Liise Kayler, MD
Doctors, Renal CareProgram Director, Regional Transplantation and Kidney Care Center of Excellence
Welcome to the Regional Center of Excellence for Transplantation and Kidney Care
At the Regional Center of Excellence for Transplantation and Kidney Care at ECMC, we are equipped to treat patients at every stage of kidney disease or kidney failure.
Our transplant program has offered kidney transplants since 1964 and pancreas transplants since 2004. Our experienced multidisciplinary team serves our community with consistently high scores in outcomes and transplant rates from deceased donors, and also offers laparoscopic donor nephrectomy procedures to promote faster recovery for live kidney donors.
Our commitment to excellence and focus on the patient experience has led to high satisfaction for recipients and living donors alike. With advanced therapies in desensitization and paired-donor exchange, our living donor transplant program has also made more transplants possible, helping recipients of those organs as well as patients on the waiting list.
ECMC is also positioned to remain in the forefront of major innovations in transplantation, such as steroid free immunosuppression and the opportunity for patients to participate in ongoing research trials, offering our patients leading-edge treatments and individual compassion and attention.
Health Information
Looking for more information about kidney transplants, kidney disease, resources for patients and families, and other related topics? Visit these links for additional information about these services in Western New York.*
The Kidney Foundation of Western New York (http://www.kfwny.org)
Upstate New York Transplant Services (http://www.unyts.org)
*Please be advised that these links and their websites are not managed by ECMC. While ECMC believes this information to be valuable, useful, and respected, ECMC does not own, control, or take responsibility for the content of these sites. Visitors are encouraged to review the privacy/service agreements of each linked site.
ECMC has been a life-saving and life-changing center for transplant recipients like myself, dialysis patients, families and all within the renal community. We are most grateful for the excellent care and services that we continue to receive from ECMC.”
Our Doctors
Meet our dedicated team of doctors and nephrologists who bring the best of their comprehensive medical expertise in renal care to bear for our kidney and pancreas patients.
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James Lukan, MD, FACS
Doctors, Renal Care, Outpatient Specialty Clinics, Trauma Center and Emergency Care, Surgery, Surgical Clinics, Physician Leadership, Chiefs of Service, Medical OfficersSecretary, Medical Executive Committee, Surgical Director, Vascular Access
Raphael Blochle, MD
Doctors, Renal Care, Outpatient Specialty Clinics, Trauma Center and Emergency Care, Surgery, Surgical ClinicsAttending Surgeon
Rocco C. Venuto, MD
Doctors, Renal CareMedical Director of Renal Transplant and Director of Chronic Kidney Disease Program
(October 15, 1941 – July 11, 2019 )
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