Department of Surgery

Fadi G. Lakkis, MD

  • Scientific Director, Starzl Transplantation Institute, UPMC
  • Frank and Athena Sarris Chair in Transplantation Biology
  • Distinguished Professor of Surgery
  • Professor of Immunology and Medicine

Education & Training

  • BS, American University of Beirut
  • MD, American University of Beirut

Representative Publications

Dr. Lakkis' publications can be reviewed through PubMed.

Research, Clinical, and/or Academic Interests

  • Allorecognition in the innate immune system. Both invertebrate and vertebrate (mouse) models of transplantation are employed to investigate the earliest innate signals that trigger rejection.
  • The biology of memory T cells in organ transplantation. We are currently investigating how memory T cells migrate to a transplanted organ and what is required for their activation and maintenance.
  • Characterization of monocyte and T cell subsets in healthy human subjects and renal transplant recipients.

Faculty by divisions

Abdominal Transplantation