Director Northwestern University Transplant Outcomes Research Collaborative (NUTORC)
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
Division of Organ Transplantation
Transplant Surgery Division, Feinberg School of Medicine

Institute for Healthcare Studies
Northwestern University
750 North Lakeshore Drive
10th Floor
Chicago, IL 60611

Phone: 312-503-5530
Fax: 312-503-2777 

dladner@northwestern.edu

Dr. Ladner is an Assistant Professor of Surgery in the Division of Organ Transplantation. After a two year postdoctoral fellowship at Yale University, Dr. Ladner completed her general surgery residency and multi-organ transplant surgery fellowship at Stanford University Medical Center. Dr. Ladner is clinically involved in kidney and liver transplantation surgery at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.  In addition, she leads the Northwestern University Transplant Outcomes Collaborative (NUTORC). She received her Masters in Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health, specializing in transplantation health disparities.  As the Director of NUTORC she oversees four NUTORC workgroups, including communication, quality of life, risk assessment/economic, safety and data management.