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Rakesh Sindhi, MD
Job Title
Director, Pediatric Transplant Research
Job Title
Co-Director, Pediatric Transplantation
Job Title
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation, University of Pittsburgh
3705 Fifth Ave.
Pittsburgh,
PA
15213
412-692-6110
Phone
412-692-6116
Fax
Email
rakesh.sindhi@chp.edu
Education and Training
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Medical School: |
1979 Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, India |
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Residency: |
1993 Tufts New England Medical Center, Boston, MA |
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Fellowship: |
1987 Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH |
Memberships
- American Society for Transplant Surgeons
- American Society for Transplant Physicians
- Pharm. & Therapeutics Committee, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
- GCRC Advisory Board, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
- Freedom Committee, Tenure and Academic
- UPMC Institutional Review Board, Alternate member
- American College of Surgeons
- International Liver Transplantation Society
- Society of University Surgeons
Board Certifications
- American Board of Surgery
- American College of Surgeons, Fellow
Awards
- Executive Committee member, Pediatric Transplant Committee, American Society of Transplantation
- Patient Satisfaction Award, Named one of 25 best doctors, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
- Co-Chair, Pediatric Transplant Committee, American Society of Transplantation
- Wyeth Clinical Science Achievement Award, American Society of Transplantation
- Roche Organ Transplantation Foundation Award
Publications
- Talukdar A, AshokKumar C, Farrar J, Wilson P, Janakiramanan A. Tregaskes M, Sindhi R. Lymphocyte subset reconstitution in pediatric liver recipients induced with steroid-free rabbit anti-human thymocyte globulin. Pediatric Transplantation (accepted for future edition) 2007.
- Mazariegos GV, Sindhi R, Thomson, AW, Marcos A. Clinical tolerance following liver transplantation: Long term results and future prospects. Transpl Immunol. 17(2):114-19. 2007.
- Khera N, Janosky J, Zeevi A, Mazariegos G, Marcos A, Sindhi R. Persistent donor-specific alloreactivity may portend delayed liver rejection during drug minimization in children. FBS. 12, 660-663, 2007.
Active Research Projects / Grants
- Genetic Predisposition of Pediatric Transplant Outcomes
- Predictors of Drug Selection and Minimization in Pediatric Liver Transplantation
- Pediatric Transplant Research Program
