Angie G Nishio Lucar, MD

Angie Nishio Lucar, MD, is a transplant nephrologist and associate professor of Medicine. She is the medical director of the Living Kidney Donor Transplant Program and the sssociate program director of the Transplant Nephrology Fellowship.

She completed her internal medicine at Henry Ford Health System in Detroit, MI, and nephrology and transplant nephrology fellowships at UVA. She joined UVA in 2013 after having her first daughter. 

Nishio Lucar is deeply passionate about promoting and enhancing access to living kidney donor transplantation, which provides the best results after kidney transplant. She works with national societies to improve the access to living donor paired exchange, which can lead to a greater number of living donor kidney transplants. 

She firmly believes that a diverse workforce, along with cultural and linguistically sensitive care, results in better outcomes and patient-clinician relationships, particularly among vulnerable communities. She leads a pre- and post-kidney transplant program that provides culturally and linguistically sensitive care to Latinx patients. Her overarching goal is to make transplant accessible to all Virginia residents with advanced kidney disease within Virginia, no matter their socio-economic status or other circumstances. 

She received the Department of Medicine Clinical Excellence Award in 2018 and the Outstanding Patient Experience award for several consecutive years. Her leadership skills were recognized with her acceptance into the fourth cohort of the UVA Health Leadership Institute in 2025. 

Nishio Lucar is married to a wonderful neurologist and together, they have 2 amazing daughters and an adorable beagle. In her spare time, she enjoys cooking, doing high intensity training, reading, and recharging by escaping to nature, preferably the ocean.

Organizational Involvement/Memberships

• American Society of Nephrology
• American Society of TransplantationOrgan Procurement
• Transplant Network

Gender

Female

Languages

Spanish, English

Age Groups Seen

Adults (21-65)
Older Adults (65+)

Primary Education

Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia Programa Academico de Medicina

Residency

Henry Ford Hospital

Fellowships

University of Virginia School of Medicine

Certification

American Board of Internal Medicine (Nephrology), American Board of Internal Medicine (Internal Medicine)

Additional Specialties

Kidney Transplant Surgery, Pancreas Transplant Surgery

• DOM Clinical Care Excellence award 2018