Yolanda T. Becker

Departmental website:
https://www.uchicagomedicine.org/find-a-physician/physician/yolanda-t-becker

Yolanda T. Becker, MD, is a transplant surgeon specializing in kidney and pancreas transplantation and living-donor procedures. She is widely known for her clinical research on reducing transplant rejection rates and her basic research in immunology. Dr. Becker is a featured speaker at medical conferences across the globe, and a recognized leader in the field of transplantation. 

Also a respected physician scientist, Dr. Becker is widely known for her clinical research on reducing transplant rejection rates and her basic research in immunology. She has authored more than 100 scientific articles and abstracts in publications, such as the American Journal of Transplantation, Transplantation and Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation.

Yolanda T. Becker

  • Title: Professor of Surgery; Director of Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation
  • Education: MD, John Hopkins University
  • Joined UChciago Medicine faculty: 2010
  • ybecker@surgery.bsd.uchicago.edu

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Becker Stories

UChicago Medicine performs historic back-to-back triple-organ transplants Thumbnail

UChicago Medicine performs historic back-to-back triple-organ transplants

People are using social media to improve their odds of finding organ donors: 'Doing it can save my life' People are using social media to improve their odds of finding organ donors: 'Doing it can save my life'

People are using social media to improve their odds of finding organ donors: 'Doing it can save my life'

<p>Prof. Yolanda Becker discusses long-term effects of dialysis</p>


UChicago Medicine supports new organ transplant fund for the uninsured

UChicago Medicine supports new organ transplant fund for the uninsured