Robert J Stratta, MD, is Professor and Jesse H. Meredith, M.D., Chair in Transplant Surgery and Director of Transplantation at Wake Forest Baptist Health, which is currently one of the largest kidney and pancreas transplant centers in the US.  He also has a cross-appointment as a Professor both in Urology and with the Wake Forest Institute of Regenerative Medicine.  He accepted these appointments in October 2001 following many years as Professor of Surgery and Director of Pancreas Transplantation at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and as Professor of Surgery at the University of Tennessee, Memphis.  After earning his B.S. degree at the University of Notre Dame, Dr. Stratta received his M.D. degree from the University of Chicago-Pritzker School of Medicine and trained in General Surgery at the University of Utah.  He then completed a transplant clinical and research fellowship at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.  He is co-author of 6 books, 42 book chapters, >770 abstracts, >100 online commentaries, >430 oral presentations, and >465 peer-reviewed articles dealing predominantly with transplantation.  He has accumulated more than $10 million in career research funding.  He has been active in medical school, surgical resident, and transplant fellow education since 1988; has been a member of 35 medical societies; three editorial and physician review boards each; and numerous local, regional, and national committees including United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) activities since 1988.  His areas of research interest and expertise include kidney and pancreas allocation and transplantation, immunosuppressive strategies, organ donation and preservation, and utilization of marginal donors.  He is Past President of the Executive Board of Directors of Carolina Donor Services and was previously Councillor of UNOS Region 11 and a member of the UNOS Board of Directors.  He has lectured worldwide on kidney and pancreas transplantation, has performed more than 2500 transplants in his career, is board certified in General Surgery, and has been selected as one of the Best Doctors in America since 1993, one of America's Top Surgeons since 2004, and is currently listed as one of America’s Top Doctors and the Patients’ Choice Award.