After completing his residency training at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai more than two decades ago, renowned surgeon Ron Shapiro, MD, has returned to the Mount Sinai Health System as Surgical Director of the Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Program at the Recanati/Miller Transplantation Institute (RMTI).
In his new position, Dr. Shapiro will oversee the abdominal organ transplantation programs and services specific to adult and pediatric kidney transplantation, as well as adult pancreas transplantation. RMTI is among the most comprehensive transplantation centers in the world and includes one of the largest living donor programs in the United States.
“It is incredibly exciting to be returning to the center where I trained in general surgery,” says Dr. Shapiro. “I’m eager to work on developing new regimens that keep the immune system from rejecting transplanted organs without leaving people vulnerable to infections. I am thrilled to be collaborating with the fantastic transplant group already in place.”
Prior to returning to Mount Sinai, Dr. Shapiro served as Professor of Surgery and the Robert J. Corry Chair in Transplantation Surgery at the Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
“We are happy to welcome Dr. Ron Shapiro back to Mount Sinai to lead our kidney and pancreas transplantation program,” says Sander S. Florman, MD, Director of the Recanati/Miller Transplantation Institute and the Charles Miller, MD, Professor of Surgery. “Dr. Shapiro is an internationally recognized expert and is currently the President of the International Pediatric Transplantation Association as well as the Editor-in-Chief of Clinical Transplantation.”
A leading surgeon with more than 30 years of experience in the field of transplantation, Dr. Shapiro obtained his medical degree from the Stanford University School of Medicine. He is board certified in Surgery with special expertise in Renal Transplant and Pancreas Transplantation. He conducted his clinical fellowship training at the University of Pittsburgh under Thomas E. Starzl, MD, PhD, a pioneer in transplant surgery.
Dr. Shapiro is Vice President of the Transplantation Society and sits on the editorial boards of Transplantation, the American Journal of Transplantation, and Pediatric Transplantation. During his career, he has coauthored four books: Atlas of Organ Transplantation, Renal Transplantation, Pancreatic Transplantation, and Living Donor Organ Transplantation; published more than 380 articles and 65 book chapters; and has delivered more than 520 lectures.