Leigh Anne Dageforde, MD, MPH is an abdominal organ transplant (liver, kidney, pancreas) at Massachusetts General Hospital who specializes in the care of patients with end stage kidney and liver disease needing organ transplantation, living kidney donors, pancreas transplant patients, and dialysis vascular access.

Dr. Dageforde attended medical school at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and completed her general surgery residency at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee.  She completed her fellowship in Abdominal Organ Transplantation and HPB surgery at Washington University in St. Louis. In addition to liver, kidney and pancreas transplantation, her clinical interests also include living kidney donation and vascular access.

Dr. Dageforde completed her Master of Public Health degree at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine with a focus on research in improving access to transplantation.  She has also served on national committees in both the Association of Academic Surgery and the AHPBA. Most recently she was appointed to serve on the American Society of Transplant Surgeons Pipeline Taskforce focusing on the development of the rising surgical workforce in transplant surgery with a focus on mentorship of medical students and residents.  At Massachusetts General Hospital Dr. Dageforde is involved in fellow, resident and student education.