J. Kelly Wright, Jr., MD, FACS
Chief
Division of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation
Professor of Surgery
Division of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation
801 Oxford House
1313 21st Avenue South
Nashville
Tennessee
37232
The Vanderbilt Clinic
1301 Medical Center Drive
Room / Suite
Suite 3501
Nashville
Tennessee
37232
(615) 936-0438
(615) 936-0420
Fax
(615) 936-0435
Dr. Wright was recruited to Vanderbilt in 1990 to help start the Liver Transplant Program and continues as its Surgical Director. Dr. Wright is committed to quality, evidence-based, compassionate care of his patients, and exemplary mentorship to residents and medical students.
Dr. Wright's clinical interests include transplantation of the liver, kidney and pancreas and treatment of benign and malignant disorders of the gastrointestinal system, including primary and metastatic liver cancer, pancreatic cancer, bile duct and gall bladder cancers, and treatment of portal hypertension.
Education
- 1977 B.S. (Physics) Vanderbilt University
- 1981 M.D. Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Postdoctoral Training
- 1981-1984, Residency in Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital
- 1984-1986, Robert R. Linton Research Fellowship in Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital
- 1986-1988, Residency in Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital
- 1988-1989, Chief, West Surgical Service, Massachusetts General Hospital
- 1989-1990, Clinical Fellowship in Transplantation Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital