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Laura A. Hickman MD, MS

Assistant Professor of Surgery
Insurance Plans Accepted

Areas of Expertise

  • Dialysis Access
  • Kidney and Pancreas Transplant
  • Laparoscopic and Robotic Donor Surgery
  • Pancreas Transplantation
  • Pediatric Surgery
  • Renal Transplantation
  • Renal/Kidney Transplantation
  • Transplant
  • Transplant Surgery

Conditions and Treatments

  • Chronic kidney disease
  • Diabetes and Kidney Disease
  • End-Stage Kidney Disease
  • Kidney and Pancreas Transplant
  • Kidney transplantation
  • Renal Transplantation

Location

Vanderbilt Hepatology and Liver and Kidney Transplant Center
1500 21st Avenue South, Suite 3400
Nashville, TN 37212

Services

Languages

  • English

Education

  • Doctor of Medicine - University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2014
  • Masters of Science - University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2019
  • Residency - University of Alabama at Birmingham Health System, 2019
  • Fellowship - Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, 2021

Board Certifications

  • Surgery - American Board of Surgery, 2019