Curriculum Vitae

David Justin Rea, M.D.
Associate Professor
General and Transplan
SIU Clinics Building Surgery
751 N. Rutledge – Room 2100
Springfield, IL
217-545-8000 or 217-788-3441 (transplant)

Special Interests:
Kidney and pancreas transplantation
Dialysis access
Liver, pancreas, and gallbladder surgery

Research Interests:
Kidney and pancreas transplant outcomes
Pancreas & hepatobiliary neoplasia

Current Position

Department of Surgery    November 2011 - present
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL
Responsibilities: Abdominal organ (kidney and pancreas) transplantation; general surgery; inpatient and outpatient management of pre and post-transplant patients.

Work Experience

Department of Abdominal Transplant Surgery  August 2009 – February 2011
Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI
Responsibilities: Abdominal organ (kidney, liver and pancreas) transplantation; general surgery; inpatient and outpatient management of pre and post-transplant patients.

Urgent Care Physician    January 2003 – December 2004
Apple Valley Medical Center, Edina, MN
Responsibilities: Care and triage of medical & surgical patients at a 24 hour urgent care facility.

Drug Development   August 1994 – July 1996
Microcide Pharmaceuticals, Mountain View, CA
Responsibilities: Organic synthesis of cephalosporin antibiotics targeting multi-drug resistant gram positive bacteria and compounds targeting novel mechanisms of drug resistance.

Teaching Assistant, Department of Chemistry   January 1994 – August 1994
University of California, Berkeley, CA
Responsibilities: Teaching and supervising laboratory modules for organic chemistry 3A/3B; holding office hours for undergraduates; proctoring & grading of mid-term and final exams.

Education

Abdominal Transplant Surgery Fellowship   July 2007 – June 2009
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

General Surgery Residency   July 2000 – June 2007
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Doctor of Medicine   August 1996 – May 2000
New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY

Bachelor of Science in Chemistry  August 1990 – June 1993
University of California, Berkeley, CA

Academic Appointments

Assistant Professor of Surgery  November 2011 - present
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL

Instructor in Surgery  June 2006 – June 2009
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Research

Clinician Investigator Program  January 2003 – December 2004
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Research: Antibody mediated rejection in positive cross match and ABO incompatible renal transplants (Primary investigator: Mark D. Stegall, MD)

Organic Chemistry   June 1992 – May 1994
University of California, Berkeley, CA
Research: Combinatorial solid-phase organic synthesis of pharmacologically active small molecules (Research advisor: Jonathan Ellman, PhD)

Honors & Awards

• Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center Physician Partnership Award   2010
• American Society of Transplantation Travel Award   May 2001
• Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society  June 2000

Memberships

• American Society of Transplant Surgeons
• American Society of Transplantation
• American Association for the Study of Liver Disease
• American Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association
• American Medical Association

Other Skills

Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, Power Point; JMP (Statistics)

Journal Articles

1. Hecker SJ, Cho IS, Glinka TW, Zhang ZJ, Price ME, Lee VJ, Christensen BG, Boggs A, Chamberland S, Malouin F, Parr TR, Annamalai T, Blais J, Bond EL, Case L, Chan C, Crase J, Frith R, Griffith D, Harford L, Liu N, Ludwikow M, Mathias K, Rea D, Williams R. Discovery of MC-02,331, a new cephalosporin exhibiting potent activity against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Journal of Antibiotics. 51(8): 722-34, 1998 Aug.
2. Larson TS, Bohorquez H, Rea DJ, Nyberg SL, Prieto M, et al. Pancreas-after-kidney transplantation: an increasingly attractive alternative to simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation. Transplantation. 77(6): 838-43, 2004 Mar.
3. Mazur MJ, Rea DJ, Griffin MD, Larson TS, Prieto M, et al. Decline in native renal function early after bladder-drained pancreas transplantation alone. Transplantation. 77(6): 844-9, 2004 Mar.
4. Rea DJ, Munoz-Juarez M, Farnell MB, Donohue JH, Que FG, et al. Major hepatic resection for hilar cholangiocarcinoma: analysis of 46 patients. Archives of Surgery. 139(5): 514-23; discussion 523-5, 2004 May.
5. Ninova D, Covarrubias M, Rea DJ, Park WD, Grande JP, et al. Acute nephrotoxicity of tacrolimus and sirolimus in renal isografts: differential intragraft expression of transforming growth factor-beta1 and alpha-smooth muscle actin. Transplantation. 78(3): 338-44, 2004 Aug.
6. Rea DJ, van Heerden JA. Image of the month. Malignant melanoma of the gallbladder (primary vs. secondary). Archives of Surgery. 139(12): 1383-4, 2004 Dec.
7. Rea DJ, Heimbach JK, Rosen CB, Haddock MG, Alberts SR, et al. Liver transplantation with neoadjuvant chemoradiation is more effective than resection for hilar cholangiocarcinoma. Annals of Surgery. 242(3): 451-8; discussion 458-61, 2005 Sep.
8. Cordera F, Rea DJ, Rodriguez-Davalos M, Hoskin TL, Nagorney DM, et al. Hepatic resection for noncolorectal, nonneuroendocrine metastases. Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. 9(9): 1361-70, 2005 Dec.
9. Gloor JM, Cosio FG, Rea DJ, Wadei HM, Winters JL, et al. Histologic findings one year after positive crossmatch or ABO blood group incompatible living donor kidney transplantation. American Journal of Transplantation. 6(8): 1841-7, 2006 Aug.
10. Rea DJ, Heimbach JK, Grande JP, Textor SC, Taler SJ, et al. Glomerular volume and renal histology in obese and non-obese living kidney donors. Kidney International. 70(9): 1636-41, 2006 Nov.
    Perry DK, Pollinger HS, Burns JM, Rea D, Ramos E, et al. Two novel assays of alloantibody-secreting cells demonstrating resistance to desensitization with IVIG and rATG. American Journal of Transplantation. 8(1): 133-43, 2008 Jan.
11. Knoll B, Rea DJ, Szoztek J, Nagorney DM, Tefferi A, et al. Extramedullary hematopoiesis. American Journal of Hematology. 83(2): 171, 2008 Feb.
12. Rea DJ, Rosen CB, Nagorney DM, Heimbach JK, Gores GJ. Transplantation for cholangiocarcinoma: when and for whom? Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America. 18(2): 325-37, ix, 2009 Apr.

