Daniel Borja-Cacho, MD, is an Associate Professor of Surgery within the Division of Organ Transplantation at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, Illinois. He serves as the Surgical Director of the Liver Transplant Program at Northwestern Medicine, where he leads clinical and strategic initiatives to advance liver transplantation and transplant oncology.

Dr. Borja-Cacho’s clinical practice encompasses hepatopancreatobiliary (HPB) and abdominal transplant surgery, including complex liver transplantation, living donor liver transplantation, and advanced hepatic resections. His work focuses on expanding access to transplantation through innovative donor utilization and multidisciplinary cancer care.

His academic interests include living donor liver transplantation, transplant oncology, and ex situ machine perfusion technologies to optimize graft preservation and improve post-transplant outcomes. He collaborates closely with multidisciplinary teams across transplant hepatology, medical oncology, interventional radiology, and critical care to deliver comprehensive, patient-centered care and improve outcomes for patients with advanced liver disease.