LeonardoVRiellaMDPhD
Nephrology • Boston, MAKidney & Pancreas Transplantation
Harold and Ellen Danser Endowed Chair in Transplantation at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
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Office
55 Fruit St.
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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 Womens HospitalFellowship, Nephrology, 2007 - 2011- Brigham and Womens HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 2004 - 2007
Federal University of Parana Faculty of MedicineClass of 2003
Certifications & Licensure
RI State Medical License 2021 - 2022
NH State Medical License 2021 - 2023
MA State Medical License 2007 - 2023
ME State Medical License Current- 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
- Efficacy and Safety of Eculizumab for Treatment of Antibody-mediated Rejection Following Renal Transplantation Start of enrollment: 2013 Nov 01
- Belatacept Conversion in Proteinuric Kidney Transplant Recipients Start of enrollment: 2015 Oct 01
- Conversion to Sirolimus: Effects in Cytomegalovirus Infection Recurrence Start of enrollment: 2015 Sep 01
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Long-term Apheresis in the Management of Patients With Recurrent Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis After Kidney Transplantation.Audrey Uffing, Frank Hullekes, Dennis A Hesselink, Juliana B Mansur, Paolo Malvezzi, Aiko P J de Vries, Harald Seeger, Roberto C Manfro, Pitchaphon Nissaisorakarn, Ail...> ;Kidney international reports. 2022 Jun 1
- Pig-to-human kidney transplantation using brain-dead donors as recipients: One giant leap, or only one small step for transplantkind?Yoshikazu Ganchiku, Leonardo V Riella> ;Xenotransplantation. 2022 May 1
- PD-L1 signaling selectively regulates T cell lymphatic transendothelial migration.Wenji Piao, Lushen Li, Vikas Saxena, Jegan Iyyathurai, Ram Lakhan, Yigang Zhang, Isadora Tadeval Lape, Christina Paluskievicz, Keli L Hippen, Young Lee, Emma Silverman...> ;Nature communications. 2022 Apr 21
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Journal Articles
- Chronic Rejection of Human Face AllograftsLeonardo V Riella, Bohdan Pomahac, George F Murphy, Christine G Lian, Luccie Wo, American journal of transplantation
Authored Content
- Kidney Transplant iBookJune 2019
Press Mentions
- Five-Year Follow-up After Face TransplantationMay 29th, 2019
Why Skin Grafts Have High Rate of RejectionSeptember 6th, 2018
Drug Treatments Didn’t Work. Can a Simple Diet Help Change These Children’s Lives?August 9th, 2017- Join now to see all
Grant Support
- Novel Role of Siglec-E Inhibitory Receptor in AlloimmunityNIH2019–2024
- Targeting Innate Immune Regulators to Reduce Rejection in Vascularized Composite Tissue TransplantsDepartment of Defense2020–2023
- Significance of non-HLA antibodies in acute and chronic rejection of vascularized composite allograftsDepartment of Defense2019–Present
- 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
- Fellow
Other Languages
- Italian, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish
Hospital Affiliations
Massachusetts General HospitalBoston, Massachusetts- Massachusetts General HospitalBoston, Massachusetts
Industry Relationships
- Investigator-initiated research, Bristols-Meyers-Squibb
External Links
- Personal Websitehttp://www.leoriella.com
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