Faculty

Assistant Professor
Program Director, UAB Abdominal Transplant Fellowship

Areas of Interest
kidney transplantation, immunosuppression

Assistant Professor

Areas of Interest

liver transplantation, minimally invasive hepatic surgery, surgical management of portal hypertension, surgical management of polycystic liver disease, comprehensive management of benign and malignant hepatobiliary tumors, including hepatocellular carcinoma and cholangiocarcinoma

Professor
Co-Director, UAB Xenotransplant Program

Areas of Interest
brain death, organ transplantation, islet xenotransplantation, xenotransplantation

Professor

Areas of Interest
renal transplantation

Professor
Arnold G. Diethelm Chair in Transplantation Surgery

Areas of Interest
pediatric and adult liver transplantation, complex hepatobiliary surgery, ischemia reperfusion injury, xenotransplantation

Professor
Surgical Director, Kidney Transplantation

Areas of Interest
kidney transplantation, pancreas transplantation, induction therapy

Associate Professor

Areas of Interest
brain death, organ transplantation, islet xenotransplantation, xenotransplantation

Professor
Director and Clinical Consultant, Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics Laboratory, UAB Comprehensive Transplant Institute

Areas of Interest
histocompatibility, deceased and living donor solid organ transplantation, related and unrelated bone marrow/HSC transplantation

Assistant Professor

Areas of Interest
brain death, organ transplantation, islet xenotransplantation, xenotransplantation

Mark H. Deierhoi Endowed Professor in Surgery
Associate Professor
Director, Division of Transplantation
Director, Incompatible Kidney Transplant Program
Director, Transplant Analytics, Informatics & Quality
Director, UAB Comprehensive Transplant Institute

Areas of Interest
abdominal transplantation, incompatible organ transplantation, transplantation of HIV-infected end-stage patients, outcomes and behavioral research focused on health disparities

Associate Professor
Associate Director, Transplant Analytics, Informatics & Quality

Areas of Interest
abdominal transplantation, incompatible organ transplantation, transplantation of HIV-infected end-stage patients, outcomes and behavioral research focused on health disparities

Assistant Professor

Areas of Interest
incompatible kidney transplantation, antibody-mediated rejection

Assistant Professor

Areas of Interest
organ transplant policy, dissemination and implementation science, healthcare utilization, qualitative and mixed methods research

Instructor

Areas of Interest
organ transplant, BM/HSC transplant, transplant risk assessment, donor selection, recipient/donor pair selection, transplant outcome, engraftment monitoring, transplant organ rejection monitoring, HLA antibody detection/identification

Assistant Professor

Areas of Interest
xenoimmunology, xenotransplantation, xenotransfusion, immunology

Professor
Director, Pancreas Transplantation
Director, Pediatric Renal Transplantation (Children’s of Alabama)
Assistant Dean for Medical Student Diversity and Inclusion

Areas of Interest
kidney transplantation, pancreas transplantation, pediatric renal transplantation, health disparities research