Josue Alvarez-Casas, MD, is a top abdominal transplant surgeon who lends his skills and expertise to serve patients at the University of Maryland Transplant Center in Baltimore, Maryland. He additionally serves as Assistant Professor of Surgery and Surgical Director of Organ Procurement at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (2018-present). With sixteen years of experience as a surgeon, including eight as an abdominal transplant surgeon, Dr. Alvarez-Casas specializes in liver, kidney, and pancreas transplantation. Affiliated with the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, his clinical interests also include minimally invasive single port Living Kidney Donation and reducing Hispanic/Latino disparities in Transplantation. In addition to English, Dr. Alvarez-Casas speaks Spanish, Italian, and French. For more information about Dr. Josue Alvarez-Casas, please visit https://www.umms.org/find-a-doctor/profiles/dr-josue-alvarez-casas-md-1013235084.

Get to know Transplant Surgeon Dr. Josue Alvarez-Casas, who serves patients in Baltimore, Maryland.

Dr. Alvarez-Casas is an abdominal transplant surgeon dedicated to liver, kidney, and pancreas recipients’ care. He is affiliated with the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore. After earning his medical degree from the University of Genova in 2001, Dr. Alvarez-Casas went on to serve his residency at San Martino Hospital and completed his Multi-Organ abdominal Transplant Surgery fellowship at the University of Maryland Medical Center in 2012. Dr. Alvarez-Casas serves as an Assistant Professor of Surgery & Surgical Director of Organ Procurement at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. In addition to Liver, Kidney, and pancreas transplantation, his clinical interests also include minimally invasive single-port  Living Kidney Donation and reducing Hispanic/Latino disparities in Transplantation. His current research interests include exploring the potential of normothermic Ex-Vivo liver perfusion to improve outcomes and organ acceptance, Donor after Cardiac Death organ utilization, and warm ischemic time interpretation and correlation with transplant outcomes. In addition to English, Dr. Alvarez-Casas speaks Spanish, Italian, and French.

Josue Alvarez-Casas, MD, is a 2001-graduate of the School of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Genova/Scuola di Scienze Mediche e Farmaceutiche, Università di Genova in Genoa, Italy. His postgraduate training includes his surgical residency served at Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria San Martino (2001-2004), as well as his transplant surgery residency performed at Mount Sinai Health System/Miller Recanati Transplant Institute in New York (2008). Dr. Alvarez-Casas is fellowship-trained in multi-organ abdominal transplant surgery at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, MD (2010-2012). He attained Abdominal Transplant Surgery Certification in Kidney and Pancreas with the American Society of Transplant Surgeons. Dr. Alvarez-Casas’ research interests include exploring the potential of normothermic Ex-Vivo liver perfusion to improve outcomes and organ acceptance, Donor after Cardiac Death organ utilization, and warm ischemic time interpretation and correlation with transplant outcomes. For more information about Dr. Josue Alvarez-Casas, please visit https://www.findatopdoc.com/doctor/3543551-Josue-Alvarez-Casas-Transplant-Surgeon.