MichaelAbecassisMD
General Surgery • Chicago, ILTransplantation
Director, Comprehensive Transplant Center;Chief, Division of Surgery-Organ Transplantation
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Office
676 North Saint Clair Street
Suite 1900
Chicago, IL 60611Phone+1 312-695-0359Fax+1 312-695-1817- Is this information wrong?
Education & Training
University of Iowa Hospitals and ClinicsResidency, Surgery, 1990 - 1991
University of Toronto Faculty of MedicineClass of 1983
Certifications & Licensure
AZ State Medical License 2019 - 2024
IL State Medical License 1992 - 2020
IN State Medical License 2007 - 2015
IA State Medical License 1990 - 2004- American Board of Surgery Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2010-2014
- Chicago Magazine: Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2012, 2014
- Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
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Clinical Trials
- HLA-Identical Sibling Renal Transplant Tolerance Start of enrollment: 2007 Jul 01
- Chemoembolization Versus Radioembolization in Treating Patients With Liver Cancer That Cannot Be Treated With Radiofrequency Ablation Or Surgery Start of enrollment: 2009 Aug 01
- Study of Glycemic Control on Liver Transplantation Outcomes Start of enrollment: 2009 Apr 01
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 32 citationsCombining Blood Gene Expression and Cellfree DNA to Diagnose Subclinical Rejection in Kidney Transplant Recipients.Sookhyeon Park, Kexin Guo, Raymond L. Heilman, Emilio D. Poggio, David J. Taber, Christopher L. Marsh, Sunil M. Kurian, Steve Kleiboeker, Juston C Weems, John Holman, ...> ;Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 2021 Oct 1
- 25 citationsDonor-derived cell-free DNA levels predict graft injury in liver transplant recipientsJosh Levitsky, Manoj Kandpal, Kexin Guo, Steve Kleiboeker, Rohita Sinha, Michael Abecassis> ;American Journal of Transplantation. 2021 Sep 24
- 10 citationsPrediction of Liver Transplant Rejection with a Biologically Relevant Gene Expression Signature.Josh Levitsky, Manoj Kandpal, Kexin Guo, Lihui Zhao, Sunil M. Kurian, Thomas Whisenant, Michael Abecassis> ;Transplantation. 2021 Jul 22
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Journal Articles
- Development and Clinical Validity of a Novel Blood‐Based Molecular Biomarker for Sub‐Clinical Acute Rejection Following Kidney TransplantJonah Odim, Michael M Abecassis, John J Friedewald, Emilio D Poggio, Raymond L Heilman, American journal of transplantation
Press Mentions
UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson Names New Department of Medicine ChairNovember 30th, 2022- Future Doctors Celebrate Match DayMarch 21st, 2022
- Medical Student Committed to Compassionate Care, Underserved Wins $30,000 ScholarshipApril 27th, 2021
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Professional Memberships
- American Society of Transplant SurgeonsMember
- College of Physicians & Surgeons of OntarioMember
- Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of CanadaFellow
- American College of Physician ExecutivesMember
- American Association for the Study of Liver DiseaseMember
- The Transplantation SocietyMember
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- American Surgical AssociationMember
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Other Languages
- Spanish, French
Hospital Affiliations
- Genesis Medical Center - DavenportDavenport, Iowa
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