David P Foley, MD, FACS, FAST, FAASLD
Biography
Dr. David P. Foley is the Folkert O. Belzer Chair in Surgery and Professor and Chair of the Division of Transplantation at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. He is also Surgical Director of the Liver Transplant Programs at UW Health and the William S. Middleton Veterans Hospital, and Director of the UW Health Renal Auto Transplant Program.
His research efforts have been focused on identifying novel strategies to decrease ischemia reperfusion injury and increase the utilization of high-risk deceased donor organs in liver and kidney transplantation. Some of these strategies have included identification of critical risk factors leading to poor outcomes after DCD liver transplantation, the augmentation of endogenous antioxidant pathways to mitigate hepatic IRI, and increased utilization of machine perfusion for deceased donor livers prior to transplantation. He has served as site Principal Investigator on multiple clinical trials aimed at testing novel therapies to improve outcomes after kidney and liver transplantation.
He has held several leadership positions in national surgical and transplant organizations including his current role as President-Elect of the American Society of Transplantation.