Solid Organ Transplantation

Procedures

• Heart transplants • Kidney transplants including living donor transplants from related and non-related donors • Liver transplants due to biliary atresia, liver failure, metabolic liver disease, chronic hepatitis, liver tumors or crytogenic cirrhosis

John Fung, MD, PhD

Professor of Surgery Chief, Section of Transplant Surgery Co-Director, Transplant Institute

Areas of Expertise

• Kidney transplantation • Hepatobiliary malignancies • Liver transplantation • Solid organ transplant • Liver resection • Pancreas transplantation • Living donor liver transplantation • Intestinal transplantation

Location(s)

Chicago - Hyde Park • Hinsdale

Ruba K. Azzam, MD, MPH

Associate Professor of Pediatrics Director, Pediatric Hepatology Medical Director, Pediatric Liver Transplant Program

Areas of Expertise

• Obesity • Fatty liver, pancreatic and hepatobiliary diseases • Liver transplant

Location(s)

Chicago - Hyde Park • Orland Park

Rolf Barth, MD

Professor of Surgery Director, Liver, Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation Associate Director, Transplant Institute

Areas of Expertise

• Liver, kidney and pancreas transplant • Living donor liver transplant • Living donor kidney transplantation • Minimally invasive organ donation

Location(s)

Chicago - Hyde Park

Christopher Clardy, MD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics Chief, Pediatric Nephrology Coordinator, Inpatient Pediatrics

Areas of Expertise

• Nephrotic syndrome • Kidney transplantation • End stage renal disease • Glomerulonephritis

Location(s)

Chicago - Hyde Park

DID YOU KNOW?

More than 20 years ago, our surgeons performed the first split-liver transplant in the U.S., in which one organ from the donor is divided (“split”) for transplantation to two recipients.

Solid Organ Transplantation continued

Shireen Hashmat, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Areas of Expertise

• Kidney transplant • Chronic kidney and end-stage kidney disease • Dialysis • Childhood hypertension • Glomerulonephritis • Nephrotic syndrome

Location(s)

Chicago - Hyde Park • Naperville

J. Michael Millis, MD

Professor of Surgery Vice Chair, Global Surgery

Areas of Expertise

• Hepatobiliary • Transplant surgery • Liver transplant and transplantation • Portal hypertension • Surgical critical care

Location(s)

Chicago - Hyde Park • Orland Park

Stephen Pophal, MD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics Medical Director, Heart Transplant and Failure, CCHA Medical Director, Cardiology Inpatient Services Director, Catheterization Lab, Comer Children’s

Areas of Expertise

• Heart transplant • Heart failure • Cardiac catheterization

Location(s)

Chicago - Hyde Park

Luca Vricella, MD

Professor of Surgery Chief, Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Division Director, Cardiovascular Surgery, CCHA

Areas of Expertise

• Aortic aneurysms • Mixed connective tissue disorders • Aortic surgery • Neonatal cardiac surgery • Heart transplant • Ventricular assist devices (VADs)

Location(s)

Chicago - Hyde Park • Oak Lawn

DID YOU KNOW?

Our combined adult and pediatric kidney transplant programs offers new hope for children with chronic kidney failure. Our highly skilled kidney transplant specialists can perform transplants from living donors who are relatives of a child, from living non-relatives and from non-living donors.