J. Richard Thistlethwaite, MD PhD

From University of Chicago website:

J. Richard Thistlethwaite, MD, the senior member of the University of Chicago Transplant Surgery faculty, has been performing transplants for more than 20 years. In that time, he has performed more than a thousand kidney transplants, 300 liver transplants, and approximately 180 pancreas transplants.

Dr. Thistlethwaite performed Illinois' first pancreas transplant and was also a member of the team that performed the first liver transplant in Illinois. One of his patients is the longest surviving recipient of a living-donor liver transplant. The University of Chicago Transplant Surgery section developed this operation. Some of Dr. Thistlethwaite's other patients include the youngest recipient of a deceased donor liver transplant, and the second youngest recipient of a deceased donor kidney transplant worldwide.

Dr. Thistlethwaite is a past president of the International Pediatric Transplant Association, the Illinois Transplant Society, and the Medical Staff at the University of Chicago. He has also served as board chairman for the Regional Organ Bank of Illinois, a governor of the American College of Surgeons, and a councilor of both the American Society of Transplant Surgeons and the United Network of Organ Sharing.

Dr. Thistlethwaite's PhD is in immunology, and he has more than 200 published research papers on transplantation, immunology, and anti-rejection medications.