Robert Stratta

Robert J Stratta, MD, is the Jesse H. Meredith, M.D., Professor and Chair in Transplant Surgery and Director of Transplantation at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, which is one of the largest kidney and pancreas transplant centers in the US. He also has a cross-appointment as a Professor both in Urology and at the Wake Forest Institute of Regenerative Medicine. He is co-author of 6 books, 43 book chapters, >830 abstracts, >100 online commentaries, >440 oral presentations, and >520 peer-reviewed articles dealing predominantly with transplantation. He has accumulated more than $12 million in career research funding. He has been active in medical school, surgical resident, and transplant fellow education since 1988; has been a member of 35 medical societies; and numerous local, regional, and national committees including United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) activities since 1988. His areas of research interest and expertise include kidney and pancreas allocation and transplantation, immunosuppressive strategies, organ donation and preservation, and utilization of marginal donors. He has lectured worldwide on kidney and pancreas transplantation and has performed more than 2500 transplants in his career.