Russell Wesson, M.B.Ch.B.

Russell Noel Wesson, M.B.Ch.B.

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  • Assistant Professor of Surgery

Expertise

Hepatobiliary Disease, Kidney Transplant, Live Kidney Donation, Liver Cancer, Liver Transplant, Liver Tumors ...read more

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Outside of Maryland & Washington D.C.

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Locations

Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center (now called Levi Watkins, Jr., M.D., Outpatient Center)

Appointment Phone: 443-287-7789
601 N. Caroline St.
Baltimore, MD 21287
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The Johns Hopkins Hospital (Main Entrance)

Appointment Phone: 443-287-7789
1800 Orleans St.
Baltimore, MD 21287
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Background

Dr. Russell Wesson is an Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in the Division of Transplant Surgery.

His areas of clinical expertise include Hepatobiliary surgery, Liver, Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation, Living Kidney donation and transplantation for colorectal metastasis.

Dr. Wesson completed his General Surgery Residency in 2016 at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. He started as an intern at Johns Hopkins in 2009 after receiving his medical degree from the University of Cape Town, South Africa.

After his residency, Dr. Wesson completed the American Society of Transplant Surgery accredited Fellowship in Abdominal Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery at Johns Hopkins.  He continued on faculty with the division of transplant surgery.

Dr. Wesson's academic and research focuses on basic and translational research within the context of liver and kidney transplantation and organ injury.

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Titles

  • Assistant Professor of Surgery

Departments / Divisions

Centers & Institutes

Education

Degrees

  • MBChB MS; University of Cape Town Medical School (2003)

Residencies

  • General Surgery; Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital (2007)
  • Surgery; Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (2016)

Fellowships

  • Burn Surgery; Virginia Commonwealth University Health System (2009)

Board Certifications

  • American Board of Surgery (Surgery) (2016)

Additional Training

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine / Transplant Surgery Fellowship (2018)

Research & Publications

Selected Publications

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Cameron AM, Wesson RN, Ahmadi A, Singer AL, Hu X, Okabayashi T, Wang Y, Shigoka M, Fu Y, Gao W, Raccusen LC, Montgomery RA, Williams GM, Sun Z. Chimeric Allografts Induced by Short-Term Treatment with Stem Cell Mobilizing Agents Result in Long-term Kidney Transplant Survival without Immunosuppression: II Study in Miniature Swine. Am J Transplant. 2016 Jan 8. doi: 10.1111/ajt.13703.  PMID: 26748958

Wesson, RN.; Etchill, EW.; Garonzik-Wang, J. Application and interpretation of histocompatibility data in liver transplantation. Curr Opin Organ Transplant. 2017 Jul 13. PMID: 28708813

Ahmadi AR, Chicco M, Wesson RN, Anders RA, Dor FJMF, IJzermans JNM, Creamer TJ, Williams GM, Sun Z, Cameron AM. Stem Cell Mobilization Is Lifesaving in a Large Animal Preclinical Model of Acute Liver Failure. Ann Surg. 2018 Oct;268(4):620-631. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000002958. PMID: 30102635

Ahmadi AR; Qi L; Wesson RN; Dor F; Burdik J; Williams G; Cameron A; Sun Z. Prevention of Donor Specific Antibody Production after Skin Allografting by Mobilization of Endogenous Stem Cells Using a Combination of AMD3100 and Low-dose FK506 in Rats; Transplantation. 101(5S-3):S60, MAY 2017. doi: 10.1097/01.tp.0000520393.39098.20 

Wesson RN, Cameron AM. “Stem Cells in Acute Liver Failure.” Advances in Surgery, 2011; 45:117-130. PubMed PMID: 21954682.

Activities & Honors

Honors

  • General Surgery Residency Teaching Award, Outstanding Senior Resident Teacher, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, 2015
  • General Surgery Resident of the Year Award,, The Johns Hopkins Hospital PA residents, 2010
  • Friend of Nursing Johns Hopkins Hospital Award, 2016
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