Lina Mackelaite, M.D.

Lina Mackelaite, M.D.

Lina Mackelaite, M.D.

  • Associate Professor of Medicine
UofL Physicians Outpatient Center
401 East Chestnut Street, Ste. 690
Louisville, KY 40202

502-852-5757 - Academic Office
502-588-4710 - Patient Appointments


Clinical Expertise
Nephrology; Transplant; Kidney Stones


Education and Training

  • Medical School: Vilnius University
  • Residency: Drexel University Affiliated Hospitals
  • Fellowship: Hahnemann University Hospital; Westchester Medical Center

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Featured Publications

  • Cannon RM, Locke JE, Orandi BJ, Anderson DJ, Davis EG, Mackelaite L, Dave H, Eng M, Jones CM. Impact of Donor Hepatitis C Virus on Kidney Transplant Outcomes for Hepatitis C-positive Recipients in the Direct-acting Antiviral Era: Time to Revise the Kidney Donor Risk Index? Transplantation. 2020 Jun;104(6):1215-1228. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000002949. PMID: 31517783; PMCID: PMC7083245.
  • Bayliss GP, Cobb J, Decker B, Hellman R, Vasavada N, Mackelaite L, Shadur C, Ilori T, Ibrahim T, Leight K, Hsiao LL, Molitoris BA, Okusa MD, Parker MG; ASN Workforce Committee. Kidney Mentoring and Assessment Program for Students: a guide for engaging medical students in nephrology. Clin Kidney J. 2019 Aug 22;12(6):761-766. doi: 10.1093/ckj/sfz108. PMID: 31807288; PMCID: PMC6885673.
  • Mackelaite L, Lederer E. Hyponatremia Complicating Esophageal Carcinoma: A Challenging Differential Diagnosis. Am J Med Sci. 2018 Dec;356(6):567-569. doi: 10.1016/j.amjms.2018.05.014. Epub 2018 Jun 6. PMID: 30166051.
  • Moskowitz-Kassai E, Mackelaite L, Chen J, Patel K, Dadhania DM, Gross SS, Chander P, Delaney V, Deng L, Chen L, Cui X, Suthanthiran M, Goligorsky MS. Excretion of anti-angiogenic proteins in patients with chronic allograft dysfunction. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2012 Feb;27(2):494-7. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfr638. Epub 2012 Jan 17. PMID: 22253069; PMCID: PMC3275786.
  • Mackelaite L, Alsauskas ZC, Ranganna K. Renal failure in patients with cirrhosis. Med Clin North Am. 2009 Jul;93(4):855-69, viii. doi: 10.1016/j.mcna.2009.03.003. PMID: 19577118.