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Joel T. Adler, M.D., MPH

Education

M.D.
University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine & Public Health

MPH
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Residency/Fellowship

Residency, General Surgery
Massachusetts General Hospital

Fellowship, Abdominal Transplantation
University of Wisconsin

About

Joel T. Adler, M.D., MPH, is an assistant professor in the Department of Perioperative Care and its Division of Transplant Surgery. He specializes in kidney and pancreas transplantation, with a particular interest in highly sensitized recipients and peritoneal dialysis access.

Adler’s research focuses on increasing equity in access to care for historically vulnerable populations through the use of technology, large-scale policy evaluations in transplantation, community-based participatory research and novel methods to improve the evaluation and waitlisting process associated with transplantation.

Adler earned his medical degree with honors in research from the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health and his master’s in public health from the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. He completed a residency in general surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital, and he completed his fellowship in abdominal transplantation at the University of Wisconsin.

Professional Affiliations
  • American Society of Transplant Surgeons
  • American Society of Transplantation
  • AcademyHealth
  • Association for Academic Surgery