Giuliano Testa, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery

Director, Liver Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery

Dr. Giuliano Testa is an expert in liver transplantation. He specializes in living donor liver transplantation for both adult and pediatric patients. His experience in the field of living donor liver transplantation dates back to 1998 when he helped start the first European living donor program.

He also specializes in complex liver surgery for benign and malignant diseases. He has been among the chief promoters of minimally invasive approaches to liver surgery. In fact, Dr. Testa was part of a team of doctors who successfully performed the first robotic complex liver surgery in the United States. Using laparoscopic or minimally invasive surgery the patient has a faster recovery with less scarring than with traditional methods. In addition, Dr. Testa is an expert in small bowel transplant for both pediatric and adult patients. He was part of the team who performed the first successful combined living donor liver/small bowel transplant.

Dr. Testa's research interests include living donor liver transplantation with blood incompatible donors, liver regeneration, and living donor small bowel transplant.

Practice Location

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

University of Chicago Hepatology Program
at NorthShore University HealthSystem
2150 Pfingsten Road
Suite 3000
Glenview, IL 60026

University of Chicago Surgery Suite
at NorthShore University HealthSystem
1000 Central Street
Suite 800
Evanston, IL 60201

Year Started Practice

1998

Board Certification

Surgery

Medical School

University of Padova, Italy

Internship and Residency

University of Chicago Medical Center

Fellowship

Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX

Memberships

American College of Surgeons
American Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association
American Medical Association
American Society of Transplant Surgeons
American Society of Transplantation
Chicago Medical Society
International Liver Transplant Society

Languages Spoken

English
German
Italian

Email

gtesta@surgery.bsd.uchicago.edu

Office Phone

(773) 702-6319

Office Fax

(773) 702-7511

Office Postal Address

Giuliano Testa, MD
University of Chicago Medical Center
5841 S. Maryland Avenue, MC 5026
Chicago, IL 60637

Clinical Interests

• Liver transplant
• Pediatric liver transplant
• Hepatobiliary surgery
• Living donor transplantation
• Laparoscopic liver surgery
• Intestinal transplantation

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Read More About Dr. Testa

Learn about baby Raquel Allen, who received a liver transplant from her mother's co-worker. Dr. Testa was part of the transplant team, and is featured in a video of Raquel's transplant.

When Theresa Gonsiorowski needed a new liver due to her primary sclerosing cholangitis, her husband, Ron, bravely volunteered. »Read the Gonsiorowskis' story

Dr. Testa is featured in a story about a family who traveled more than 7,000 miles to Chicago to have a father-to-son living donor liver transplant. »Read the story

Pittsburgh resident Shirley Harr consulted with Dr. Testa after being diagnosed with liver cancer. He and other University of Chicago experts reviewed her case and found that she did not have cancer, but rather a benign, nonmalignant growth. »Read Shirley's story

Dr. Testa is featured in a story about a man who had a liver transplant to treat liver cancer.

Selected Publications

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