Texas Transplant Center Physicians

 

Transplant Surgery

Luca Cicalese, M.D.

Professor of Surgery; Director of Transplant Services

Medical School: University of Rome “La Sapienza,” Rome, Italy

Residency Program: School of General Surgery II, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy

Fellowship Program: Transplant Surgery, T.E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Special Interests: Multi-organ transplantation; liver, intestinal transplantation; hepatobiliary surgery; laparoscopic hepatic surgery; immunosuppression and Hepatitis C; hepatocellular carcinoma; cellular transplantation

Research Projects: Effects of new immunosuppressive agents; treatments for liver cancer; ischemia reperfusion injury; organ/cellular preservation; mechanisms of acute and chronic rejection and tolerance induction; bio-artificial intestine; islet transplantation

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Kristene K. Gugliuzza, M.D.

Professor of Surgery; Director of Pancreas Transplant Program

Medical School: University of Illinois, Rockford, Illinois

Residency Program: Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana

Fellowship Program: Renal Transplantation, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana; pancreas transplantation, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Special Interests: Pancreas and renal transplantation; pediatric renal transplantation; quality management; surgical education; robotic surgery

Research Projects: Outcomes research; effects of new immunosuppressive agents; computer use in the academic surgical setting

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Philip G. Thomas, M.D.

Associate Professor of Surgery
Director, Kidney Transplant Program

Medical School: Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, India

Residency Program: Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India

Transplant Fellowship: Thomas Starzl Institute of Transplantation, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Multi-organ Transplant Fellowship (1993-1995); Intestinal, Liver, and Multivisceral Transplant Fellowship (2002-2003)

Special Interest: Physiological adaptation following transplantation

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Cristiana Rastellini, M.D.

Professor of Surgery, Medicine and Microbiology & Immunology; Director of Cellular Transplantation and Transplant Research

Medical School: University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy

Fellowship Program: Cell Transplant Research Fellowship, T.E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Special Interests: Organ transplantation; immunomodulation-immunosuppression; tolerance induction; cell transplantation; beta cell proliferation; diabetes

Research Projects: Organ/cellular preservation; mechanisms of acute and chronic rejection; tolerance induction; pancreatic islet transplantation; beta cell proliferation

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Guillermo A. Gomez, M.D.

Granville T. Hall Chair and Associate Professor of Surgery; Director of Minimally Invasive Surgery

Medical School: Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile School of Medicine

Residency Program: Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile School of Medicine–General Surgery and Surgical Gastroenterology; The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas–General Surgery

Special Interests: Endoscopic, laparoscopic, and robotic surgery

Research Projects: Studies in gastrointestinal endocrinology; surgical studies on metabolism of gastrointestinal hormones

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Taylor Sohn Riall, M.D., Ph.D.

Associate Professor
John Sealy Distinguished Chair in Clinical Research

Medical School: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland

Residency: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland

Research: Clinical research in pancreatic cancer and other biliary malignancies; molecular genetics of pancreatic cancer, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland

Clinical Interests: Pancreatic and biliary cancer; benign diseases of the pancreas and biliary tree, including pancreatitis and benign bile duct strictures; gastrointestinal surgery

Research Interest: Treatment and outcomes in pancreatic cancer; intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms of the pancreas; benign pancreatic and biliary disease

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Sharad Sharma, M.D.

Assistant Professor

Medical School: Indira Gandhi Medical College, India

Residency Program: MAMC, New Delhi, India (General Surgery) (1997-2003)

Transplant Fellowships: Methodist University Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee (2008-2010)

University of Southern California Hospital, Los Angeles, California (2006-2007)

Nazih Zudhi Transplant Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (2007-2008)

Membership: Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (2004)

Special Interests: Immune monitoring; transplant tolerance; allograft manipulation; ischemia reperfusion injury; HCC in cirrhotic, hepatobiliary and pancreatic cancers

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Cardiothoracic Surgery

Vincent R. Conti, M.D.

Professor of Surgery; Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Medical School: Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts

Residency Program: University of California, Los Angeles, California; University of Alabama Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama (Cardiovascular Surgery)

Special Interest: Surgery of acquired heart disease

Research Projects: Myocardial preservation for cardiac surgery; physiology of cardiopulmonary bypass

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Scott D. Lick, M.D.

Professor of Surgery; Director of Thoracic Organ Transplantation

Medical School: The University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota

Residency Program: The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona

Special Interest: Thoracic organ transplantation and assisted circulation; artificial lung development

Research Projects: Arterial venous CO2 removal; artificial lung

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Daniel L. Beckles, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.C., F.C.C.P.

