Robert C. Harland, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery and Medicine

Director, Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation

Dr. Robert Harland specializes in kidney, pancreas, and liver transplantations, as well as advanced laparoscopic procedures. He has participated in more than 1,000 transplant procedures.

He has a special interest in the care of diabetic and nondiabetic patients with end-organ disease. Dr. Harland's clinical research interests include developing new ways to transplant the "difficult to transplant" patient--including patients undergoing repeat transplantation, those requiring multiple organ transplantation and patients with complex medical problems.

Dr. Harland's research includes novel immunosuppression strategies, antibody mediated rejection, and the utilization of expanded criteria donor organs.

Practice Location

Center for Advanced Medicine
5758 S. Maryland Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637

Year Started Practice

1992

Board Certifications

General Surgery
Internal Medicine

Medical School

Duke University

Internship, Residency and Fellowship

Duke University Medical Center

Memberships

American College of Surgeons
American Society of Transplant Surgeons
Association for Academic Surgery
Illinois Surgical Society
International Pancreas and Islet Transplantation Association
International Xenotransplant Society
New England Surgical Society
North Carolina Medical Society
Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
The Transplantation Society

Language Spoken

English

Email

rharland@surgery.bsd.uchicago.edu

Office Phone

(773) 834-9055

Office Fax

(773) 702-7511

Office Postal Address

Robert C. Harland, MD
University of Chicago Medical Center
5841 S. Maryland Avenue, MC 5026
Chicago, IL 60637

Clinical Interests

• Pediatric kidney transplantation
• Adult kidney transplantation
• Pancreas transplantation
• Pediatric liver transplantation
• Adult liver transplantation
• Multi-organ transplant procedures
• Advanced laparoscopic surgery
• Dialysis access procedures

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Selected Publications

View a partial list of Dr. Harland's publications through the National Library of Medicine's PubMed online database.