Dr. Christian Larsen, Chief, Division of Transplantation, Dept. of Surgery, Emory SOM

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Christian P. Larsen, MD, PhD

Academic Appointments

		Carlos and Marguerite Mason Professor of Surgery in Transplantation Biology, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine

		Chief, Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine

		Vice Chairman of Research, Department of Surgery, Emory

Clinical Appointments

		Director, The Emory Transplant Center, Emory

		Co-Director, Kidney/Pancreas Transplant Program, Emory

		Director, Renal Transplant Program, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

		Director, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) Center for Islet Transplantation of Emory University

Telephone

404.727.8466

Affiliation

Board Certification

		American Board of Surgery, 1992

		National Board of Medical Examiners, 1985

Medical School

MD, Emory University School of Medicine, Class of 1984

Postgraduate Training

		General Surgery Residency, Emory, 1985-1988, 1990-1991

		Livingston Surgical Research Fellow, Nuffield Department of Surgery, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, 1988-1990

		PhD, Transplantation Immunology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, 1990

		Fellow in Transplantation Surgery, Emory, 1991-1993

Honors and Awards

		Thomas E. Starzl Prize in Surgery and Immunology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and the Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, 2007

		TTS-Roche Award for Excellence in Translational Research, Transplantation Society, 2006

		Roche Basic Science Established Investigator Award, American Society of Transplantation, 2004

		Listed Among Emory’s Distinguished Faculty for 2002-2003

		Finalist, Healthcare Hero Award, Atlanta Business Chronicle, 2003

		Dean’s Clinical Investigator Award, Emory University School of Medicine, 2002-2003

		Emory University Great Teacher's Lecture, 2002

		Dean's Clinical Investigator Award, Emory University School of Medicine, 1999-2000

		NIH Basic Science Award, American Society of Transplant Physicians, 1997

		Who's Who in Science and Engineering, 1992-1994

		Overseas Research Studentship, University of Oxford, 1988-1990

		Henry Goodger Scholarship, University of Oxford, 1988-1990

		British-American Research Fellowship of the American Heart Association, 1989-1990

		Acting Clinical Lecturer in Surgery, University of Oxford, 1988-1989

		Magna Cum Laude Graduate, Emory University School of Medicine, 1984

		Alpha Omega Alpha, 1983

		Phi Beta Kappa, 1979

Current Organizational Memberships

		American College of Surgeons, Fellow

		American Association of Immunologists

		American Diabetes Association

		American Society of Transplantation

		American Society of Transplant Surgeons

		American Society for the Advancement of Science

		Georgia Transplant Foundation, Inc., Board of Directors

		Society of Clinical Surgery

		The Society of University Surgeons

		The Transplantation Society

		The National Kidney Foundation

		International Pancreas and Islet Transplant Association

		Chair, NIH NIAID Non-Human Primate Consortium

		Chair, Steering Committee, NIH Non-Human Primate Tolerance Network

		NIH Clinical Islet Transplant Consortium Steering Committee

		National Advisory Allergy and Infectious Diseases Council, Ad hoc Committee

Clinical Interests

Islet, kidney and pancreatic transplantation

Research Interests

		Investigation of the fundamental mechanisms involved in the T cell response to transplant tissues, specifically the role of costimulatory pathways in T cell activation

		Researching the mechanisms involved in immunologic tolerance to self and transplanted tissues

Year Joined Emory as a Faculty Member

1991