|
Research Interests:
Dr.Michael A. Nalesnik is a Professor of Pathology in the Division of Hepatic and Transplantation Pathology. He obtained his M.D. from Rutgers Medical School in 1977 and received his Pathology training at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He served as Director of Histology and Immunocytochemistry at Presbyterian Hospital in Pittsburgh from 1982 to 1987. He became Chief of Anatomic Pathology at the Pittsburgh Veteran's Administration Medical Center in 1987. He returned to the University to join the newly-formed Division of Hepatic and Transplantation Pathology in 1991. Dr. Nalesnik's specific research interest centers on post transplant lymphoproliferative disorders which occur in association with Epstein-Barr virus infection. He is also involved with the problem of liver neoplasia in transplant candidates and patients.
Selected Publications:
View Dr. Nalesnik's publications on PubMed
Nalesnik M. Hepatitis C, Helicobacter, lymphoma...and liver transplantation. Liver Transpl. 2005 Jul;11(7):733-736.
Nalesnik MA, Abu-Elmagd K, Green M, Martin D, Bond G, Wu T, Jaffe R, Mazariegos G, Demetris AJ, Reyes J. “Posttransplant Lymphoproliferative Disorders in Intestinal Transplant Recipients” (oral presentation). XX International Congress of The Transplantation Society, Vienna, Austria, Sept. 5-10, 2004
Nakao A, Otterbein LE, Overhaus M, Sarady JK, Tsung A, Kimizuka K, Nalesnik MA, Kaizu T, Uchiyama T, Liu F, Murase N, Bauer AJ, Bach FH.
Biliverdin protects the functional integrity of a transplanted syngeneic small bowel. Gastroenterology. 2004 Aug;127(2):595-606.
Neto JS, Nakao A, Kimizuka K, Romanosky AJ, Stolz DB, Uchiyama T, Nalesnik MA, Otterbein LE, Murase N. Protection of transplant-induced renal ischemia-reperfusion injury with carbon monoxide. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2004 Nov;287(5):F979-89
Funch DP, Ko HH, Travasso J, Mechlowicz J, Nalesnik MA, Kew C III, Walker AM: Association between Mycophenolate Mofetil (MMF) and Development of Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder in Renal Transplant Patients in the U.S. American Transplantation Congress, Washington, D.C., May 30 - June 4, 2003.
|
