Members
Below is a list of all Comprehensive Transplant Center members. View individual profiles of our faculty members — with publication and contact information, research and clinical specialties and more — via the links below.
Superina, Riccardo A
Professor of Surgery (Pediatric Transplant Surgery)
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My principle interests lie in the field of pediatric liver disease and disorders of the mesenteric venous circulation. These include extrahepatic portal vein thrombosis and congenital portosystemic sh... [more]
Swaminathan, Suchitra
Research Associate Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology)
Thaker, Sarang B
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Gastroenterology and Hepatology)
Thorp, Edward Benjamin
Professor of Pathology (Experimental Pathology)
Bio
Cell and Molecular Immunology and Cardiovascular Disease.
Wertheim, Jason Albert
Adjunct Professor of Surgery (Organ Transplantation)
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My clinical interests include abdominal organ transplantation and living donation surgery. My research interests focus on developing tissue engineering and regenerative medicine based approaches for r... [more]
Whitington, Peter F
Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics (Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition)
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Dr. Whitington's research involves the study of immune mechanisms of pediatric liver diseases. Our lab has identified an alloimmune mechanism of fetal liver injury, a process we call gestational alloi... [more]
Wolniak, Kristy L
Associate Professor of Pathology (Hematopathology) and Medical Education
Zhang, Xiaomin
Research Assistant Professor of Surgery (Organ Transplantation)
Zhang, Zheng J
Research Professor of Surgery (Organ Transplantation)
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Primary research interest involves identifying key molecule pathways (e.g. TLRs signaling pathways) leading to allograft rejection following organ transplantation using small animal transplant models.
Zhao, Lihui
Associate Professor of Preventive Medicine (Biostatistics)
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My methodological research interests are in the areas of design and analysis of clinical trials, longitudinal data analysis, survival and event history analysis, and personalized medicine. I have broa... [more]