Departmentsمركز الزراعةالجراحةSpecialty Groupsبرنامج زراعة الكلىبرنامج زراعة الكبدLocationRochester, MinnesotaLanguagesEnglishSpanishExisting patientsSend a secure message via patient portal Biographical summaryAlex Cortez, M.D., completed general surgery residency at the University of Cincinnati and then a transplant surgery fellowship at UCSF. His clinical interests include liver and kidney transplantation, HPB and the use of technical variant grafts, and liver modulation using machine perfusion. He has a strong interest and passion for surgical education, both as an educator and researcher. His research efforts in surgical education span a range of topics among general surgery residents and transplant fellows with the aim of advancing the evolving landscape of surgical training. He is also engaged in clinical outcomes research and has an interest in transplant outcomes, in particular the use of marginal organs to expand the donor pool. Conditions treatedAcute liver failureAlcoholic liver diseaseAutoimmune hepatitisBudd-Chiari syndromeCholangiocarcinomaChronic liver diseaseCirrhosisEnd-stage renal diseaseHepatocellular carcinomaLiver cancerMetabolic liver diseasePolycystic kidney diseasePolycystic liver diseasePortal hypertensionPrimary biliary cholangitisPrimary sclerosing cholangitis Procedures performedCholecystectomyHernia repairKidney transplantLiver cyst fenestrationLiver resectionLiver transplant InterestsLiver transplantationKidney transplantationMachine perfusion Mayo Clinic locations Rochester, Minnesota Driving directions More info Billing & insurance Accessibility services Education2024Fellow - Abdominal TransplantationUniversity of San Francisco2022Resident - General SurgeryUniversity of Cincinnati2015MDUniversity of Cincinnati2011BA - Spanish, Minor BiochemistryCalvin CollegeShow more education Activities and honorsAwards and honors2022Arnold P. Gold Humanism and Excellence in Teaching AwardArnold P. Gold Foundation2022UC Medical Center Consultant of the Year (finalist)University of Cincinnati2022UC Department of Surgery Resident Teaching AwardUniversity of Cincinnati2022UC Department of Surgery Josef E. Fischer Award (finalist)University of Cincinnati2022UC Department of Surgery Max Zinninger Award (finalist)University of Cincinnati2021AOA Resident InducteeAlpha Omega Alpha2021UC Medical Center Consultant of the Year (finalist)University of Cincinnati2020UC Department of Surgery Resident Teaching Award (finalist)University of Cincinnati2020UC Department of Surgery Josef E. Fischer Award (finalist)University of Cincinnati2018AAS/AASF Fall Course Travel AwardAssociation for Academic Surgery2017UC Department of Surgery Resident Teaching Award (finalist)University of Cincinnati2017Arnold P. Gold Humanism and Excellence in Teaching AwardArnold P. Gold Foundation2016Arnold P. Gold Humanism and Excellence in Teaching AwardArnold P. Gold Foundation2016NHMA Hispanic Health Resident Leadership AwardNational Hispanic Medical AssociationShow more awards and honorsProfessional memberships2023 - presentMemberAmericas Hepatobiliary Association (AHPBA)2021 - presentFounder, DirectorUS Resident OPerative Experience (ROPE) Consortium2019 - presentMemberAmerican Society of Transplant Surgeons2018 - 2022Co-Founder and LeaderCincinnati Research on Education in Surgical Training (CREST)2017 - presentMemberAssociation for Academic Surgery (AAS)2017 - presentMemberAssociation for Surgical Education2015 - presentMemberAmerican College of Surgeons (ACS)Show more professional membershipsPublicationsSee my publications Biographical summaryConditions treatedProcedures performedInterestsMayo Clinic locationsEducationActivities and honors Request an appointment PST-20572788 الأطباء والفريق الطبي Cortez, Alex M.D.