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Office
5841 S. MARYLAND AVENUE MC 5027
Room J517
Chicago, IL 60637Phone+1 773-702-9682Fax+1 773-702-2126
Summary
- I am currently the Director of the University of Chicago Transplantation Institute. I have been involved in clinical kidney, liver, pancreas, islet, and intestinal transplantation, as well as research in immunology for over 30 years.
I received my B.A. from the Johns Hopkins University in 1975, followed by a Ph.D. in Immunology in 1980 and M.D. in 1982 from the University of Chicago. I then completed my surgical residency at the University of Rochester and a transplant surgery fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh, under the guidance of Dr. Thomas Starzl. Between 1987 and 1988, I served as Director of Histocompatibility Testing at the University of Rochester. In 1989, I joined the faculty at the University of Pittsburgh, and held the tenured position as the inaugural Thomas E. Starzl Professor in Surgery. I was recruited to the Cleveland Clinic in 2004 as the Chairman of the Department of General Surgery and also appointed Professor of Surgery at the Lerner College of Medicine at Case Western University. I served as the Director of the Cleveland Clinic Health System Center for Transplantation and the Medical Director of Allogen Laboratory, one of the largest histocompatibility laboratories in the United States.
Education & Training
- UPMC Medical EducationFellowship, Abdominal Transplant Surgery, 1989
- University of RochesterResidency, Surgery, 1986 - 1988
- UPMC Medical EducationFellowship, Abdominal Transplant Surgery, 1984 - 1986
- University of RochesterResidency, Surgery, 1983 - 1984
- University of RochesterInternship, Surgery, 1982 - 1983
- University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences The Pritzker School of MedicineClass of 1982, MD
- University of ChicagoPhD, 1975 - 1980
- Johns Hopkins UniversityBA, Biology, 1972 - 1975
Certifications & Licensure
- NY State Medical License 1983 - Present
- IL State Medical License 2016 - 2026
- OH State Medical License 2004 - 2021
- FL State Medical License 2013 - 2018
- PA State Medical License 1984 - 2004
- American Board of Surgery Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2003-2019
- America's Top Doctors for Cancer Castle Connolly, 2005-2019
- Thomas Starzl Prize in Surgery and Immunology University of Pittsburgh, 2015
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Clinical Trials
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 227 citationsMedically Necessary, Time-Sensitive Procedures: Scoring System to Ethically and Efficiently Manage Resource Scarcity and Provider Risk During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Vivek N. Prachand, Ross Milner, Peter Angelos, Mitchell C. Posner, John J. Fung
Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2020-08-01 - 29 citationsIs impaired hepatic arterial buffer response a risk factor for biliary anastomotic stricture in liver transplant recipientsKoji Hashimoto, Charles Miller, Cristiano Quintini, Federico Aucejo, Kenzo Hirose
Surgery. 2010-09-01 - 31 citationsSynergistic effect of cold and warm ischemia time on postoperative graft function and outcome in human liver transplantationEishi Totsuka, John J. Fung, K. Hakamada, Motonari Ohashi, Katsuro Takahashi
Transplantation Proceedings. 2004-09-01
Journal Articles
- Stromal cell-based immunotherapy in transplantation.Charles R, Lu L, Qian S, Fung JJ, Immunotherapy; 3(12):147-85
- Robotic versus laparoscopic resection of liver tumours.Berber E, Akyildiz HY, Aucejo F, Gunasekaran G, Chalikonda S, Fung J, HPB; 12(8):583-6
- Use of tissue plasminogen activator in liver transplantation from donation after cardiac death donors.Hashimoto K, Eghtesad B, Gunasekaran G, Fujiki M, Uso T, Quintini C, Aucejo F, Kelly D, Winans C, Vogt D, Parker B, Irefin S, Miller C, Fung J, Am J Transpl; 10:2665-72.
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Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- Susceptibility to anti-idiotypic suppression and tolerance induction as maturational markers for TI and TD anti-PC precursors.Fung JJ, Köhler H, 64th Annual Meeting of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, Anaheim, California
- Analysis of the adult and neonatal precursor repertoire of BALB/c mice responding to TI and TD PC-antigens.Fung JJ, Köhler H, 4th International Congress of Immunology, Paris, France
- Functional characterization of lymphocytes in bronchoalveolar lavages from heart-lung transplant patients.Fung JJ, Zeevi A, Paradis I, Dauber J, Griffith B, Hardesty R, Duquesnoy R, D. Bernard Amos Symposium in Transplantation Immunology, Durham, North Carolina
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Other
- Transplantation in HIV-positive patients?Fung JJ, Medscape Ask the Experts
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/414134 - The organ allocation debate: a call for fairness.Fung JJ, Medical Crossfire
http://www.medicalcrossfire.com/journal/monographs/99_10_organ.html - Highlights of the Eighth Congress of the International Liver Transplantation Society.Fung JJ, Medscape Transplantation 3(2)
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Press Mentions
- Butler 18-Year-Old Gets Rare, Lifesaving Heart and Liver TransplantApril 4th, 2022
- Pioneering Cardiologist Jeremiah Stamler Dies at 102 • COVID Again Plaguing Prisons • Study Looks at Economic Status, HospitalizationsJanuary 28th, 2022
- Despite the Pandemic, UChicago Medicine Performed a Record Number of Transplants in 2021, Mirroring a Nationwide TrendJanuary 27th, 2022
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Grant Support
- Tacrolimus VS Cyclosporine Sirolimus In Liver TransplanNational Center For Research Resources2000–2002
- Combined Bone Marrow And Organ Transplantation In HumansNational Institute Of Allergy And Infectious Diseases1996–2000
Professional Memberships
- Fellow
- American Surgical AssociationMember
- International Liver Transplantation SocietyPast President
- American Society of Transplant SurgeonsMember
- American Association for the Study of Liver DiseasesFellow
- Transplantation SocietyVice President
- American Society of Histocompatibility and ImmunogeneticsMember
- Society of Asian Academic SurgeonsMember
- American Society of TransplantationMember
Other Languages
- Chinese (Mandarin)
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