WillemJVan Der WerfMDFACS

General Surgery • Phoenix, AZ

Hepatobiliary Surgery, Pancreas, Transplantation

Chief, Division of Transplant Surgery Phoenix Children's Hospital

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2218 N 3rd St
Phoenix, AZ 85004
Phone+1 602-252-2543

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Education & Training

University of Wisconsin Hospitals and ClinicsFellowship, Abdominal Transplant Surgery, 1998
University of Miami/Jackson Health SystemResidency, Surgery, 1988 - 1996
University of California San Francisco School of MedicineClass of 1988
Harvard Medical SchoolFellowship, Research in Transplant Immunology

Certifications & Licensure

UT State Medical License 2003 - 2026
AZ State Medical License 2015 - 2026
FL State Medical License 1998 - 2005
WI State Medical License 1996 - 1999
American Board of Surgery Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Fellow American College of Surgeons

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

9 citations
Clostridial infection in a liver transplant recipient.
Diego R Solis, Alan W. Hemming, Alan I. Reed, Willem J. Van der Werf, Shiro Fujita, Richard J. Howard> ;Clinical Transplantation. 2004 Dec 1
151 citations
The changing causes of graft loss and death after kidney transplantation
Richard J. Howard, Pamela R. Patton, Alan I. Reed, Alan W. Hemming, Willem J. Van der Werf, William W. Pfaff, Titte R. Srinivas, Juan C. Scornik> ;Transplantation. 2002 Jun 27
93 citations
Hepatic Vein Reconstruction for Resection of Hepatic Tumors
Alan W. Hemming, Alan I. Reed, Max R. Langham, Shiro Fujita, Willem J. Van der Werf, Richard J. Howard> ;Annals of Surgery. 2002 Jun 1
108 citations
Obesity does not portend a bad outcome for kidney transplant recipients.
Richard J. Howard, Van B. Thai, Pamela R. Patton, Alan W. Hemming, Alan I. Reed, Willem J. Van der Werf, Shiro Fujita, Janet L. Karlix, Juan C. Scornik> ;Transplantation. 2002 Jan 15
111 citations
Anti-interleukin-2 receptor therapy in combination with mycophenolate mofetil is associated with more severe hepatitis C recurrence after liver transplantation.
David R. Nelson, Consuelo Soldevila-Pico, Alan I. Reed, Manal F. Abdelmalek, Alan W. Hemming, Willem J. Van der Werf, Richard J. Howard, Gary L. Davis> ;Liver Transplantation. 2001 Dec 1
20 citations
Resection of the inferior vena cava for hepatic malignancy.
Alan W. Hemming, Max R. Langham, Alan I. Reed, Van der Werf Wj, Richard J. Howard> ;The American Surgeon. 2001 Nov 1
32 citations
What happens to renal transplant recipients who lose their grafts
Richard J. Howard, Alan I. Reed, Willem J. Van der Werf, Alan W. Hemming, Pamela R. Patton, Juan C. Scornik> ;American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 2001 Jul 1
24 citations
Susceptibility of liver allografts to high or low concentrations of preformed antibodies as measured by flow cytometry.
Juan C. Scornik, Consuelo Soldevilla-Pico, Willem J. Van der Werf, Alan W. Hemming, Alan I. Reed, Max R. Langham, Richard J. Howard> ;American Journal of Transplantation. 2001 Jul 1
42 citations
Outcome of kidney transplants in patients known to be flow cytometry crossmatch positive
Juan C. Scornik, William Clapp, Pamela R. Patton, Willem J. Van der Werf, Alan W. Hemming, Alan I. Reed, Richard J. Howard> ;Transplantation. 2001 Apr 27
85 citations
Simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation and living related donor renal transplantation in patients with diabetes: is there a difference in survival?
Stephen C. Rayhill, Anthony M. D'Alessandro, Jon S. Odorico, Stuart J. Knechtle, John D. Pirsch, Dennis M. Heisey, Allan D. Kirk, Willem J. Van der Werf, Hans W. Solli...> ;Annals of Surgery. 2000 Mar 1
33 citations
Liver transplantation as definitive therapy for complications after arterial embolization for hepatic manifestations of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia
