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Tatsuo Kawai, MD, General Surgery, Boston, MA

Tatsuo Kawai MD

Transplantation


Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

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  • 55 Fruit StreetWhite 521Boston, MA 02114

  • Phone+1 617-726-0289

  • Fax+1 617-724-8634

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Certifications & Licensure

  • MA State Medical License
    MA State Medical License 2001 - 2025
  • NH State Medical License
    NH State Medical License 2024 - 2024
  • ME State Medical License
    ME State Medical License 2020 - 2021
  • RI State Medical License
    RI State Medical License 2020 - 2020
  • VT State Medical License
    VT State Medical License 2013 - 2016

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • A. Benedict Cosimi Endowed Chair Massachusetts General Hospital, 2012
  • Fellow American College of Surgeons

Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Summary of the Third International Workshop on Clinical Tolerance  
    Samuel Strober, Tatsuo Kawai, American journal of transplantation

Press Mentions

  • Doctors Remove Pig Kidney from Alabama Woman After a 'Miraculous' 130 Days
    Doctors Remove Pig Kidney from Alabama Woman After a 'Miraculous' 130 DaysApril 15th, 2025
  • This Kidney Was Frozen for 10 Days. Could Surgeons Transplant It?
    This Kidney Was Frozen for 10 Days. Could Surgeons Transplant It?April 14th, 2025
  • Doctors Remove Pig Kidney from an Alabama Woman After a Record 130 Days
    Doctors Remove Pig Kidney from an Alabama Woman After a Record 130 DaysApril 11th, 2025
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Grant Support

  • Targeting innate immunity for induction of robust renal allograft toleranceMASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL2023–2028
  • Bcl-2 and Mcl-1 inhibition for induction of hematopoietic chimerism and renal allograft tolerance without myelosuppression in nonhuman primatesMASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL2022–2027

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