Dr. Nicolae Leca, professor (Nephrology) will be the new medical director for transplant for the UW Medicine Transplant Institute, effective April 1, 2024.
Launched on Oct. 1, 2022, the UW Medicine Transplant Institute is a consolidated program designed to enhance coordination efforts across our transplant programs and take our already outstanding services to a new level. The program brought together UW Medicine’s organ transplant services: liver, kidney, pancreas and lung.
Originally co-led by interim medical and surgical directors Dr. Barbara Jung and Dr. Douglas Wood, the institute will now be co-led by medical director Leca and surgical director Dr. Ryutaro Hirose.
Leca has been medical director of the Kidney and Pancreas Transplant program since 2017 and medical director of the Living Donor Kidney Program since 2015. He is also nationally recognized for his innovative research in kidney transplantation.
