Hasan Alam
Chair, Department of Surgery
Loyal and Edit Davis Professor of Surgery
Professor, Surgery (Trauma and Critical Care, Cell and Developmental Biology
Cell and Organ Transplantation, Reconstruction, and Regeneration
Organ failure is a significant driver of mortality in the US, as each organ plays a vital role in our bodily well-being. In these cases of failure, organ transplant or surgical reconstruction is often required to restore patient health, yet even following transplant or reconstructive surgery, patients are prone to a myriad of immunological and functional complications, including increased susceptibility to infection and adverse effects from anti-rejection therapeutics. The widespread prevalence of organ replacement complications motivates innovation toward more accessible organ replacement solutions as well as immunological strategies for reducing rejection. Some of our strategies to address these problems include cell transplantation via engineered bioresorbable matrices or scaffolds, development of pro-regenerative biomaterials that eliminate the need for donor cells and nanomaterials that modulate the immune response to induce tolerance rather than rejection of donor tissue.
Guillermo Ameer
QSI RENU Director
Daniel Hale Williams Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Surgery
Director, Regenerative Engineering Training Program
Director, Center for Advanced Regenerative Engineering
Vadim Backman
Sachs Family Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Medicine
Director, Center for Physical Genomics and Engineering
Ankit Bharat
Chief of Thoracic Surgery
Harold L. and Margaret N. Method Professor of Surgery
Professor, Surgery (Thoracic Surgery), Medicine (Pulmonary and Critical Care)
Daniel Borja-Cacho
Associate Professor, Surgery (Organ Transplantation)
Jacqueline Alexis Burke
Research Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Director, The Tolerance Lab
Earl Cheng
Chief of Pediatric Urology in the Department of Urology
Founders’ Board Professor of Urology
Professor, Urology (Pediatric Urology)
Bin Jiang
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Joseph Leventhal
Fowler McCormick Professor of Surgery
Professor, Surgery (Organ Transplantation)
Satish Nadig
Edward G. Elcock Professor
Surgery, Microbiology / Immunology, & Pediatrics
Vice Chair for Faculty Development, Department of Surgery
Chief, Division of Abdominal Transplant Surgery
Director, Comprehensive Transplant Center
Jonathan Rivnay
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Director of PhD Admission of Biomedical Engineering
John Rogers
Louis Simpson and Kimberly Querrey Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Biomedical Engineering and Neurological Surgery
Director, Querrey Simpson Institute for Bioelectronics
Electrical and Computer Engineering by courtesy
Mechanical Engineering by courtesy
Chemistry and Dermatology by courtesy
Michael Rosen
Professor of Surgery, Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic
Medical Director of the Abdominal Core Health Quality Collaborative
Director of Research Department of DDSI
Adjunct Professor, Surgery (Gastrointestinal), Northwestern Medicine
Arun Sharma
Research Associate Professor, Urology (Pediatric Urology)
Cheng Sun
Professor of Mechanical Engineering