Jeffrey L. Veale, MD

• Research - Immune Tolerance
• Clinical - Renal Transplantation
• National Institutes of Health (NIH) R21 Funding that focuses on altruistic donors and bridge donors in an effort to ultimately expand the donor pool

• Link to Dr. Veale's PubMed publications

Media Coverage

• After helping to save a young man, a 're-gifted' kidney is giving new life to a 70-year-old woman (cnn.com)
• How first ‘vouchers’ in UCLA kidney donation program led to 25 lifesaving transplants (UCLA news)
• Give a Kidney, Get a Kidney - The Wall Street Journal
• Highlight: How a Kidney Chain Works
  After Harry Damon's son, Nick, died in a snowmobiling accident, the 55-year-old firefighter struggled for a way to honor him. After getting in touch with the National Kidney Registry, Harry decided to give the ultimate gift: his own living kidney to a complete stranger. UCLA's kidney exchange program director Dr. Jeffrey Veale explains how a kidney chain works. And, learn about recent advances in kidney surgery. See how Harry started the chain (thedoctorstv.com)
• The day after the transplants, Tavis Smiley interviews four patients involved the swap and Dr. Veale, who organized it. Tavis Talks: UCLA Kidney Swap (blogtalkradio.com)
• Kidney Donors, Recipients Featured on "The Doctors"
• Kidney Transplant Donors Reunite With Recipients in Westwood (KTLA 5)
• UCLA Kidney Exchange Program "Opens Floodgates" to Transplants for Hundreds of Patients (NBC 4)
• UCLA Kidney Transplant Recipients, Donors Unite For Holiday Celebration (CBS 2|9)
• Over 100 Lives Saved As A Result Of Kidney Exchange Program (Huffington Post)
• How a Kidney Transplant Chain "Pays It Forward"  (Scroll page to see posting. Hallmark Channel)
• 60 Lives, 30 Kidneys, All Linked (New York Times)
• Kidney Transplants at UCLA Medical Center have a Domino Effect (Los Angeles Times)
• Making transplants without a lifelong regimen of anti-rejection drugs a reality at UCLA Health

Videos

• FOX News Highlights 60-person Kidney Chain
• Kidney Transplant Chain

• Top Doctors, Los Angeles Magazine, 2021
• Top Doctors, Los Angeles Magazine, 2017
• Teaching Humanism at the Bedside Award, UCLA, 2012
• Medical Innovator of the Year, National Kidney Registry, 2009
• New Key Opinion Leader, The Transplantation Society, 2009
• Graduate of the Last Decade (Gold) Award, University of Calgary, 2009
• David Swartz Memorial Award, 2006
• St. Boniface General Hospital Daisy Pin Award, 2004
• Resident Research Award, 2002
• NCBAA Academic Scholarship, 1992-1993

• uclahealth.org/medical-services/transplant/kidney-transplant/kidney-exchange
• uclahealth.org/medical-services/transplant/kidney-transplant/immunosupression-free-kidney-transplant
• uclahealth.org/departments/urology