NahelEliasMDFACS

General Surgery • Boston, MA

Hepatobiliary Surgery, Pancreas, Transplantation

Surgical Director of Kidney Transplantation, Massachusetts General Hospital and Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

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Office
55 Fruit St.
White 546
Boston, MA 02114
Phone+1 617-726-0174

Fax+1 617-724-5993

Education & Training

Massachusetts General HospitalFellowship, Abdominal Transplant Surgery, 2002 - 2004
North Oakland Medical CentersResidency, Surgery, 1997 - 2002
Damascus University Faculty of MedicineClass of 1994

Certifications & Licensure

MA State Medical License 2002 - 2025
VT State Medical License 2013 - 2020
MI State Medical License 1997 - 2002
American Board of Surgery Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Member Society of University Surgeons
Member American Society of Transplant Surgeons
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
Member American Society of Transplantation
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Clinical Trials

HOPE in Action Prospective Multicenter, Clinical Trial of Deceased HIVD+ Kidney Transplants for HIV+ Recipients Start of enrollment: 2018 Apr 19
Completed
Not Applicable
Study of Efficacy, Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetic (PK) and Pharmacodynamic (PD) of an Anti-CD40 Monoclonal Antibody, CFZ533, in Kidney Transplant Recipients Start of enrollment: 2018 Nov 28
Completed
Phase 2
HOPE in Action Trial of HIV+ Deceased Donor Liver Transplants for HIV+ Recipients Start of enrollment: 2019 Jan 04
Active, not recruiting
Not Applicable
Study of Efficacy, Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetic (PK) and Pharmacodynamic (PD) of an Anti-CD40 Monoclonal Antibody, CFZ533, in Liver Transplant Recipients With Additional 12-month Follow-up and Long-term Extension Start of enrollment: 2019 Oct 07
Completed
Phase 2
HCV + to HCV - Kidney Transplant Start of enrollment: 2020 May 21
Withdrawn
Phase 4
QUICKly Eradicate Hepatitis C in Patients Undergoing REnal Transplant With 4 Weeks of Glecaprevir/Pibrentasvir Start of enrollment: 2021 May 01
Completed
Phase 4
Kidney Transplantation From Donors With HIV: Impact on Rejection and Long-Term Outcomes (Expanding HOPE Kidney) Start of enrollment: 2024 May 22
Recruiting
Not Applicable
Roles: Contact, Principal Investigator
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

10 citations
Genome-wide profiling of BK polyomavirus integration in bladder cancer of kidney transplant recipients reveals mechanisms of the integration at the nucleotide level
Yu Jin, Yi Zhou, Wen-feng Deng, Yuchen Wang, Richard T. Lee
Oncogene. 2021-01-07
25 citations
The Role of Immunotherapy in Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Systematic Review and Pooled Analysis of 2,402 Patients.
Ioannis A. Ziogas, Alexandros P. Evangeliou, Dimitrios Giannis, Muhammad Hashim Hayat, Konstantinos S. Mylonas
The Oncologist. 2021-06-01
149 citations
Outcome of Kidney Transplantation Using Expanded Criteria Donors and Donation After Cardiac Death Kidneys: Realities and Costs
Reza F. Saidi, Nahel Elias, Tatsuo Kawai, Martin Hertl, M L Farrell
American Journal of Transplantation. 2007-12-01

Journal Articles

Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Transplantable Child-Pugh A Cirrhotics: Should Cost Affect Resection vs Transplantation?
Theodoros Michelakos, Dimitrios Xourafas, David Berger, James F Markmann, Cristina R Ferrone, Motaz Qadan, Kenneth K Tanabe, Joel T Adler, Nahel Elias, Heidi Yeh, Madh..., Journal of gastrointestinal surgery

Press Mentions

Kidney Transplantation Between Those with HIV Infections Shown Safe & EffectiveOctober 17th, 2024
Where Kidney Transplants Are a Family HeritageJanuary 14th, 2019
A Surgeon, A Kidney Donor and A Kidney Recipient Walk into A Radio Studio...July 20th, 2018
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Professional Memberships

American College of Surgeons - ACS
Member
Society of University Surgeons
Member

Other Languages

Arabic, French

External Links

MGH Kidney Transplant Programhttp://www.massgeneral.org/transplant/services/adult-kidney-transplant-program.aspx
MGH Profilehttp://www.massgeneral.org/transplant/doctors/doctor.aspx?id=18055