Dr. Abdul Rao On Transplant Immunology

1
Dr. Abdul Rao On Transplant Immunology
2
Transplant Immunology is known as a providential
cure in medical sciences. People recommend it to
patients for getting rid of many kinds of
problems which are related to health. It involves
a surgical operation where a body part is removed
from one location and transplanted to another. It
is done for getting rid of various health
associated problems.
3
The whole concept of transplantation involves
dealing with the immune tissues for better
health. The process includes important tissues
for the transplantation which includes autograft,
isograft, allograft and xenograft. In the US,
there are many transplantation institutes and
healthcare centers for transplant immunology
facilities.
4
For example, USF Health is a leading facility
that offers expert doctors and other facilities
to accomplish transplantation activities. The
institute aims to ameliorate health in the wider
environment, in communities, and for specific
individuals.
5
Earlier the transplantation activity was limited
and very expensive, but, as the demand kept
increasing, these facilities underwent a
revolution and they are nowadays widely used. Dr.
Abdul Rao is a famous transplant immunologist and
an acclaimed transplant immunologist in the field
of medical sciences.
6
He is highly educated and thoroughly experienced.
He has graduated from the University of Oxford
with a D.Phil in Transplantation Immunology in
1993. Dr. Abdul Rao also joined the University of
Pittsburgh in 1993 where he chaired as the
Director of the Section of Cellular
Transplantation and the Section of Medical
Informatics, Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation
Institute.
7
At USF, Dr. Abdul Rao has also served as the
Associate Director of Translational Research at
USF and as an Associate Professor of Surgery as
well as Pathology. Dr. Abdul Rao's area of
research interest lies on the bench to bedside
(and reverse) translation of novel therapeutic
strategies that are aimed at alleviating a
clinical problem.
8
Dr. Abdul Rao and his team also worked on the
protocol for induction of donor-specific
tolerance in organ allograft recipients (funded
by National Institutes of Health) cellular
therapeutic treatment of refractory
post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders
(funded by Cancer Research Treatment Foundation)
9
islet cell transplantation to reverse type I
insulin-dependent diabetes (funded by National
Institutes of Health and the Juvenile Diabetes
Foundation International) transmission of
infection following animals to humans (funded by
an extramural grant) organ and cell
transplantation.