Aleksandra Kukla MD

Dr. Aleksandra Kukla specializes in treating patients with chronic kidney disease as well as kidney and pancreas transplantation. She trained at the University of Wisconsin Transplant Program in 2006 and worked at the University of Minnesota for about 10 years before joining the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. Dr. Kukla's special interest is helping patients with advanced kidney disease and other comorbidities, like obesity, diabetes, and hypertension. When advanced kidney failure develops, patients may require kidney or kidney and pancreas transplantation to treat their renal failure and diabetes.

Dr. Kukla works closely with endocrinologists and transplant surgeons to identify patients who benefit from a kidney transplant, as well as follow these patients to help them to stay healthy post-transplant. Dr. Kukla's research investigates after-surgery effects in individuals with both obesity and diabetes who have received kidney transplants. She assesses the impact of novel diabetes medicines in these transplant recipients.