Carlos E. Marroquin Joins Division of Solid Organ Transplantation

The University of Rochester Medical Center’s Department of Surgery welcomes a new surgeon to its Division of Solid Organ Transplantation: Carlos E. Marroquin, M.D. He began in his new position Aug. 3.

Marroquin is one of two new transplant surgeons joining the division. As a surgical specialist and researcher, he fits perfectly into the vision of the Medical Center’s Strategic Plan, according to Jeffrey H. Peters, M.D., Seymour I. Schwartz Professor and chair of the URMC Department of Surgery.

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Marroquin joins veteran surgeon Mark S. Orloff, M.D., professor of Surgery, chief of the Division of Solid Organ Transplantation and director of Live Donor Liver Transplant, and Randeep S. Kashyap, M.D., assistant professor of Surgery.

Marroquin, most recently an assistant professor in Duke University Medical Center’s Department of Surgery, specializes in abdominal solid organ transplantation and hepatobiliary surgery, with a special interest in laparoscopy both for kidney retrieval and applications to the management of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). In addition to developing new algorithms for the treatment of HCC, his research interests include the evolution of tolerance and innovative strategies to transplanting sensitized patients. He will be the surgical director of kidney and pancreas transplantation and bring a number of these strategies to an expanded effort in the treatment of renal failure.