramanathan is board certified in Surgery (General Surgery): American Board Of Surgery, 2019. Dr. Ramanathan is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Greg McKenna is a Clinical Associate Professor at Texas A&M College of Medicine at Texas A&M Health Science Center, Dallas. He is a multi-organ transplant surgeon, performing liver, kidney and pancreas transplants, as well as living donor liver transplantation, and most recently uterus transplantation. He graduated from Yale University with a B.Sc. in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry. After earning his M.D. from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada, he completed a residency in General Surgery at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. Dr. McKenna completed a two-year fellowship in multi-organ abdominal transplantation and hepatobiliary surgery at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. Dr. McKenna joined the transplant team at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas in 2004. He has performed more than 1500 solid organ transplants, including the first successful uterus transplant in the US. Dr. McKenna is an Associate Professor at the Texas A&M Health Science Center and board certified with both the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and with the American College of Surgery. Dr. McKenna’s clinical focus is on maximizing the outcomes for transplantation of marginal liver transplants to improve supply and demand constraints. His research focus is on exploring the clinical advantages and potential strategies of immunosuppression, particularly sirolimus in liver transplantation. He has presented his research findings throughout the United States and most recently in Japan, Germany, Australia, Korea, Czech Republic, India, Austria and Hong Kong. An active member of the Dallas philanthropic scene, particularly the United Way, Greg and his wife Mary Beth have lived in Dallas since 2004. He loves travel and spending time with his wife and two daughters. Read more about Dr. McKenna's publications on PubMed.gov and the Baylor Health Sciences Library . Dr. Mckenna is highly rated in 6 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Liver Failure, Hepatitis, End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Liver Transplant, and Kidney Transplant. Dr. Mckenna is board certified in Transplant Surgery- The Royal College Of Physicians And Surgeons, Transplant Surgery- American Board Of Surgery/General Surgery, Transplant Surgery- American Board Of Surgery, and General Surgery- American Board Of Surgery.

Dr. Anthony Carnicelli, M.D. is an advanced heart failure and transplant cardiologist and an assistant professor in the Department of Medicine. He specializes in treating patients with all forms of heart failure, including patients with advanced heart failure requiring IV medications, left ventricular assist devices (LVAD), and cardiac transplantation.Dr. Carnicelli earned his medical doctorate degree at the University of Rochester School of Medicine, where he was elected into the Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) honor medical society. He completed residency training in internal medicine at Harvard Medical School's Brigham and Women's Hospital, where he was awarded the Golden Stethoscope Award for excellence in teaching and clinical acumen. Dr. Carnicelli completed fellowship training in cardiovascular diseases at Duke University as well as advanced training in clinical research at Duke Clinical Research Institute and subspecialty fellowship training in advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology at Duke University.Dr. Carnicelli's clinical interests include cardiovascular critical care, cardiogenic shock, cardiac catheterization, temporary and durable mechanical circulatory support, and cardiac transplantation. He has authored over 30 peer-reviewed original research manuscripts and has been awarded grant funding from the NIH to support his work. Dr. Carnicelli is passionate about teaching and enjoys working with medical students, residents, and fellows. Dr. Carnicelli is highly rated in 6 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Cardiogenic Shock, Heart Failure, Heart Attack, Atrial Fibrillation, and Heart Transplant. Dr. Carnicelli is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Deborah Adey is a specialist in kidney disorders who has a particular interest in caring for kidney transplant patients with recurrent focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, in which some of the kidney's filtering units become scarred. Adey's research on kidney transplantation has addressed factors that contribute to long-term allograft loss (when the donor is not genetically identical to the recipient). She has also studied interventions aimed at lowering high antibody levels in patients awaiting kidney transplant. Adey attended medical school at the University of Colorado Denver. She completed a residency in internal medicine at the University of Vermont. She completed her first two years of a fellowship in nephrology at the University of Vermont, where she studied protein metabolism in kidney failure. At the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, she continued her training in transplantation. Adey joined the UCSF kidney transplant team in July 1997 after completing a postdoctoral fellowship at UCSF Medical Center. As part of her teaching activities, she runs the UCSF nephrology fellows lecture series and directs the transplant nephrology fellowship program. Dr. Adey is highly rated in 6 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Cytomegalic Inclusion Disease, Cytomegalovirus Infection, Chronic Kidney Disease, Nephrosclerosis, and Kidney Transplant. Dr. Adey is board certified in American Board Of Internal Medicine/Nephrology, Nephrology and American Board Of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine.

Forum Kamdar is a Transplant Surgeon practicing medicine in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She has been practicing medicine for over 18 years. Dr. Kamdar is highly rated in 6 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Myotonic Dystrophy Type 2, Myotonic Dystrophy, Heart Failure, Cardiomyopathy, and Heart Transplant. Dr. Kamdar is board certified in Advanced Heart Failure And Transplant Cardiology: American Board Of Internal Medicine, 2016, Cardiovascular Disease: American Board Of Internal Medicine, 2015, and Internal Medicine: American Board Of Internal Medicine, 2013.

