DixonKaufmanMDPhD, FACS

General Surgery • Madison, WI

Transplantation

Ray D. Owen Professor of Surgery; Director, UWHealth Transplant Center

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Office
600 Highland Ave
# Uw
Madison, WI 53792
Phone+1 608-265-6471

Fax+1 608-262-6280

Education & Training

University of MinnesotaResidency, Surgery, 1983 - 1992
University of Minnesota Medical SchoolClass of 1983

Certifications & Licensure

WI State Medical License 2011 - 2025
MN State Medical License 1984 - 2022
IL State Medical License 1992 - 2017
American Board of Surgery Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2014-2024
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons

Clinical Trials

Belatacept Early Steroid Withdrawal Trial Start of enrollment: 2012 Sep 01
Completed
Phase 4
Inducing Graft Tolerance in HLA Haplotype Matched Related and 3 Ag Matched Unrelated Living Donor Kidney Transplantation Start of enrollment: 2017 Feb 14
Recruiting
Early Phase 1
Roles: Contact

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

39 citations
A decade of minimally invasive donation: experience with more than 1200 laparoscopic donor nephrectomies at a single institution
Joseph R. Leventhal, Smaranda Paunescu, Talia Baker, Juan Carlos Caciedo, Anton I. Skaro
Clinical Transplantation. 2010-03-01
180 citations
Biological performance of mussel-inspired adhesive in extrahepatic islet transplantation.
Carrie E. Brubaker, Hermann Kissler, Ling-Jia Wang, Dixon B. Kaufman, Phillip B. Messersmith
Biomaterials. 2010-01-01
82 citations
Effect of 15-Deoxyspergualin on Immediate Function and Long-Term Survival of Transplanted Islets in Murine Recipients of a Marginal Islet Mass
Dixon B. Kaufman, P. F. Gores, M. J. Field, A. C. Farney, S. A. Gruber
Diabetes. 1994-06-01

Press Mentions

UW Health Requires COVID-19 Vaccination for Transplant PatientsNovember 11th, 2021
Medeor Therapeutics to Provide Interim Results of Phase 3 Mercury Study of MDR-101 Cell Therapy in Living Donor Kidney Transplants During Rapid Fire Oral Presentation at ATC Virtual CongressMay 20th, 2021
American Girl Founder Pleasant Rowland Gives $10M for New UW Hospital Transplant ClinicFebruary 10th, 2021
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Professional Memberships

American College of Surgeons - ACS
Member
American Society of Transplant Surgeons
President, 2018-19