INTERNATIONAL FACULTY

Dr. Anat R Tambur

Director, Transplant Immunology Laboratory
Comprehensive Transplant Center
Northwestern University, Chicago, USA

ACHIEVEMENTS

  • She is a pioneer in the field of transplant immunology and authored more than 100 original articles in reputed journals.
  • She is president-elect of the American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics (ASHI) as well as a member of ASHI's directors training review and credentialing committee.
  • She has special interest in luminex technology and study of HLA epitopes

Dr. Carrie A Schinstock

Associate Professor of Nephrology
William J von Liebig Center for
Transplantation and Clinical Regeneration, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA

ACHIEVEMENTS

  • She is a clinical and translational researcher at Mayo Clinic
  • She has published extensively in the field of transplantation
  • Main area of interest are Characterisation of donor specific antibodies
  • antibody mediated rejection and transplantation in highly sensitised patients.

Dr. Dorry Segev

Professor of Surgery & Vice Chairman,
Department of Surgery at
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, USA

ACHIEVEMENTS

  • He has made significant contributions to the field of transplantation, including developing a mathematical model to facilitate a nationwide Kidney Paired Donation program, both in the US and Canada.
  • He is also known for his role in getting the HIV Organ Policy Equity Act (or HOPE Act) signed into law.
  • He has featured in the Baltimore Sun, Science (magazine), Time Magazine, and The New York Times.
  • He has received many awards including Julius Jacobson Promising Investigator Award, American College of Surgeons and John Merrill Award in Transplantation.
  • His main area of research are- safety of living kidney donors, kidney paired donation, desensitization and transplantation from HCV and HIV positive donors.