Transplant
Jorge Reyes, MD
Director, Transplant Services, Seattle Children's Hospital
Pioneering transplant surgeon, Dr. Jorge Reyes joined Seattle Children's and the University of Washington's School of Medicine in July 2004. Dr. Reyes leads the Division of Transplantation at the University of Washington's School of Medicine and performs pediatric transplant surgery at Seattle Children's Hospital. In Seattle, Dr. Reyes has developed a new small intestine transplant program and added live-donor liver transplants.
Dr. Reyes attended medical school in Brazil and trained at Harvard, New York Medical College and the University of Pittsburgh, where he worked with transplant pioneer Dr. Thomas Starzl. He established a world-class pediatric small intestine and liver transplant program at Pittsburgh Children's Hospital.
His research focuses on reducing transplant patients' dependence on anti-rejection drugs. His practice includes pediatric and adult transplant surgery (all abdominal organs) as well as complex hepatobiliary (liver), pancreatic and intestinal surgery.
Board Certified: Surgery - General
Residency: Deaconess Hospital, Boston; Hospital Das Clinicas, Belo Horizonte; Hospital De Pronto Socorro, Belo Horizonte; New York Medical College, Bronx
Fellowship: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh
Other Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, French
Relevant press releases:
Recent interviews/coverage:
- Services at Children's Hospital - KUNS-TV, 12/14/07
- 8-year-old Portland boy gets rare intestine transplant at Children's Hospital - Seattle Times - Seattle Times, 1/6/07
- Gifts of Life: A Children's Healthlink Special - KING-TV, 4/29/06
To schedule an interview with Dr. Reyes, please contact the Public Relations department.
Simon Horslen, MB ChB
Medical Director, Liver and Small Bowel Transplantation, Seattle Children's Hospital
Professor of pediatrics, UW School of Medicine
Dr. Simon Horslen joined Seattle Children's Hospital in 2005 and is helping lead the expansion of Children's transplant program. He is a founding fellow of the Royal College of Pediatric and Child Health and is a member of the Royal College of Physicians. His clinical and research interests include metabolic liver disease, intestinal failure and liver and intestine transplant. Dr. Horslen is a member of the Hepatology Committee for the North American Society of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition and of the Cellular Transplant Committee for the American Society of Transplantation. He serves as co-chair of the Education Committee and member of the Nominations Committee for the International Pediatric Transplant Society. He is chairman of the UNOS Pediatric Liver Transplant Subcommittee and member of the Unified Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) Pediatric Committee and Liver & Intestine Committee.
Board Certified: General Pediatrics (non-ABMS); Pediatric Gastroenterology (Non-ABM)
Medical School: University of Bristol, Bristol
Residency: King's College Hospital, London; Liecester Royal Infirmary, Liecester; Peterborough District Hospital, Cambridgeshire; Hospital, Torquay; Westminster's Children's Hospital, London
Fellowship: Birmingham Children's Hospital, Birmingham; Hospital For Sick Children, London; King's College Hospital, London; Royal Children's Hospital, Brisbane; Sheffield University, Sheffield
Recent interviews/coverage:
- Gifts of Life: A Children's Healthlink Special - KING-TV, 4/29/06
To schedule an interview with Dr. Horslen, please contact the Public Relations department.
Yuk M. Law, MD
Director of Cardiac Transplant and Heart Failure Service, Seattle Children's Hospital
Associate professor, Department of Pediatrics, UW School of Medicine
Dr. Yuk Law joined Seattle Children's Hospital in 2006. He has an academic interest and clinical expertise in cardiopulmonary failure and heart transplant, and has subspecialty expertise in heart failure, pulmonary hypertension and thoracic organ transplant.
Board Certified: Pediatric Cardiology
Medical School: UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles
Residency: Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven
Fellowship: The Hospital For Sick Children, Toronto
Other Languages: Chinese
To schedule an interview with Dr. Law, please contact the Public Relations department.
David Michael McMullan, MD
Surgical Director, ECMO, Seattle Children's Hospital
Dr. Michael McMullan joined Seattle Children's Hospital in 2007 and is assistant professor of surgery at the University of Washington School of Medicine. His clinical interests include mechanical cardiac support, pediatric cardiac surgery and surgical management of congenital heart disease.
Board Certified: Surgery - General
Medical School: University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas
Residency: University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston; University of Washington, Seattle
Fellowship: Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville; Texas Heart Institute, Houston; University of California San Francisco, San Francisco
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Patrick J. Healey, MD
Chief of Transplantation, General and Thoracic Surgery, Seattle Children's Hospital
Dr. Patrick Healey joined Seattle Children's Hospital in 1995. Dr. Healey has expertise and training in pediatric transplantation, specifically liver and kidney. He is a member of the UNOS Organ Availability Committee (2007-2008) and the Unified Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) Pediatric Committee (2005-2007). His clinical and research interests include transplantation in infants and small children, neonatal surgery, congenital anomalies and pediatric tumors.
Board Certified: Pediatric Surgery; Surgery - General
Medical School: Boston University School of Medicine, Boston
Residency: Hartford Hospital, Hartford
Fellowship: Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Seattle; Children's Hospital Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh; University of Washington, Seattle
Other Languages: French
Recent interviews/coverage:
- Gifts of Life: A Children's Healthlink Special - KING-TV, 4/29/06
To schedule an interview with Dr. Healey, please contact the Public Relations department.
Ruth A. McDonald, MD
Medical Director of Solid Organ Transplantation, Seattle Children's Hospital
Clinical Director of Nephrology, Seattle Children's Hospital
Associate professor of pediatrics, UW School of Medicine
Dr. Ruth McDonald joined Seattle Children's Hospital in 1993. She serves as co-director of outreach clinics in pediatric nephrology in Washington, Alaska and Montana. She serves as principal investigator in many multi-center research studies on pediatric renal transplantation. Currently she serves on the North American Pediatric Renal Trials and Cooperative Studies Board of Directors and is chair of the Participating Centers Committee. Dr. McDonald has a special clinical interest in post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder and viral infections after transplant in all solid organ transplant recipients. She is an at-large member of the Children's University Medical Group Board of Directors and chairs the group's Clinical Practice Committee. Dr. McDonald is respected nationally as a leader in organ allocation policy development. She serves on the Unified Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) Kidney Committee and she is an elected member of the UNOS Board of Directors. Additionally she serves on the pediatric nephrology sub-board of the American Board of Pediatrics.
Board Certified: Pediatric Nephrology
Medical School: University of Minnesota Hospital and Clinic, Minneapolis
Residency: Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Seattle
Fellowship: University of Washington, Seattle
Recent interviews/coverage:
- Gifts of Life: A Children's Healthlink Special - KING-TV, 4/29/06
To schedule an interview with Dr. McDonald, please contact the Public Relations department.