ge of Medicine - Tucson Dr. Abecassis also served as Feinberg’s Dean for Clinical Affairs from 2008 to 2011, and as medical director of the kidney and liver transplant programs at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. In 2018, Northwestern Medicine celebrated 5,000 kidney, 2,000 liver and 750 pancreas transplants performed under Abecassis’ leadership, as well as 3,000 live donor procedures for both kidney and liver transplants. A prolific scientist, Dr. Abecassis has served as author or co-author on more than 300 peer-reviewed publications in scientific journals. He has received continuous funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for the past 23 years, serving as principal investigator of research grants that span from studies of the molecular mechanisms of cytomegalovirus latency and reactivation, to translational and clinical studies in pursuit of a molecular biomarker strategy for both kidney and liver transplant recipients. Source: FSM Office of Communications
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Served as Dean of Clinical Affairs
Named founding director of Comprehensive Transplant Center
Northwestern celebrated 5,000 kidney, 2,000 liver and 750 pancreas transplants
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