Jon S. Odorico, M. Nawar Hakim, Yolanda T. Becker, Willem J. Van der Werf, Alexandru I. Musat, Stuart J. Knechtle, Anthony M. D'Alessandro, Munci Kalayoglu> ;Liver Transplantation and Surgery. 1998 Nov 1
58 citations
Living unrelated renal donation: The University of Wisconsin experience
Anthony M. D'Alessandro, John D. Pirsch, Stuart J. Knechtle, Jon S. Odorico, Willem J. Van der Werf, Bradley H. Collins, Yolanda T. Becker, Munci Kalayoglu, Armbrust M...> ;Surgery. 1998 Oct 1
17 citations
PROCUREMENT, PRESERVATION, AND TRANSPORT OF CADAVER KIDNEYS
Willem J. Van der Werf, Anthony M. D'Alessandro, Robert M. Hoffmann, Stuart J. Knechtle> ;The Surgical Clinics of North America. 1998 Feb 1
44 citations
Infant pediatric liver transplantation results equal those for older pediatric patients
Willem J. Van der Werf, Anthony M. D'Alessandro, Stuart J. Knechtle, Gokhan Pilli, Robert M. Hoffmann, Robert H. Judd, Jon S. Odorico, Allan D. Kirk, Stephen C. Rayhil...> ;Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 1998 Jan 1
Activation of intragraft endothelial and mononuclear cells during discordant xenograft rejection.
Blakely, M. L., Van der Werf, W. J., Berndt, M. C., Dalmasso, A. P., Bach, F. H., Hancock, W. W.> ;Transplantation. 1994 Nov 27
Indefinite survival following small intestinal transplantation after intrathymic injection of the donor with recipient-type splenocytes in a rat model.
Blakely, M. L., Shaffer, D., Ohzato, H., Gottschalk, R., Van der Werf, W. J., Monaco, A. P.> ;Transplantation. 1995 Jan 27
Advances in pancreas transplantation: the University of Wisconsin experience.
Odorico, J. S., Becker, Y. T., Van der Werf, W., Collins, B., D'Alessandro, A. M., Knechtle, S. J., Pirsch, J. D., Sollinger, H. W.> ;Clin Transpl. 1997
Long-term results of liver transplantation in older patients 60 years of age and older.
Collins, B. H., Pirsch, J. D., Becker, Y. T., Hanaway, M. J., Van der Werf, W. J., D'Alessandro, A. M., Knechtle, S. J., Odorico, J. S., Leverson, G., Musat, A., Armbr...> ;Transplantation. 2000 Sep 15
Effect of early administration of donor bone marrow cells on renal allograft survival in dogs treated with antilymphocyte serum and cyclosporine.
Hartner, W. C., Markees, T. G., De Fazio, S. R., Shaffer, D., Van Der Werf, W. J., Gilchrist, B., Yatko, C., Monaco, A. P., Gozzo, J. J.> ;Transplantation. 1995 Jan 15
Effect of rapamycin on renal allograft survival in canine recipients treated with antilymphocyte serum, donor bone marrow, and cyclosporine.
Hartner, W. C., Van der Werf, W. J., Lodge, J. P., Gilchrist, B., De Fazio, S. R., Markees, T. G., Yatko, C., Monaco, A. P., Gozzo, J. J.> ;Transplantation. 1995 Dec 15
A novel approach to bilateral hand-assisted laparoscopic nephrectomy for autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease.
Whitten, M. G., Van der Werf, W., Belnap, L.> ;Surg Endosc. 2006 Apr
Utilization of pediatric donors for pancreas transplantation.
Van der Werf, W. J., Odorico, J., D'Alessandro, A. M., Knechtle, S., Becker, Y., Collins, B., Pirsch, J., Hoffman, R., Sollinger, H. W.> ;Transplant Proc. 1999 Feb 01
Obese kidney transplant recipients have good outcomes.
Howard, R. J., Thai, V. B., Patton, P. R., Hemming, A. W., Reed, A. I., Van der Werf, W. J., Fujita, S., Karlix, J. L., Scornik, J. C.> ;Transplant Proc. 2001 Nov 01
245 citations
Liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma.
Alan W. Hemming, Mark S. Cattral, Alan I. Reed, Willem J. Van der Werf, Paul D. Greig, Richard J. Howard> ;Annals of Surgery. 2001 May 1
Graft loss and death: changing causes after kidney transplantation.
Howard, R. J., Reed, A. I., Hemming, A. W., Van der Werf, W. J., Patton, P. R., Pfaff, W. W., Srinivas, T. R., Scornik, J. C.> ;Transplant Proc. 2001 Nov 01
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Hospital Affiliations

Phoenix Children'sPhoenix, Arizona
Banner - University Medical Center PhoenixPhoenix, Arizona
St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical CenterPhoenix, Arizona