Russell Wesson, MBChB
Liver Transplant SurgeryKidney Transplant Surgery
Highlights
Johns Hopkins Affiliations:
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty
About Russell Wesson
Professional Titles
- Liver Transplant Surgical Director
Primary Academic Title
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Johns Hopkins Physician
Background
Dr. Russell Wesson is the Surgical Director of Kidney Transplantation and a liver and kidney transplant surgeon at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
His areas of clinical expertise include Liver, Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation, Hepatobiliary surgery, Living Liver and Kidney donation and Transplantation for Colorectal Metastasis.
Dr. Wesson completed his General Surgery Residency in 2016 at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. He was an intern at Johns Hopkins in 2009 after receiving his medical degree from the University of Cape Town, South Africa.
After his residency, Dr. Wesson completed the American Society of Transplant Surgery accredited Fellowship in Abdominal Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery at Johns Hopkins. He continued on faculty within the division of transplant surgery.
Dr. Wesson's academic and research focuses on basic and translational research within the context of liver and kidney transplantation and organ injury. He is active as a principal investigator on multiple clinical trials investigating novel immunosuppressive agents.
He is a member of the American Society of Transplant Surgery as well as the American Transplantation Society.
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Centers and Institutes
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Research Interests
Living donor, liver and kidney transplant surgery
PubMed - Publications
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=russell+wesson&cmd=DetailsSearch
Selected Publications
Wesson RN, Cameron AM. “Stem Cells in Acute Liver Failure.” Advances in Surgery, 2011; 45:117-130. PubMed PMID: 21954682.
Wesson, RN.; Etchill, EW.; Garonzik-Wang, J. Application and interpretation of histocompatibility data in liver transplantation. Curr Opin Organ Transplant. 2017 Jul 13. PMID: 28708813
Ahmadi AR, Chicco M, Wesson RN, Anders RA, Dor FJMF, IJzermans JNM, Creamer TJ, Williams GM, Sun Z, Cameron AM. Stem Cell Mobilization Is Lifesaving in a Large Animal Preclinical Model of Acute Liver Failure. Ann Surg. 2018 Oct;268(4):620-631. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000002958. PMID: 30102635
Ahmadi AR; Qi L; Wesson RN; Dor F; Burdik J; Williams G; Cameron A; Sun Z. Prevention of Donor Specific Antibody Production after Skin Allografting by Mobilization of Endogenous Stem Cells Using a Combination of AMD3100 and Low-dose FK506 in Rats; Transplantation. 101(5S-3):S60, MAY 2017. doi: 10.1097/01.tp.0000520393.39098.20
Cameron AM, Wesson RN, Ahmadi A, Singer AL, Hu X, Okabayashi T, Wang Y, Shigoka M, Fu Y, Gao W, Raccusen LC, Montgomery RA, Williams GM, Sun Z. Chimeric Allografts Induced by Short-Term Treatment with Stem Cell Mobilizing Agents Result in Long-term Kidney Transplant Survival without Immunosuppression: II Study in Miniature Swine. Am J Transplant. 2016 Jan 8. doi: 10.1111/ajt.13703. PMID: 26748958
Honors
- Friend of Nursing Johns Hopkins Hospital Award, 1/1/16
- General Surgery Residency Teaching Award, Outstanding Senior Resident Teacher, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1/1/15
- General Surgery Resident of the Year Award,, The Johns Hopkins Hospital PA residents, 1/1/10
Additional Training
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine / Transplant Surgery Fellowship (2018)
Locations
- The Johns Hopkins Hospital
- 1800 Orleans Street, Baltimore, MD 21287
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- phone: 410-955-5000
- fax: 410-955-5001
Expertise
Education
- Residency: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Surgery, 2016
- Fellowship: VCU Health and Hospitals, Burn Surgery, 2009
- Residency: Johannesburg General Hospital, General Surgery, 2007
- Medical Education: University of Cape Town Medical School, MBChB MS, 2003
Board Certifications
- Surgery (General Surgery): American Board of Surgery, 2016
Insurance
- Aetna
- CareFirst
- Cigna
- First Health
- Geisinger Health Plan
- HealthSmart/Accel
- Johns Hopkins Health Plans
- MultiPlan
- Pennsylvania's Preferred Health Networks (PPHN)
- Point Comfort Underwriters
- Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
- Veteran Affairs Community Care Network (Optum-VACCN)