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Alp Demirag

Alp Demirag, MD

Clinical Associate Professor

Department: MD-SURGERY-GEN-TRANSPLANT
Business Phone: (352) 265-0606
Business Email: alpdemirag@ufl.edu

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About Alp Demirag

I am director of the University of Florida Health Ascension Sacred Heart Adult Kidney Transplant Program and a clinical associate professor in the UF Division of Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery. Prior to joining UF Health, I served as an associate professor of surgery and transplantation at the University of Virginia. There, I performed kidney and pancreas transplants and was part of the organ procurement team, where I assisted with multi-organ retrievals.

I earned my medical degree from Hacettepe University Medical School and completed a general surgery residency at Gazi University, both in Ankara, Turkey. I went on to complete an organ transplant fellowship at Harvard Medical School. During my time in Boston, I worked as a research fellow in the Harvard Medical School Division of Organ Transplant. Thereafter, I pursued a doctorate in immunology at the Bouvé College of Health Sciences at Northeastern University, followed by four transplant fellowships at the Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Ohio State University College of Medicine, the University Hospitals of Geneva in Switzerland and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

I have contributed to over 100 peer-reviewed articles and multiple textbooks. My areas of research interest include developing software programs in organ transplant, genetic polymorphism therapeutic drug monitoring and immunologically high-risk patients. I am affiliated with various organizations, such as the Transplantation Society, Society of Surgical Oncology and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons.

Board Certifications

  • Transplant Surgery
    American Society of Transplant Surgeons

Clinical Profile

Specialties

  • Transplant Surgery

Areas of Interest

  • Chronic Kidney Disease
  • Kidney Transplant
  • Liver Transplant
  • Pancreas Transplant
  • Transplant Services

Research Profile

Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID)

0000-0001-7276-3240

Areas of Interest

  • Genetic Polymorphism Therapeutic Drug Monitoring
  • Immunologically High-Risk Patients
  • Software Programs in Organ Transplant
  • frailty and transplant

Publications

Academic Articles

Presentations

  1. Dual and Pediatric En-Bloc Compared to Living Donor Kidney Transplant: A Single Center Retrospective Review

    International / Invited. [Symposium]. SWISS COLLEGE OF SURGEONS ANNUAL MEETING 2024, DAVOS

  2. Importance of Malnutrition and Frailty in Kidney Transplant Waiting List

    International / Invited. [Poster]. American Transplant Congress (ATC) 2023,

  3. Robot assisted kidney transplantation in Obese Recipient

    International / Invited. [Speech]. 6TH Turkish Urological Surgery Congress,

  4. Wound Infection After Kidney Transplantation: A Single Center Study

    International / Invited. [Poster]. American Transplant Congress 2021 ,

  5. Kidney Transplantation Management and Decision Support System

    International / Invited. [Poster]. American Transplant Congress 2021,

  6. Pharmacokinetic Analysis of Direct Acting Antiviral Use on Weight-Adjusted FK506 Trough/dose Ratios in Obese Kidney Transplant Recipients

    International / Invited. [Speech]. American Transplant Congress 2021,

  7. Liver Transplant Recipients with High DSA at Time of Transplant Do Not Have Increased Rejection or Mortality

    International / Invited. [Poster]. America Transplant Congress, 2020,

  8. Robot-Assisted versus Open Kidney Transplantation for Morbidly Obese Patients

    International / Invited. [Poster]. American Transplant Congress, 2020 ,

Education

  1. Fellowship, Transplant

    University Pittsburgh Medical Center

  2. Fellowship, Clinical Transplant

    Division of Digestive Surgery of the University Hospitals of Geneva

  3. Fellowship, Clinical Transplant

    Ohio State College of Medicine

  4. Fellowship, Clinical Transplant

    Rush University Medical Center

  5. Doctorate Degree, Immunology

    Northeastern University Bouvé College of Health Sciences School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

  6. Fellowship, Organ Transplant

    Harvard Medical School

  7. Residency, General Surgery

    Gazi University

  8. Medical Degree

    Hacettepe University Medical School

Contact Details

Phones:
Business:
(352) 265-0606
Emails:
Business:
alpdemirag@ufl.edu
Addresses:
Business Mailing:
PO Box 10018
 GAINESVILLE FL 32610
Business Street:
1329 SW 16TH ST
 GAINESVILLE FL 32608