Clincal Assistant Professor

Areas of Interest
Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics

Biography

Dr. Luis Hidalgo joined the faculty of the UAB Division of Transplantation in September of 2025 as a clinical assistant professor.

Dr. Hidalgo is actively involved in leadership roles surrounding transplantation research. He is a member of the American Society of Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics, where he has served as the chair of the Program Planning Committee and president. He has also served on the board of directors for the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) and as an associate editor of the xenotransplantation section of Frontiers in Transplantation.

He is board-certified by the American Board of Histocompatibility and Immunology.

Selected Publications

Sullivan HC, Jaramillo A, Gaitonde S, Murphey C, Pandey S, Liu C, Jindra P, Hidalgo LG, Weimer ET, Alquist CR, Morris GP, Bray RA (2025). Virtual crossmatching: Principles, practices, and the path forward-An American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics/College of American Pathologists collaborative. Am. J. Transpl. 25: 00340-5

Sullivan HC, Jaramillo A, Gaitonde S, Murphey C, Pandey S, Liu C, Jindra P, Hidalgo LG, Weimer ET, Alquist CR, Morris GP, Bray RA (2025). Virtual crossmatching: The questions not addressed: Who should be performing the virtual crossmatch, how should it be classified, and how to obtain reimbursement? Am. J. Transpl. 25: 00149-2

Charnaya O, Ishaque T, Hallett A, Kimball P, Morris G, Coppage M, Schmitz J, Timofeeva O, Lazar-Molnar E, Zhang A, Krummey S, Hidalgo L, Seger DL, Tambur A. (2025). The Impact of HLA-DQαβ Heterodimer Mismatch on Living Donor Kidney Allograft Outcomes. Transplantation 109:720

Diebold M, Farkash EA, Barnes J, Regele H, Kozakowski N, Schatzl M, Mayer KA, Haindl S, Vietzen H, Hidalgo LG, Halloran PF, Eskandary F, Böhmig GA. (2024). Natural Killer Cell Presence in Antibody-Mediated Rejection. Transpl Int. 37:13209

Hidalgo LG, (2024) Novel Tools for the Study of HLA Class II Cross-isotype Pairings. Transplantation 108(5):1058

Forbes S, Halpin A, Lam A, Grynoch D, Parker R, Hidalgo L, Bigam D, Anderson B, Dajani K, Kin T, O'Gorman D, Senior PA, Campbell P, Shapiro AMJ. (2023). Islet transplantation outcomes in type 1 diabetes and transplantation of HLA-DQ8/DR4: results of a single-centre retrospective cohort in Canada. eClinicalMedicine 67:102333

Naesens M, Roufosse C, Haas M, Lefaucheur C, Mannon RB, Adam BA, Aubert O, Böhmig GA, Callemeyn J, Clahsen-van Groningen M, Cornell LD, Demetris AJ, Drachenberg CB, Einecke G, Fogo AB, Gibson IW, Halloran P, Hidalgo LG, Horsfield C, Huang E, Kikić Ž, Kozakowski N, Nankivell B, Rabant M, Randhawa P, Riella LV, Sapir-Pichhadze R, Schinstock C, Solez K, Tambur AR, Thaunat O, Wiebe C, Zielinski D, Colvin R, Loupy A, Mengel M. (2023). The Banff 2022 Kidney Meeting Report: Reappraisal of microvascular inflammation and the role of biopsy-based transcript diagnostics. Am. J. Transpl. 24:338

Halloran PF, Reeve J, Madill-Thomsen KS, Demko Z, Prewett A, Gauthier P, Billings P, Lawrence C, Lowe D, Hidalgo LG; the Trifecta Investigators. (2023). Antibody-mediated Rejection Without Detectable Donor-specific Antibody Releases Donor-derived Cell-free DNA: Results From the Trifecta Study. Transplantation 107(3):709

Aziz F, Parajuli S, Jorgenson M, Garg N, Manchala V, Yousif E, Mandelbrot DA, Hidalgo LG, Mohamed M, Zhong W, Djamali A. (2022). Chronic Active Antibody-mediated Rejection in Kidney Transplant Recipients: Treatment Response Rates and Value of Early Surveillance Biopsies. Transpl. Direct 8(9):e1360

Halloran PF, Madill-Thomsen KS, Pon S, Sikosana MLN, Böhmig GA, Bromberg J, Gunilla Einecke G, Eskandary F, Gupta G, Hidalgo LG, Myslak M, Viklicky O, Perkowska-Ptasinska A, INTERCOMEX Investigators. (2022). Molecular diagnosis of ABMR with or without donor-specific antibody in kidney transplant biopsies: differences in timing and intensity but similar mechanisms and outcomes. Amer. J. Transpl. 22:1976.

Education

Graduate School
University of Alberta
Ph.D., Immunology

Contact

Campus Address
Russell Building M212

Phone
Academic Office:

Email
lghidalgo@uabmc.edu