Kidney and solid organ transplantation at the University of Wisconsin is an area of excellence for the institution and the University of Wisconsin Nephrology Section plays a significant role in it.

The University of Wisconsin performs approximately 300-340 kidney transplants per year and consistently ranks among the top 5 programs in the country in terms of volume.

Kidney transplant and kidney-pancreas transplant outcomes at the University of Wisconsin are among the best (United Network for Organ Sharing [UNOS] data report; US Transplant -- Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients).

Transplant recipients have the opportunity to participate in ongoing clinical trials and cutting edge medicine for the betterment of their transplant care.

Our Transplant Nephrology faculty has expanded recently to include four transplant nephrologists and one transplant nurse practitioner. Drs. Bryan Becker, Aji Djamali, R. Michael Hofmann and Brenda Muth, NP, in concert with Dr. John Pirsch oversee the medical care of solid-organ transplant recipients in three well-organized rotations: Consultative Transplant Nephrology, Transplant Medicine and the Outpatient Transplant Clinic.

The transplant nephrology faculty is the core faculty for the consultative transplant nephrology service. This service provides acute care, dialytic support, and kidney and transplant expertise for all renal and non-renal solid organ transplant recipients. This service also helps to manage the chronic kidney disease that affects this population.

The transplant medicine service is the primary inpatient service. It addresses primary care issues and basic transplant issues for all kidney and kidney-pancreas transplant recipients.

With more than 1,000 outpatient visits per month, the transplant clinic offers a unique environment to participate in the outpatient management of kidney and other solid organ transplant recipients. Each practitioner has his or her own clinic and works in close relationship with an expert team of transplant nursing coordinators. Outpatient kidney transplant biopsies are performed in our program to better aid in the diagnosis of kidney conditions and a number of different services are provided through the clinic including focused transplant care, attention to blood pressure, cardiac, bone and metabolic aspects that are unique to transplantation.

The University of Wisconsin Nephrology Section along with the Division of Transplantation at the University of Wisconsin also offers an ASN/AST certified medical transplant fellowship. This fellowship is designed for a specific focus on transplantation medicine for a board certified/board eligible nephrologist.

This very rich academic transplant environment is conducive to the development of clinical and translational research projects.