Beatrice P. Concepcion, MD is a transplant nephrologist and Associate Professor of Medicine in the Section of Nephrology. She serves as the medical director of the kidney and pancreas transplant program and Practice Chair of the Transplant Institute.
Dr. Concepcion received her medical school degree in 2004 from the University of the Philippines in Manila. She pursued further training in Internal Medicine and Nephrology at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, IL and completed a fellowship in Transplant Nephrology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN in 2011. Prior to joining the University of Chicago in 2023, she was a faculty member at Vanderbilt for 10 years.
As medical director of the transplant program, she actively works with the multi-disciplinary team to maintain excellent patient outcomes and patient satisfaction, and to foster growth and innovation. Dr. Concepcion is a busy clinician caring for kidney transplant recipients and evaluating recipient and living donor candidates. In addition to her administrative and clinical responsibilities, she is actively involved in the education of transplant nephrology and general nephrology fellows and medical residents. Her research interests include increasing access to kidney and pancreas transplantation and improving clinical and patient-centered outcomes of kidney transplant recipients.
Dr. Concepcion has served on several important national committees and workgroups including the United Network for Organ Sharing/Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Kidney Committee from 2020-2023. Currently, she is a member of the American Society of Nephrology/American Society of Transplantation Taskforce created to pursue ACGME accreditation for transplant nephrology as a specialty. She is also the co-chair of the National Kidney Foundation’s Health Equity Advisory Committee and a member of the American Society of Nephrology's Public Policy and Advocacy Committee. She is a Fellow of the American Society of Nephrology and a Fellow of the American Society of Transplantation.
Risk of Cytomegalovirus Viremia Following Transplantation of Hepatitis C-Viremic Donor Kidneys Into Uninfected Recipients: A Multi-Center Retrospective Cohort Study.
Risk of Cytomegalovirus Viremia Following Transplantation of Hepatitis C-Viremic Donor Kidneys Into Uninfected Recipients: A Multi-Center Retrospective Cohort Study. Transpl Infect Dis. 2025 Mar 06; e70011.
PMID: 40047349
Factors Impacting Early Adverse Outcomes in Simultaneous Heart-Kidney Transplantation.
Factors Impacting Early Adverse Outcomes in Simultaneous Heart-Kidney Transplantation. Transplant Proc. 2025 Mar; 57(2):390-393.
PMID: 39837670
Changing Perceptions of Health Care Among Patients With Kidney Disease.
Changing Perceptions of Health Care Among Patients With Kidney Disease. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Nov 04; 7(11):e2447343.
PMID: 39589747
Mystery lung mass in a kidney transplant recipient.
Mystery lung mass in a kidney transplant recipient. Transpl Infect Dis. 2024 08; 26(4):e14353.
PMID: 39072883
Expanding the access to kidney transplantation: Strategies for kidney transplant programs.
Expanding the access to kidney transplantation: Strategies for kidney transplant programs. Clin Transplant. 2024 May; 38(5):e15315.
PMID: 38686443
Use of LCP-Tacrolimus (LCPT) in Kidney Transplantation: A Delphi Consensus Survey of Expert Clinicians.
Use of LCP-Tacrolimus (LCPT) in Kidney Transplantation: A Delphi Consensus Survey of Expert Clinicians. Ann Transplant. 2024 Mar 12; 29:e943498.
PMID: 38526543
Should Transplant Nephrology Pursue Recognition from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)?
Should Transplant Nephrology Pursue Recognition from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)? Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2024 Aug 01; 19(8):1051-1060.
PMID: 38319649
Twelve-month kidney and liver outcomes of kidney transplantation from Hepatitis C Viremic deceased donors to aviremic recipients.
Twelve-month kidney and liver outcomes of kidney transplantation from Hepatitis C Viremic deceased donors to aviremic recipients. Transpl Infect Dis. 2024 Feb; 26(1):e14213.
PMID: 38112078
Medical and Surgical Management of the Failed Pancreas Transplant.
Medical and Surgical Management of the Failed Pancreas Transplant. Transplant Direct. 2024 Jan; 10(1):e1543.
PMID: 38094134
Prospective observational study to validate a next-generation sequencing blood RNA signature to predict early kidney transplant rejection.
Prospective observational study to validate a next-generation sequencing blood RNA signature to predict early kidney transplant rejection. Am J Transplant. 2024 Mar; 24(3):436-447.
PMID: 38152017