Robert Ray Redfield III

Biography

Robert Ray Redfield III, M.D., FACS, is Chief of the Division of Transplantation and Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of California, Irvine. He received his M.D., magna cum laude, from the University of Maryland School of Medicine, where he was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha in his junior year and served as president. Redfield completed his general surgery residency and served as chief resident at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, followed by a postdoctoral research fellowship and an abdominal transplant surgery fellowship at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics.

Redfield's research focuses on desensitization strategies and antibody-mediated rejection in kidney and pancreas transplantation, with particular emphasis on B-lymphocyte survival factors and novel immunotherapeutic approaches. He has served as principal investigator or co-investigator on multiple NIH-funded studies, including research on APRIL/BLyS blockade for reducing donor-specific antibodies and chimeric antigen receptor T cell therapy for desensitization. His work has been recognized with awards including the Hartwell Foundation Individual Biomedical Research Award for xenotransplantation research, the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation Professorship, and the NIH KL2 Scholar Award. He has published over 90 peer-reviewed articles and serves as an ad hoc reviewer for journals including the New England Journal of Medicine, American Journal of Transplantation, and Kidney International.

Prior to joining UCI, Redfield served as Surgical Director of the Living Donor Kidney Program at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and as Associate Surgical Director of the Kidney Transplant Program at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics. He has been a medical board member of the National Kidney Registry since 2018 and serves on national committees including the American Society of Transplant Surgeons Legislation/Regulation Committee and the International Pancreas and Islet Transplant Association Pancreas Committee. He has mentored numerous clinical fellows, residents, and research trainees throughout his career.

Education

• B.S. in Engineering, Loyola University Maryland, 2000
• M.D., University of Maryland School of Medicine, 2006

Distinctions

• Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, 2018
• University of Maryland Alpha Omega Alpha – Junior Year Election, President, 2005
• International Pancreas and Islet Transplant Association Young Investigator Award, 2015
• American Transplant Congress Young Investigator Award, 2011
• American Transplant Congress Poster of Distinction, 2012, 2014-2015
• Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation Professorship, 2017
• Humanism Honor Society, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 2005
• UPENN Department of Surgery Transplant Resident Teaching Award, 2020
• University of Maryland William D. Kaplan, M.D. Award – For Humanism in Medicine, 2006
• University of Maryland Louis, Ida, and Samuel Cohen Award - For Scholarship, Ability and Compassion for Patients, 2006