Biography
Dr. Testa is a Clinical Professor at Texas A&M College of Medicine at Texas A&M Health Science Center, Dallas. He is Chief of Abdominal Transplant at Baylor University Medical Center, part of Baylor Scott & White Health and Chairman of the Annette C. and Harold C. Simmons Transplant Institute. He specializes in living donor liver transplantation and is the principal investigator of the Uterine Transplant Clinical Trial that resulted in the first U.S. birth of a baby following uterine transplant. Dr. Testa was honored in 2018 as one of TIME Magazine's Top 100 for leading the medical team that performed the first successful uterus transplants in the nation. Dr. Testa is a graduate of t he University of Padova Medical School in Italy. After graduating cum laude, he completed a residency in general surgery at the same university. He went on to complete a general surgery residency at the University of Chicago and then a fellowship in abdominal organ transplant at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas. Later at the University of Essen in Germany, he was instrumental in starting the first adult living donor liver transplant program in Europe. Dr. Testa returned to the U.S. in 2001, where he served as Director of Liver Transplant at the University of Illinois. In 2005, he moved to the University of Chicago where he rose to the rank of Professor of Surgery and served as Director of Liver Transplant and Hepatobilliary Surgery. Read more about Dr. Testa's publications on PubMed.gov and the Baylor Health Sciences Library. Dr. Testa returned to Baylor University Medical Center in 2011 to lead the Living Donor Liver Program. He became Chief of Abdominal Transplant for the Annette C. and Harold C. Simmons Transplant Institute in 2017. Dr. Testa is author or co-author of more than 160 publications and several book chapters. He is a recognized authority in Uterus Transplantation and Living Donor Liver Transplantation. His other interests include complex liver surgery of benign and malignant diseases. Read more about Dr. Testa Dr. Testa has been named one of Texas Monthly's Texas Super Doctors for over 10 years earning him a place on Texas Monthly's Hall of Fame list. Dr. Testa is a Clinical Professor at Texas A&M College of Medicine at Texas A&M Health Science Center, Dallas. He is Chief of Abdominal Transplant at Baylor University Medical Center, part of Baylor Scott & White Health and Ch... |
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Language(s) Spoken
English
German
Italian
Spanish
Education
Medical School: University of Padova (1988)
Residency: General Surgery, University of Padova (1993)
Residency: General Surgery, University of Chicago (1996)
Residency: General Surgery, University of Chicago Hospitals (1996)
Medical School: University of Chicago Hospitals (1996)
Fellowship: Transplant Surgery, Baylor University Medical Center (1998)
Fellowship: Transplantation, Baylor University Medical Center (1998)
Medical School: Baylor University Medical Center (1998)
Fellowship: Medical Ethics, MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics (2008)
Certifications
Transplant Surgery - American Board of Surgery/General Surgery
Transplant Surgery - American Board of Surgery
Transplant Surgery - American Board of Surgery
Hospital Affiliations
Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital - Dallas
Baylor Scott & White Institute for Rehabilitation - Dallas
Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital - Waxahachie
Baylor University Medical Center, part of Baylor Scott & White Health
Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital - Plano
Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital - Denton
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