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Jonathan Fridell, MD, General Surgery, Indianapolis, IN, Indiana University Health University Hospital

JonathanFridellMD

General Surgery • Indianapolis, IN

Transplantation

Chief Abdominal Transplant Surgery/Director of Pancreas Transplantation / Professor of Surgery at Indiana University

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Summary

  • Dr. Jonathan Fridell’s area of clinical practice is pancreas transplantation, either with a kidney transplant or alone, for patients with Type 1 diabetes with hypoglycemic unawareness.

    He is the chief of abdominal transplantation and surgical director of the IU Health pancreas transplant program in Indianapolis, one of the highest volume programs in the country since 2007. He joined the Indiana University School of Medicine in 2002 where he is a professor of surgery. Dr. Fridell has been involved in the growth of the pancreas and liver transplant programs and helped initiate the intestine/multivisceral transplant program at IU Health.

    Dr. Fridell is a native of Montreal, Canada, where he received his MD degree and surgical training at McGill University. He completed a transplant surgery fellowship at the Thomas E. Starzl Transplant Institute at the University of Pennsylvania.

    Dr. Fridell’s expertise and research interests include pancreas and liver transplantation. As a leader in his field, he is past chair of the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) Pancreas Transplant Committee as well as associate editor of the American Journal of Transplantation and deputy editor of Clinical Transplantation.

    • Pancreas Transplant Program | IU Health

    Dr.Fridell shares Pancreas transplant story. For more information, visit http://www.iuhealth.org.

    The Evolution of Pancreas Transplantation

    The history, discovery and treatment of diabetes. The history of pancreas transplantation, modifications and techniques. The indications and contraindications.

Education & Training

  • McGill University Faculty of Medicine
    McGill University Faculty of MedicineClass of 1994

Certifications & Licensure

  • IN State Medical License
    IN State Medical License 2002 - 2025
  • PA State Medical License
    PA State Medical License 2001 - 2002
  • American Board of Surgery Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Indianapolis Monthly Castle Connolly, 2013
  • Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
  • Whos Who in Medicine and Healthcare Marquis Whos Who

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • C‐Peptide Levels Do Not Correlate with Pancreas Allograft Failure: Multicenter Retrospective Analysis and Discussion of the New OPTN Definition of Pancreas Allograft F...  
    Jonathan A Fridell, Jonathan S Fisher, Silke V Niederhaus, Muhammad A Mujtaba, Jon S Odorico, Ty B Dunn, American journal of transplantation
  • Impact of Variant Donor Hepatic Arterial Anatomy on Clinical Graft Outcomes in Liver Transplantation  
    Jonathan A Fridell, Richard S Mangus, Joel R Schroering, Chandrashekhar A Kubal, Liver transplantation

Press Mentions

  • Living Donors Celebrated for Selfless Acts of Compassion
    Living Donors Celebrated for Selfless Acts of CompassionSeptember 23rd, 2022
  • IU Health Celebrates Transplant Success with Creative Flair
    IU Health Celebrates Transplant Success with Creative FlairNovember 8th, 2019
  • Hospital Systems Fight for Pre-Eminence in Transplant Field
    Hospital Systems Fight for Pre-Eminence in Transplant FieldJanuary 28th, 2017
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External Links

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