Dr. J. Wesley Alexander, father of UC transplant program, dies at 84

Dr. J. Wesley Alexander, a UC Health surgeon who started the organ transplant program at the University of Cincinnati in 1967 and directed it for more than 30 years, died July 7 at age 84. Alexander performed the first kidney transplant at the UC Medical Center on Dec. 11, 1967, when it was known as Cincinnati General Hospital.  He joined Dr. David Melvin in performing the first adult heart transplant in Cincinnati on Dec. 17, 1985. Alexander also performed UC’s first combined k idney-pancreas…
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