Department of Surgery
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Kelly Collins, MD, FACS

Associate Professor

  • UW Health Surgical Director of Pediatric Kidney Transplant
  • UW Health Surgical Director of Pediatric Liver Transplant
  • Division of Transplantation
  • Program Director, Transplant Fellowship

collinsk@surgery.wisc.edu
(608) 263-9903

Education

  • MD, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
  • Residency, Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
  • Residency, General Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
  • Fellowship, Adult and Pediatric Abdominal Transplantation, Washington University, St. Louis, MO

Recent Publications

  • Primary inferior vena cava synovial sarcoma treated with caval replacement during cardiopulmonary bypass and ante situm liver perfusion.
    Frenkel M, Guenther T, Hermsen J, Collins K, Mezrich J, Al-Adra D, Xia Y
    J Surg Case Rep 2024 Dec; 2024(12): rjae760
    [PubMed ID: 39678485]

  • Variation of Liver Transplant Practice and Outcomes During Public Holidays in the United States: Analysis of United Network for Organ Sharing Registry.
    Shamaa TM, Kitajima T, Ivanics T, Shimada S, Mohamed A, Yeddula S, Rizzari M, Collins K, Yoshida A, Abouljoud M, Nagai S
    Transplant Direct 2023 Apr; 9(4): e1463
    [PubMed ID: 37009167]

  • ASO Visual Abstract: Multiple Pretransplant Treatments for Patients Without Pathological Complete Response may Worsen Posttransplant Outcomes in Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma.
    Shimada S, Shamaa T, Ivanics T, Kitajima T, Adhnan M, Collins K, Rizzari M, Yoshida A, Abouljoud M, Salgia R, Nagai S
    Ann Surg Oncol 2023 Mar; 30(3): 1422-1423
    [PubMed ID: 36496492]

  • Multiple Pretransplant Treatments for Patients Without Pathological Complete Response may Worsen Posttransplant Outcomes in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma.
    Shimada S, Shamaa T, Ivanics T, Kitajima T, Adhnan M, Collins K, Rizzari M, Yoshida A, Abouljoud M, Salgia R, Nagai S
    Ann Surg Oncol 2023 Mar; 30(3): 1408-1419
    [PubMed ID: 36434482]

  • Can Weather Be a Factor in Liver Transplant Waitlist and Posttransplant Outcomes? Analysis of United Network for Organ Sharing Registry.
    Shamaa TM, Kitajima T, Ivanics T, Shimada S, Yeddula S, Mohamed A, Rizzari M, Collins K, Yoshida A, Abouljoud M, Nagai S
    Transplant Proc 2022 Oct; 54(8): 2254-2262
    [PubMed ID: 36210193]

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