LeonardoVRiellaMDPhD

Kidney & Pancreas Transplantation

Harold and Ellen Danser Endowed Chair in Transplantation at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School

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Dr. Leonardo Riella is a transplant nephrologist at the Massachusetts General Hospital. He has been in practice for 16 years. He is the Medical Director of Kidney Transplantation and the Harold and Ellen Danser Endowed Chair in Transplantation. He has a PhD in immunology of transplantation. He speaks multiple languages, including Italian, French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish. He specializes in kidney transplantation and has expertise in recurrent disease post-transplant, chronic antibody-mediated rejection and non-invasive monitoring of rejection.

Brigham and Women's Hospital/Massachusetts General HospitalFellowship, Nephrology, 2007 - 2011
Brigham and Women's HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 2004 - 2007
Federal University of Parana Faculty of MedicineClass of 2003

BWH/MGH Teaching Faculty Award Brigham and Women's Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital, 2020
Department of Medicine Chair Research Award Brigham and Women's Hospital, 2019
Bright Futures Prize Brigham and Women's Hospital, 2019
Fellow of the American Society of Transplantation American Society of Transplantation, 2017
John P. Merrill Career Development Award in Transplantation American Society of Nephrology, 2016
Basic Science Career Development Award American Society of Transplantation, 2016
National Fellow to Faculty Transition Award American Heart Association, 2012
Excellence in Tutoring Award Harvard Medical School, 2011
Fellow of the American Society of Nephrology American Society of Nephrology, 2011
Annual Scientific Exchange Young Innovator Award American Society of Transplantation, 2010-2011
Annual Basic Science Fellowship Award American Society of Transplantation, 2009
Medicine Residency Excellence in Teaching Brigham and Women's Hospital, 2006
Fellow (ASNF) American Society of Nephrology
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PubMed

Xenotransplantation of a Porcine Kidney for End-Stage Kidney Disease.
Tatsuo Kawai, Winfred W Williams, Nahel Elias, Jay A Fishman, Kerry Crisalli
The New England Journal of Medicine. 2025-02-07
2 citations
Banff 2022 Kidney Commentary: Reflections and Future Directions.
Marion Rabant, Benjamin A Adam, Olivier Aubert, Georg A Böhmig, Marian Clahsen Van-Groningen
Transplantation. 2025-02-01
Meeting Report: The Sixth International Sam Strober Workshop on Clinical Immune Tolerance.
Helen Stark, Quan Yao Ho, Amy Cross, Alessandro Alessandrini, Alice Bertaina
Transplantation. 2025-01-13

Journal Articles

Chronic Rejection of Human Face Allografts
Leonardo V Riella, Bohdan Pomahac, George F Murphy, Christine G Lian, Luccie Wo, American journal of transplantation

Gene-Edited Pig Kidney Successfully Xenotransplanted in Living Patient at MGHFebruary 10th, 2025
Massachusetts General Hospital Performs Second Groundbreaking Xenotransplant of Genetically-Edited Pig Kidney into Living RecipientFebruary 7th, 2025
New Hampshire Man Gets Pig Kidney Transplant from Mass General HospitalFebruary 7th, 2025
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Significance of non-HLA antibodies in acute and chronic rejection of vascularized composite allograftsDepartment of Defense2019–Present
Novel Role of Siglec-E Inhibitory Receptor in AlloimmunityNIH2019–2024
Targeting Innate Immune Regulators to Reduce Rejection in Vascularized Composite Tissue TransplantsDepartment of Defense2020–2023
Modulating donor dendritic cells in VCA transplantationDepartment of DefensePresent
Biomarkers in VCA transplantationDepartment of DefensePresent

Co-Chair, American Society of Transplantation Fellows Symposium 2016 - Present
Co-Director of the AST Fellows Symposium, American Society of Transplantation 2016 - Present