Biographical summary
Sudhakar K. Reddy, M.B.B.S., M.D., is a transplant surgeon at Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, Arizona. He specializes in liver, kidney and pancreas transplantation and has extensive expertise in complex transplant surgery, portal hypertension and pancreatic surgery for benign and malignant disorders.
Dr. Reddy is a member of Mayo Clinic’s Liver Transplant Program, Kidney Transplant Program and Pancreas Transplant Program. He performs deceased donor and living donor kidney transplantation, living donor and deceased donor liver transplantation, pancreas transplantation and advanced pancreatic surgical procedures.
Dr. Reddy has particular expertise in expanded-criteria donor transplantation, positive crossmatch kidney transplantation, paired donation, pediatric en bloc kidney transplantation, dual adult kidney transplantation and transplantation for high-risk recipients. His interests also include immunosuppression protocols, surgery for portal hypertension, pancreatectomy and pancreaticoduodenectomy (Whipple procedure).
Dr. Reddy completed transplant surgery fellowship training at Mayo Clinic in Rochester and additional transplant training at the Royal Victoria Infirmary. He holds certifications in transplant surgery and general surgery through the Royal Colleges in the United Kingdom and has decades of experience advancing transplant care and surgical innovation.
In addition to his clinical practice, Dr. Reddy has contributed to national transplant leadership, education and research. His involvement with the United Network for Organ Sharing and the American Transplant Congress reflects a longstanding commitment to improving transplant outcomes, organ allocation practices and patient care.
Conditions treated
Procedures performed
Interests
- Liver transplantation: living and expanded criteria deceased donor liver transplantation
- Kidney transplantation: living and expanded criteria deceased donor kidney transplant; positive cross match, paired donor, pediatric enbloc and dual adult kidney transplant and kidney transplantation in high risk recipients
- Pancreas transplantation: simultaneous kidney-pancreas and solitary pancreas transplantation
- Immunosuppression protocols
- Surgery for portal hypertension
- Pancreatic surgery for benign and malignant disorders
- Pancreaticoduodenectomy
- Distal and total pancreatectomy
Mayo Clinic locations
Education
- 1996
Fellow - Transplant SurgeryMayo Clinic in Rochester
- 1994
Fellow - Kidney Transplant UnitRoyal Victoria Infirmary
- 1992
Resident - Senior House Office, Liver and Hepatobiliary UnitQueen Elizabeth Hospital
- 1991
Resident - Department of Gastrointestinal SurgeryAll-India Institute of Medical Sciences
- 1987
Resident - Department of SurgeryAll-India Institute of Medical Sciences
- 1983
Internship - Multiple specialties, compulsory rotating internshipGovernment General Hospital, Guntur, India
- 1982
MB BSGuntur Medical School
Activities and honors
Certifications
- 1993
Transplant SurgeryRoyal College of Physicians & Surgeons Glasgow
- 1992
General SurgeryRoyal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
Awards and honors
- 2000
AwardeeMarquis Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare
Professional memberships
- 2016
Abstract ReviewerAmerican Transplant Congress
- 2016 - 2018
Associate CounselorRegion 5, United Network for Organ Sharing
- 2016 - present
MemberRegion 5, United Network for Organ Sharing
- 2015
Abstract ReviewerAmerican Transplant Congress
- 2014 - present
MemberHospital Practice Subcommittee, Clinical Practice Committee - Arizona, Executive Operations Team - Arizona
- 2013 - 2015
MemberCME Committee, American Society of Transplant Surgeons
- 2013
Abstract ReviewerAmerican Transplant Congress
- 2012 - 2016
MemberMayo Clinic Transplant Specialty Council, Mayo Clinic Committees
- 2012 - 2016
RepresentativeRegion 5 Kidney Committee, United Network for Organ Sharing
- 2012 - present
MemberEthics Subcommittee, Clinical Practice Committee - Arizona, Executive Operations Team - Arizona
- 2011 - 2012
Vice ChairTransplant DOG, Disease/Discipline Oriented Groups (DOGs), Mayo Clinic Cancer Center
- 2011
Abstract ReviewerAmerican Transplant Congress
- 2010 - 2011
MemberHospital Practice Subcommittee, Clinical Practice Committee - Arizona, Executive Operations Team - Arizona
- 2009 - 2011
MemberMembership Committee, American Society of Transplant Surgeons
- 2009 - 2010
Abstract ReviewerKidney Deceased Donor Issues, American Transplant Congress
- 2005 - present
Surgical DirectorKidney and Pancreas Transplantation, Mayo Clinic Arizona Transplant Center
- 2003 - present
MemberTransplant Executive Committee, Mayo Clinic Arizona Transplant Center
- 2000 - 2011
MemberRegion 11 Liver Committee, United Network for Organ Sharing
- 2000 - 2010
MemberAmerican Diabetes Association
- 2000 - 2010
MemberThe Transplantation Society
- 2000 - 2010
MemberInternational Pediatric Transplant Association
- 2000
Meeting ParticipantAbstract Review Committee, American Transplant Congress
- 2000 - present
MemberAmerican Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
- 2000 - present
MemberSociety for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
- 2000 - present
MemberAmerican Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association
- 1999 - present
MemberInternational Liver Transplantation Society
- 1999 - present
MemberInternational Pancreas and Islet Transplant Association
- 1998 - 2003
MemberTransplant Steering Committee, Transplant Center, University of Kentucky
- 1998 - 2003
MemberLaboratory and Patient Care Committee, University of Kentucky
- 1998 - 2003
MemberLexington Medical Society
- 1998 - 2003
MemberKentucky Medical Association
- 1998 - present
MemberAmerican Society of Transplant Surgeons
Publications