Biographical summary
Dr. Kukla specializes in treating patients with chronic kidney disease as well as kidney and pancreas transplantation. She trained at the University of Wisconsin Transplant Program in 2006 and worked at the University of Minnesota for about 10 years before joining the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN.
Dr. Kukla's special interest is helping patients with advanced kidney disease, and other comorbidities, like obesity, diabetes and hypertension. When advanced kidney failure develops, patients may require kidney or kidney and pancreas transplantation to treat their renal failure and diabetes. Dr. Kukla works closely with endocrinologist and transplant surgeon to identify patients who benefit from kidney transplant as well as follows these patients to help them to stay healthy post-transplant.
        Conditions treated
        Procedures performed
        Interests
- Kidney transplantation
- Pancreas transplantation
- Long term outcomes of kidney transplant recipients
- Transition of adolescent kidney transplant recipients to adult nephrology
Mayo Clinic locations
        Education
- 2007Fellow - Nephrology University of Wisconsin  
- 2006Fellow - Nephrology University of Missouri  
- 2003Clinical ResidencyIllinois Masonic Medical Center 
- 1998Clinical ResidencySilesian Medical School 
- 1996MDJagiellonian University 
Activities and honors
Certifications
- 2005NephrologyAmerican Board of Internal Medicine 
Awards and honors
- 2023Top 10% of papers published in Clinical Transplantation (2023) Editors of Clinical Transplantation 
- 20132013 Poster of DistinctionAmerican Transplant Congress  
- 20122012 Poster of DistinctionAmerican Transplant Congress  
- 1996Award of Achievement Jagiellonian University Medical School 
Professional memberships
- 2022 - presentFacilitator / MemberNephrology Education Committee 
- 2020 - presentDirectorTransplant Metabolic Program 
- 2017 - presentCo-DirectorPancreas Transplant Program 
- 2016 - presentMemberKidney Pancreas Transplant Commitee 
- 2016 - presentMemberAmerican Society of Transplantation 
- 2016 - presentMemberThe Transplantation Society 
- 2016 - presentMemberAmerican Society of Nephrology 
- 2016 - presentAssociated MemberInternational Pancreas and Islet Transplantation  
- 2014 - 2015ReviewerUniversity of Wisconsin Institute for Clinical and Translational Research 
- 2009 - 2016Board MemberData and Safety Monitoring Board for Islet Transplantation  
- 2009 - 2016Committee MemberSolid Organ Transplant Quality Steering Committee  
- 2008 - 2016InterviewerInternal Medicine Residency Program, Nephrology Fellowship and Transplant Fellowship 
Publications
Research activities