David Heidt, M.D., is a Clinical Lecturer/Fellow in the Department of Surgery, Division of Transplant Surgery at the University of Michigan Health System in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Dr. Heidt received his medical degree from Mount Sinai School of Medicine, in 2001, and went on to complete his General Surgery residency at the University of Michigan Health System in June of 2008. He was a National Institute of Health National Research Service Award fellow from 2004 to 2006, during which time he participated in research which for the first time identified pancreatic cancer stem cells. He has also completed a fellowship in surgical critical care. Dr. Heidt joined the faculty of the Section of General Surgery at the University of Michigan Health System in July of 2008.

Dr. Heidt's clinical interests focus on the transplantation of the liver, kidney, and pancreas as well as on hepatobiliary surgery and surgical oncology.

His research interests include investigation of the patterns of utilization and outcomes of kidney and liver transplantation and a better understanding of the molecular basis for the initiation of malignancy in pancreatic cancer as well as primary liver cancers.