ANisarAkbarMDMBA

Anesthesiology • Leesburg, VA

Chief and Chairman Department of Anesthesiology Ascension St Joseph Hospital Chicago

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Office
44045 Riverside Pkwy
Leesburg, VA 20176
Phone+1 703-858-6000

Fax+1 703-858-6900

Education & Training

Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated HospitalsResidency, Anesthesiology, 1992 - 1995
Aurora Health CareInternship, Internal Medicine, 1991 - 1992
King Edward Medical UniversityClass of 1987

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1996 - 2026
IL State Medical License 1997 - 2026
VA State Medical License 2023 - 2026
WI State Medical License 1992 - 2025
MI State Medical License 1996 - 2015
American Board of Anesthesiology Anesthesiology

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

305 citations
Interleukin-2 receptor common γ-chain signaling cytokines regulate activated T cell apoptosis in response to growth factor withdrawal: Selective induction of anti-apop...
Arne N. Akbar, Nicola Borthwick, R. Gitendra Wickremasinghe, Panayiotis Panayiotidis, Darrell Pilling
European Journal of Immunology. 1996-02-01
294 citations
The significance of low bcl-2 expression by CD45RO T cells in normal individuals and patients with acute viral infections. The role of apoptosis in T cell memory.
Arne N. Akbar, Nicola Borthwick, Mike Salmon, Wendy M. Gombert, Margarita Bofill
The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 1993-08-01
114 citations
Loss of CD28 expression on CD8 T cells is induced by IL-2 receptor γ chain signalling cytokines and type I IFN, and increases susceptibility to activation-induced apop...
Nicola J. Borthwick, Mark W. Lowdell, Mike Salmon, Arne N. Akbar
International Immunology. 2000-07-01