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Rebecca Craig-Schapiro, M.D.

Transplant Surgery

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Personal Statement

♦ Virtual Visit: Delivering the same level of world-class care, with exceptional convenience. 

The goals of my practice are to provide optimal, compassionate patient care, to develop innovative investigative strategies that advance the field of transplantation, and to train the next generation of transplant surgeons.

Biographical Info

Rebecca Craig-Schapiro, M.D. Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University, and an Attending Surgeon at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center. She is an experienced board certified surgeon who specializes in kidney, pancreas, and liver transplantation, laparoscopic donor nephrectomy, and general surgery. Her authored publications and research interests include such topics as vascular outcomes in kidney transplant recipients, organ utilization, and the development of predictive clinical biomarkers. Dr. Craig-Schapiro is an active member of several medical societies, including the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, and the American College of Surgeons.

Dr. Craig-Schapiro graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a B.S. in Biochemistry and a B.S. in Microbiology. Dr. Craig-Schapiro received her M.D. and Ph.D. degrees from Washington University in St. Louis. She completed her general surgery residency training at Johns Hopkins, and completed fellowship in Multi-Organ Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery at Northwestern Hospital in Chicago.

Board Certifications
American Board of Surgery
Clinical Expertise
Kidney Transplantations
Kidney Transplant
Pediatric Kidney Transplantation
Living Donor Kidney Transplantation
Liver Transplant
Pancreas Transplant
Living Donor Liver Surgery
Transplantation, Liver, Living Donor
Living Donor Transplantation
Liver Surgery
Languages
English
Research
Education 
  • M.D., Ph.D.
    Washington University School of Medicine
    2012
  • B.S.
    University of Oklahoma
    2005
  • B.S.
    University of Oklahoma
    2005
Appointments 
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor of Surgery
    Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
  • Assistant Attending Surgeon
    NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
  • Assistant Professor of Surgery
    Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University

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