Paolo R. Salvalaggio, M.D., Ph.D.

Patient Services:

Kidney and kidney / pancreas
Pre-transplant:
(206) 598-4819

Post-transplant:
(206) 598-1979

Living Kidney Donor Program
(206) 598-8134

Liver transplant
New patient scheduling:
(206) 598-4973

Post-transplant:
(206) 598-0017

Academic Office:

Phone: (206) 598-6263

E-mail:

Fax: (206) 598-7449

Address:
Paolo Salvalaggio, MD, PhD
University of Washington
Department of Surgery
Box 356174
Seattle, WA 98195

Associate Professor
Co-Director, Kidney / Pancreas Transplant Program

Faculty Appointment:

University of Washington, Associate Professor, 2008- present.

Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, Assistant Professor, 2005 - 08.

Education:

M.B.A.: Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, 2008.

Fellowships: Research Fellowship, Organ Transplantation and Immunology, Yale University, 2000-02.
Clinical Fellowship, Transplantation, Northwestern University, 2002-05.

Ph.D.: Immunology, Federal University of Parana, Curitiba, Brazil, 2002.

Residency: Nossa Senhora das Graças Hospital, Curitiba, Brazil, 1997-2000.

M.D. Degree: Federal University of Parana, Curitiba, Brazil, 1996.

Clinical Interests:

Laparoscopic living donor nephrectomy
Kidney, pancreas and liver transplantation
Hepatobiliary surgery, hepatocarcinoma

Research Interests:

Cost of transplantation; organ allocation; living donation; expansion of the donor pool; new strategies to match donor and recipient; outcomes.

Selected Publications:

Axelrod DA, Schnitzler M, Salvalaggio PR, Swindle J, Abecassis MM. The Economic Impact of the Utilization of Liver Allografts with High Donor Risk Index. Am J Transplantation, 2007; 7: 990-7.

Salvalaggio PR, Schnitzler MA, Abbott KC, Brennan DC, Irish W, Takemoto SK, Axelrod D, Santos LS, Kocak B, Willoughby L, Lentine KL. Patient and graft survival implications of simultaneous pancreas kidney transplantation from old donors. Am J Transplantation, 2007; 7: 1561-71.

Aydingoz SE, Takemoto SK, Pinsky BW, Salvalaggio PR, Lentine KL, Willoughby L, Hoover B, Burroughs TA, Schnitzler MA, Graff R. The Impact of HLA Matchıng on Transplant Complıcatıons and Immunosuppressıon Dosage. Hum. Imm. 2007; 68: 491-9.

Salvalaggio PR, Modanlou KA, Edwards EB, Harper AM, Abecassis MM. Hepatic artery thrombosis after adult living donor liver transplantation: the effect of center volume. Transplantation, 2007; 84:926-8.

Buchanan, PM; Schnitzler, MA; Brennan, DC; Dzebisashvili, N; Willoughby, LM; Axelrod, D; Salvalaggio, PR; Abbott, KC; Burroughs, TE; Lentine, KL. Novel methods for tracking long-term maintenance immunosuppressive regimens. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol, 2008; 3: 117-24.

Neri L, Rocca Rey LA, Pinsky BW Lentine KL Salvalaggio PR, Machnicki G, Willoughby L, Burroughs TE, Takemoto SK, Schnitzler MA. Increased risk of graft failure in kidney transplantation after a diagnosis of Dyspepsia or Gastro-Esophageal Reflux Disease. Transplantation, 2008; 85:344-52.

reviewed 9/08