Book Chapters

1. Rea DJ, Nagorney, DM, Rosen CB. Cancer of the Gall Bladder and Biliary Tree. In: Talley NJ, Lindor KD, Vargas HE, editors. Practical Gastroenterology and Hepatology: Liver and Biliary Disease. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell; 2010. p 374 - 82.

Oral Presentations

1. Stegall MD, Dean PG, Rea DJ, Cosio FG, Gloor JM. The development of chronic interstitial fibrosis and glomerulopathy in positive crossmatch and ABO incompatible kidney allografts. Paper presented at: 2003 American Transplant Congress; 2003 May 30 – June 4; Washington, DC.
2. Rea DJ, Stegall MD, Cosio FG, Grande JP, Gloor JM, Larson TS. Histologic findings on surveillance protocol biopsies after renal transplantation. Paper presented at: 2003 American Transplant Congress; 2003 May 30 – June 4; Washington, DC.
3. Rea DJ, Munoz-Juarez M, Farnell MB, Donohue JH, Que FG, Crownhart B, Larson D, Nagorney DM. Major hepatic resection for hilar cholangiocarcinoma: analysis of 46 patients. Paper presented at: 111th Scientific Session of the Western Surgical Association; 2003 November 9 – 12; Tucson, AZ.
4. Dean PG, Larson TS, Rea DJ, Griffin MD, Textor SC, Schwab TR, Gloor JM, Cosio FG, Nyberg SL, Ishitani MB, Prieto M, Stegall MD. The effect of immunosupression on renal function and graft histology: a comparison of tacrolimus and sirolimus. Paper presented at: 2005 American Transplant Congress; 2005 May 21 – 25; Seattle, WA.
5. Rea DJ, Grande JP, Heimbach JK, Taler SJ, Textor SC, Prieto M, Larson TS, Stegall MD. Pathologic Differences in time-zero (implantation) biopsies in obese and non-obese living kidney donors. Paper presented at: 2005 American Transplant Congress; 2005 May 21 – 25; Seattle, WA.
6. Rea DJ, Pollinger HS, Stegall MD, Gloor JM. Incidence and risk factors for wound complications in patients undergoing positive cross match kidney transplantation. Paper presented at: 2008 American Transplant Congress; 2008 May 31 – June 4; Toronto, Canada.
7. Rea DJ, Dean PG, Chow GK, Stegall MD, Prieto M. Selective use of bilateral native nephrectomy in renal transplant candidates & recipients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. Paper presented at: 2009 American Transplant Congress; 2009 May 30 – June 2; Boston, MA.

Poster Presentations

1. Dean PG, Kudva YC, Larson TS, Rea DJ, Stegall MD. Persistent hyperglycemia following pancreas transplantation. Poster session presented at: 2003 American Transplant Congress; 2003 May 30 – June 4; Washington, DC.
2. Rea DJ, Kudva YC, Larson TS, Stegall MD. Ganciclovir vs. valganciclovir for CMV prophylaxis in solitary pancreas transplant recipients. Poster session presented at: 2003 American Transplant Congress; 2003 May 30 – June 4; Washington, DC.
3. Covarrubias M , Larson T, Prieto  M, Ishitani  M, Nyberg S, Innocenti G, Schwartz J, Heimbach J, Rea D, Stegall M. Enteric conversion of solitary pancreas transplant ameliorates renal dysfunction. Poster presented at: XX International Congress of the Transplantation Society; 2004 ; Vienna, Austria.
4. Rea DJ, Heimbach JK, Nyberg SL, Rosen CB. Excellent long term survival is achieved with transplantation of livers from deceased donors older than 70 years. Poster session presented at: 2008 American Transplant Congress; 2008 May 31 – June 4; Toronto, Canada.
5. Rea D, Pedersen R, Dierkhising RA, Charlton M, Sanchez W, Heimbach J. Impact of hepatocellular carcinoma and immunosupression on patient and graft survival after liver transplantation for hepatitis C: an SRTR analysis. Poster session presented at: The 60th Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease; 2009 Oct 30 – Nov 3; Boston, MA.
6. Rea DJ, Anderson AJ, Sahajpal A, Steers JL. Center experience with donation after cardiac death liver allografts and the effects on post-transplant outcomes. Poster session presented at: The 61st Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease; 2010 Oct 29 – Nov 2; Boston, MA.
   Einstein MM, Anderson AJ, Rea DJ. Transplant center experience improves outcomes in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. Poster session presented at: The 61st Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease; 2010 Oct 29 – Nov 2; Boston, MA.