FadiGeorgeLakkisMD

Kidney & Pancreas Transplantation

Professor (Surgery, Immunology, & Medicine), University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

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Dr. Fadi Lakkis is a nephrologist in Pittsburgh, PA and is affiliated UPMC Presbyterian. He received his medical degree from American University of Beirut Faculty of Medicine and has been in practice 32 years. He specializes in transplant nephrology. Dr. Lakkis is a Distinguished Professor of Surgery and Professor of Immunology and Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. He is the Scientific Director of the Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute and holds the Frank & Athena Sarris Chair in Transplantation Biology.

Harvard Medical SchoolFellowship, Nephrology, Transplantation Immunology, 1989 - 1992
Wayne State University School of MedicineResidency, Internal Medicine, 1986 - 1989
American University of Beirut Faculty of MedicineClass of 1985

PubMed

9 citations
Donor-derived regulatory dendritic cell infusion modulates effector CD8T cell and NK cell responses after liver transplantation.
Lillian M Tran, Camila Macedo, Alan F Zahorchak, Xinyan Gu, Beth Elinoff
Science Translational Medicine. 2023-10-11
Tracking kidney transplant fitness.
Mohamad Zaidan, Fadi G Lakkis
Science. 2023-09-08
16 citations
Tissue-resident memory T cell maintenance during antigen persistence requires both cognate antigen and interleukin-15.
Roger Tieu, Qiang Zeng, Daqiang Zhao, Gang Zhang, Neda Feizi
Science Immunology. 2023-04-21

Study Suggests to New Way to Treat Chronic Transplant RejectionApril 23rd, 2023
‘Trained Immunity’ Offers Hope in Fight Against CoronavirusSeptember 14th, 2020
Pitt-Based Study Discovers a Way to Block Transplanted Organ RejectionMay 18th, 2020
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Innate Recognition of Allogeneic Non-SelfNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases2012–Present
T And B Cell Homeostasis After Induction Therapy In Kidney TransplantationNational Institute Of Allergy And Infectious Diseases2011
Immunological Ignorance As An Adjunct To ToleranceNational Institute Of Allergy And Infectious Diseases2010
T Cell Memory In Organ TransplantationNational Institute Of Allergy And Infectious Diseases2006–2010
A Model Organism To Study Allorecognition And ChimerismNational Institute Of Allergy And Infectious Diseases2009
Immunological Ignorance As An Adjunct To ToleranceNational Institute Of Allergy And Infectious Diseases2006–2009
A Model Organism To Study ChimerismNational Institute Of Allergy And Infectious Diseases2006–2007
T Cell Memory In Organ TransplantationNational Institute Of Allergy And Infectious Diseases2001–2005
T Cell Homeostasis In The Alloimmune ResponseNational Institute Of Allergy And Infectious Diseases2002
T Cell Memory In Organ TransplantationNational Institute Of Allergy And Infectious Diseases2001
Regulation Of T Cell Survival In Organ TransplantationNational Institute Of Allergy And Infectious Diseases2001
T Cell Activating Cytokines In Tolerance InductionNational Institute Of Allergy And Infectious Diseases1998–2001
Regulation Of T Cell Survival In Organ TransplantationNational Institute Of Allergy And Infectious Diseases1997–2001