Assistant Professor, Director of Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery

Medical School: State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York

Residency Programs: General Surgery, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York and

Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas

Fellowship: Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital-Harvard Medical School, Boston Massachusetts

Special Interests: VATS lobectomy, minimally invasive esophagectomy, heart and lung transplant, off-pump coronary revascularization, mesothelioma, hyperhidrosis, pectus repair, tracheal resection, mediastinal tumors, surgical education and patient safety

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Transplant Medicine

	Vincent Valentine, M.D. Professor of Medicine & Medical Director, UTMB Texas Transplant Center Medical School: Louisiana State University, New Orleans Residency Program: Internal Medicine, Louisiana State University School of Medicine-New Orleans Fellowship: Fellow, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Stanford University Hospital; Advanced Fellow, Heart-Lung and Lung Transplantation, Stanford University Hospital Special Interest: Heart-Lung transplantation, lung transplantation, end-state lung diseases, cystic fibrosis, pulmonary fibrosis. View Profile  View Publications
	Adeel Ahmad, M.D. Assistant Professor Division of Nephrology Department of Internal Medicine   View Profile View Publications
	Alejandro Barbagelata, M.D. Associate Professor of Medicine - Cardiology Residency Program: Cardiology, Sanatorio Guemes/Fundacion Favaioro Internal Medicine/Cardiology, Santorio Guermes/Fundacio Favaloro Fellowship: Diagnostic & Interventional Catherization, Sanatorio Guemes/Fundacion Favaioro Special Interest: Internal Medicine, Cardiology View Profile  View Publications
	Robert Beach, M.D. Professor of Internal Medicine & Family Medicine Medical School: Louisiana State University School of Medicine-New Orleans Residency Program: Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch Fellowships: Nephrology, University of Texas Medical Branch Specialization: Nephrology View Profile
	Alexander G. Duarte, M.D. Associate Professor Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Department of Internal Medicine Medical School: University of Illinois-Chicago Residency Program: Internal Medicine Loyola University, Chicago Fellowship: Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Loyola University Special Interests: Lung transplantation, advanced lung disease, aerosol delivery and pulmonary hypertension. View Profile  View Publications
	Andrea Duchini, M.D., FACP Associate Professor of Medicine and Surgery; Director of Hepatology; Medical Director of Liver Transplantation Medical School: University of Florence Residency Program: Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine Fellowship: Gastroenterology, Scripps Clinic Special Interests: Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Liver Transplantation View Profile  View Publications
	Feroze Abid Hussain, M.D. Medical School: The Aga Khan University-Pakistan-2001 Residency: Internal Medicine, University of Arizona Tucson- 2007 Fellowship: Transplant Hepatology, Baylor College of Houston- 2011 Clinical and Research Interests: Hepatitis C treatment, fatty liver disease, cirrhosis and complications. Also, hepatocellular cancer: screening and management; evaluation and management of liver transplant candidates; immunosuppression in liver transplantation View Publications
	Marjan Afrouzian, MD Assistant Professor of Pathology Medical School: Tehran University Residency Program: Anatomic/Clinical Pathology, Tehran University Anatomic/Clinical Pathology, University of Calgary Fellowships: Nephropathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology; Nephropathology, University of Alberta, Canada Interests: Diabetic nephropathy; podocyte injury and proteinuria; mechanisms of rejection in organ transplantation (kidney, liver, lung, heart, pancreas)   View Profile  View Publications
	Ann Kathleen Gamilla-Crudo, M.D. Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Nephrology Medical/Professional School: University of Santo Tomas, Philippines Residency Program: Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Fellowships: Nephrology, University of Texas Medical Branch Internship: General Med/Surg, University of Santo Tomas, Philippines View Profile
	Wissam Khalife, M.D., F.A.C.C., M.A.A.C. Assistant Professor Interim Director of Heart Failure, Cardiac Transplant and Left Ventricular Assist Device Program Division of Cardiology Department of Internal Medicine   View Profile  View Publications
	Pradeep Kadambi, M.D., M.B.A. Associate Professor Department of Internal Medicine Medical Director, Kidney & Pancreas Transplant Program Medical School: Bangalore University Medical College Residency: Internal Medicine, Hospital of St. Raphael Fellowships: Nephrology, Hospital of St. Raphael; Transplant Nephrology, University of Chicago Interests: evaluation, management and treatment of kidney and pancreas transplant recipients and evaluation of living kidney donors; complications of transplantation; optimization of immunosuppression following transplantation. View Profile  View Publications
	Roger Soloway, M.D. Professor of Medicine, Gastroenterology Medical School: Cornell University Medical College Residency Program: Gastroenterology, University of Pennsylvania Fellowship: Gastroenterology, Mayo Medical School Special Interest: Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology View Profile  View Publications