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Leonardo Riella, MD, Nephrology, Boston, MA, Massachusetts General Hospital

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Nephrology Boston, MA

Kidney & Pancreas Transplantation

Harold and Ellen Danser Endowed Chair in Transplantation at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School

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Summary

  • Dr. Leonardo Riella is a transplant nephrologist at the Massachusetts General Hospital. He has been in practice for 16 years. He is the Medical Director of Kidney Transplantation and the Harold and Ellen Danser Endowed Chair in Transplantation. He has a PhD in immunology of transplantation. He speaks multiple languages, including Italian, French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish. He specializes in kidney transplantation and has expertise in recurrent disease post-transplant, chronic antibody-mediated rejection and non-invasive monitoring of rejection.

Education & Training

  • Brigham and Women's Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital
    Brigham and Women's Hospital/Massachusetts General HospitalFellowship, Nephrology, 2007 - 2011
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital
    Brigham and Women's HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 2004 - 2007
  • Federal University of Parana Faculty of Medicine
    Federal University of Parana Faculty of MedicineClass of 2003

Certifications & Licensure

  • NH State Medical License
    NH State Medical License 2021 - 2025
  • MA State Medical License
    MA State Medical License 2007 - 2025
  • RI State Medical License
    RI State Medical License 2021 - 2024
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Nephrology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • BWH/MGH Teaching Faculty Award Brigham and Women's Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital, 2020
  • Department of Medicine Chair Research Award Brigham and Women's Hospital, 2019
  • Bright Futures Prize Brigham and Women's Hospital, 2019
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Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Chronic Rejection of Human Face Allografts  
    Leonardo V Riella, Bohdan Pomahac, George F Murphy, Christine G Lian, Luccie Wo, American journal of transplantation

Authored Content

  • Kidney Transplant iBookJune 2019

Press Mentions

  • Membranous Nephropathy Often Recurs After Kidney Transplantation
    Membranous Nephropathy Often Recurs After Kidney TransplantationJune 13th, 2022
  • Kidney Transplant Outcomes Appear No Worse for Undocumented Immigrants
    Kidney Transplant Outcomes Appear No Worse for Undocumented ImmigrantsAugust 9th, 2021
  • Management of COVID-19 in Transplant Recipients Evolved During Pandemic
    Management of COVID-19 in Transplant Recipients Evolved During PandemicJuly 15th, 2021
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Grant Support

  • Novel Role of Siglec-E Inhibitory Receptor in AlloimmunityNIH2019–2024
  • Significance of non-HLA antibodies in acute and chronic rejection of vascularized composite allograftsDepartment of Defense2019–Present
  • Targeting Innate Immune Regulators to Reduce Rejection in Vascularized Composite Tissue TransplantsDepartment of Defense2020–2023
  • Modulating donor dendritic cells in VCA transplantationDepartment of DefensePresent
  • Biomarkers in VCA transplantationDepartment of DefensePresent

Committees

  • Co-Director of the AST Fellows Symposium, American Society of Transplantation 2016 - Present
  • Co-Chair, American Society of Transplantation Fellows Symposium 2016 - Present

Professional Memberships

Other Languages

  • Italian, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish

Hospital Affiliations

Industry Relationships

  • Investigator-initiated research, Bristols-Meyers-Squibb