Dr. Joseph Leventhal, a Fowler McCormick Professor of Surgery, Director, Kidney Transplant Program and Associate Director, Pancreas Transplant Program at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. He received his M.D. from State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center. His surgical training was completed at the University of Minnesota where he also received his PhD in Surgical Science in 1996. In 1998, he joined the faculty of Northwestern University after completion of a multiorgan transplant fellowship.