Mary Eng is a Transplant Surgeon practicing medicine in Louisville, Kentucky. She has been practicing medicine for over 30 years. Dr. Eng is highly rated in 6 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Polycystic Kidney Disease, Chronic Antibody-Mediated Rejection, End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Kidney Transplant, and Simultaneous Pancreas Kidney Transplant. Dr. Eng is board certified in American Board Of Surgery, Surgery (General Surgery) - 2004 and American Board Of Surgery, Surgical Critical Care - 2004. Dr. Eng is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Tahir is a board-certified and fellowship-trained physician specializing in internal medicine and cardiovascular disease. He attended Rawalpindi Medical College, where he earned his medical degree. He completed his residency at University of Illinois College of Medicine at Urbana. Dr. Tahir completed his fellowships at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics and at Geisinger Medical Center. He is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in internal medicine and cardiovascular disease. He speaks English, Hindi and Urdu. Dr. Tahir is highly rated in 6 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Hypertensive Heart Disease, Heart Failure, Pulmonary Edema, Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia (IST), and Pacemaker Implantation. Dr. Tahir is board certified in The American Board Of Internal Medicine In Internal Medicine And Cardiovascular Disease. Dr. Tahir is currently accepting new patients.

Damanpreet Bedi is a Transplant Surgeon practicing medicine in Royal Oak, Michigan. He has been practicing medicine for over 22 years. Dr. Bedi is highly rated in 6 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Fibrolamellar Carcinoma, Liver Failure, Cholangiocarcinoma (Bile Duct Cancer), Kidney Transplant, and Simultaneous Pancreas Kidney Transplant. Dr. Bedi is board certified in American Board Of Surgery. Dr. Bedi is currently accepting new patients.

Maria Mussa is a Hepatologist and a Gastroenterologist practicing medicine in Collegeville, Pennsylvania. Dr. Mussa is highly rated in 6 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Ascites, Visceromegaly, Hepatitis, Gastrectomy, and Endoscopy. Dr. Mussa is board certified in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology. Dr. Mussa is currently accepting new patients.

Aaron Winnick is a Transplant Surgeon practicing medicine in Manhasset, New York. Dr. Winnick is highly rated in 6 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Familial Colorectal Cancer, Gallbladder Disease, Gallstones, Liver Transplant, and Kidney Transplant. Dr. Winnick is board certified in American Board Of Surgery.

Steven Cohn is a Transplant Surgeon practicing medicine in Royal Oak, Michigan. He has been practicing medicine for over 40 years. Dr. Cohn is highly rated in 6 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Polycystic Kidney Disease, Liver Failure, Cholangitis, Kidney Transplant, and Simultaneous Pancreas Kidney Transplant. Dr. Cohn is board certified in American Board Of Surgery. Dr. Cohn is currently accepting new patients.

I am a transplant nephrologist specializing in the evaluation and care of kidney and pancreas transplant patients. I joined Duke Health in 2023 to lead the living donor kidney transplant program. Our living donor team is actively working to increase access to these life saving transplants by removing barriers to donation and through innovative use of paired donor exchange. Helping people live a longer, healthier life through transplant is my passion. I also value getting to know my patients and their loved ones, and seeing them through life's challenges and successes. I am a native North Carolinian coming back home and am proud to be part of the dedicated transplant team at Duke Health. Dr. Vranic is highly rated in 6 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Chronic Kidney Disease, Pseudohypoaldosteronism Type 2, Liddle Syndrome, Cytomegalovirus Infection, and Kidney Transplant.

"""Dr. Grazia cares for patients undergoing evaluation for lung transplantation and those that are post-lung transplant. Dr. Grazia assumes the role of Medical Director of Lung Transplantation at Baylor University Medical Center, part of Baylor Scott & White Health. Prior to his arrival, Dr. Grazia was faculty at the University of Colorado where he served as the Associate Medical Director and Acting Medical Director of Lung Transplantation. Additionally, he headed a successful cardiothoracic transplantation research laboratory responsible for numerous peer-reviewed publications. He has received funding from the National Institutes of Health, the American Heart Association, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and the Gates Foundation amongst others. Dr. Grazia's research interests include attenuating acute and chronic lung rejection - including the potential use of stem cell therapy. He is also interested in donor utilization, donation after cardiac death and advanced circulatory therapies to bridge extremely ill lung disease patients to transplant. Dr. Grazia is married with two teenage boys. He is an avid hunter, fisherman, skier and cyclist. In his spare time, he enjoys traveling with his wife and sons.""". Dr. Grazia is highly rated in 6 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Acute Interstitial Pneumonia, Interstitial Lung Disease, Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, Lung Transplant, and Gastrostomy. Dr. Grazia is board certified in Critical Care Medicine- American Board Of Internal Med/Critical Care Medicine, Pulmonary Disease- American Board Of Internal Med/Pulmonary Disease, Pulmonary Disease- American Board Of Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine- American Board Of Internal Medicine, and Internal Medicine- American Board Of Internal Medicine.

Madhu Siddeswarappa is a General Surgeon and a Transplant Surgeon practicing medicine in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Dr. Siddeswarappa is highly rated in 6 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Retroperitoneal Inflammation, Umbilical Hernia, Gallstones, Appendectomy, and Hernia Surgery. Dr. Siddeswarappa is board certified in American Board Of Surgery.

Hakim Azfar is a Transplant Surgeon practicing medicine in Durham, North Carolina. He has been practicing medicine for over 26 years. Dr. Azfar is highly rated in 6 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, Acute Interstitial Pneumonia, Pulmonary Fibrosis, Actinomycosis, and Lung Transplant. Dr. Azfar is board certified in American Board Of Internal Med, Critical Care Medicine and American Board Of Internal Med, Pulmonary Disease.

Piotr Bachul is a General Surgeon practicing medicine in Chicago, Illinois. He has been practicing medicine for over 18 years. Dr. Bachul is highly rated in 5 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Chronic Pancreatitis, Hereditary Pancreatitis, Childhood Pancreatitis, Islet Cell Transplantation, and Pancreatectomy.