Jose Avila, MD, PhD

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Academic Appointment

• Assistant Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine

Clinical Appointment

• Scientific Director, Cell and Tissue Processing Laboratory, Emory Transplant Center

Telephone
404.727.9994

Medical School/Graduate Training

• MD received, Universidad del Zulia, School of Medicine, Class of 1997
• Masters in Surgical Science, Imperial College (Hammersmith Hospital), University of London, UK, 1998-1999
• PhD in Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, 2001-2006
  

Postgraduate Training

• Theory and Practice in Basic Surgical Techniques, Faculty of Medicine, University of Zulia, Venezuela, 1990
• Handling of Pediatric Emergencies, Faculty of Medicine, University of Zulia, 1994
• Medical Response to Emergency Patients, Faculty of Medicine, University of Zulia, 1995
• Attending Medical Emergencies in Rural Areas, Faculty of Medicine, University of Zulia, 1996
• Surgical Assistant to Dr. Hermilo Avila, Hand Surgeon, Policlinica San Luis, Maracaibo, Venezuela, 1996-1998
• Postgraduate Internship (Rural Medicine), Ambulatory Hospital "El Mojan," Venezuela, 1997-1998
• Two-Month Clinical Attachment in Vascular Surgery, Mr. Kevin Lafferty, Basildon General Hospital, UK, 08-10/1998
• Clinical Attachment in Vascular Surgery, Mr. Nigel Standsfield, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK, 1998-1999
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Training, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK, 1999
• Teaching Fellowship in Anatomy, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Canada, Dr. Adel Mohamed, 2000
• Fellow in the Clinical Islet Laboratory, Dr. Jonathan Lakey, University of Alberta, Canada; over 200 human pancreata processed between July 2001-November 2003
• Human Islet Transplantation Techniques Workshop, Banff, Alberta, Canada, 2002
• Techniques in Flow Cytometry, Workshop, University of Illinois at Chicago, January-March 2004
• Instructor at the Islet Transplantation Laboratory of the University of Illinois at Chicago; over 150 human pancreata processed between December 2003-October 2006

Honors and Awards

• First Prize Poster; 24th Workshop of the Artificial Insulin Delivery, Pancreas and Islet Transplantation (AIDPIT) Study Group; Igls-Innsbruck; Austria; 2005
• International Pancreas and Islet Transplant Association (IPITA) Travel Award, 2005
• Certificate of Excellence in leadership and contributions to the advancement of student research, Hispanic Center of Excellence, University of Illinois, Chicago, August 2006

Current Organizational Memberships

• The Transplantation Society
• Islet and Pancreas International Transplant Association
• American Hepato Pancreato Biliary Association

Research Interest

• Islet transplantation

Year Joined Emory as a Faculty Member
2006

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