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Joseph Leventhal, MD is a transplant surgeon on the medical staff at Northwestern
Memorial and associate professor of Surgery and director of the Living
Donor Renal Transplant Program at Northwestern University's Feinberg
School of Medicine. A member of the Northwestern Medical Faculty
Foundation, Dr. Leventhal is board certified in surgery and is
responsible for launching the Living Donor Renal Transplant Program.
Since 1997, surgeons in the program have performed close to 1,000
minimally invasive living donor operations, making it one of the most
active programs in the country. Dr. Leventhal's clinical interests
include kidney and pancreas transplantation, as well as vascular access
for patients requiring hemodialysis. He applies novel methods to expand
living donor kidney transplantation, such as cross-match and blood
group-incompatible transplants. Dr. Leventhal's research activities
include basic investigation into the use of regulatory T cells for
prevention of transplant rejection, as well as translational research
examining the mechanisms underlying the development of anti-donor
antibodies. Dr. Leventhal is a member of many national and
international professional transplantation and surgical societies.
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To learn more about live donor kidney transplantation visit our Kovler Organ Transplantation Center.
Recorded 3/27/2007
