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A. O. Gaber, MD, FACS, FAST

  • Houston Methodist transplant surgeon
  • Director of the Houston Methodist J.C. Walter Jr. Transplant Center
  • J.C. Walter Jr. Presidential Distinguished Chair at Houston Methodist Hospital
  • Transplant surgery residency program director, Houston Methodist Hospital department of surgery
  • Professor of surgery (transplantation), Weill Cornell Medical College
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A. O. Gaber, MD, FACS, FAST

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Areas of Expertise

  • Cell isolation protocols
  • Diabetes
  • Islet cells
  • Kidney disorders
  • Transplant immunotherapy
  • Transplant surgery

Credentials

MEDICAL SCHOOL
Ain Shams University-Cairo, Egypt | 1976
BOARD CERTIFICATION
American Board of Surgery
FELLOWSHIP
Transplantation Research

Publications

Osteocalcin protects islet identity in low-density lipoprotein receptor knockout mice on high-fat diet
Beamish, CA, Lee, YK, Gaber, AO, Chanana, P, Graviss, EA, Kloc, M, Gaber, MW, Hsueh, WA & Sabek, OM 2024, , Journal of Endocrinology, vol. 261, no. 1, e230352. https://doi.org/10.1530/JOE-23-0352

Single-center Outcomes After Liver Transplantation With SARS-CoV-2–Positive Donors: An Argument for Increased Utilization
Connor, AA, Adelman, MW, Mobley, CM, Moaddab, M, Erhardt, AJ, Hsu, DE, Brombosz, EW, Sanghvi, M, Lee Cheah, Y, Simon, CJ, Hobeika, MJ, Saharia, AS, Victor, DW, Kodali, S, Basra, T, Graviss, EA, Nguyen, DT, Elsaiey, A, Moore, LW, Nigo, M, Drews, AL, Grimes, KA, Arias, CA, Li, XC, Gaber, AO & Ghobrial, RM 2024, , Transplantation Direct, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. E1590. https://doi.org/10.1097/TXD.0000000000001590

CD4+ T cell immunity is dependent on an intrinsic stem-like program
Zou, D, Yin, Z, Yi, SG, Wang, G, Guo, Y, Xiao, X, Li, S, Zhang, X, Gonzalez, NM, Minze, LJ, Wang, L, Wong, STC, Osama Gaber, A, Ghobrial, RM, Li, XC & Chen, W 2024, , Nature immunology, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 66-76. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41590-023-01682-z

Isatuximab Monotherapy for Desensitization in Highly Sensitized Patients Awaiting Kidney Transplant
Vincenti, F, Bestard, O, Brar, A, Cruzado, JM, Seron, D, Gaber, AO, Ali, N, Tambur, AR, Lee, H, Abbadessa, G, Paul, J-A, Dudek, M, Siegel, RJ, Torija, A, Semiond, D, Lépine, L, Ternes, N, Montgomery, RA & Stegall, M 2023, , Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. https://doi.org/10.1681/ASN.0000000000000287

Summary of a consensus conference on heart-liver transplantation
Consensus Conference participants 2023, , American Journal of Transplantation, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 380-390. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajt.2023.12.002

Transplant Oncology: An Emerging Discipline of Cancer Treatment
Abdelrahim, M, Esmail, A, Abudayyeh, A, Murakami, N, Victor, D, Kodali, S, Cheah, YL, Simon, CJ, Noureddin, M, Connor, A, Saharia, A, Moore, LW, Heyne, K, Kaseb, AO, Gaber, AO & Ghobrial, RM 2023, , Cancers, vol. 15, no. 22, 5337, pp. 5337. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15225337

Qualifying a novel clinical trial endpoint (iBOX) predictive of long-term kidney transplant outcomes
the Transplant Therapeutics Consortium 2023, , American Journal of Transplantation, vol. 23, no. 10, pp. 1496-1506. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajt.2023.04.018

Clinical Outcomes of Heart Transplant Recipients Admitted with COVID-19 Infection in 2020: A Nationwide Analysis
Tamimi, O, Tamimi, F, Nisar, T, Gaber, AO, Lin, J, Gorthi, J & Gotur, D 2023, , Current Problems in Cardiology, vol. 48, no. 12, 101996. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2023.101996

Modern Outcomes After Liver Retransplantation: A Single-center Experience
Connor, AA, Saharia, A, Mobley, CM, Hobeika, MJ, Victor, DW, Kodali, S, Brombosz, EW, Graviss, EA, Nguyen, DT, Moore, LW, Gaber, AO & Ghobrial, RM 2023, , Transplantation, vol. 107, no. 7, pp. 1513-1523. https://doi.org/10.1097/TP.0000000000004500


Simultaneous Scalp, Skull, Kidney, and Pancreas Transplant from a Single Donor: Insights from a 5-Year Follow-Up
Jozaghi, Y, Chang, EI, Clemens, MW, Hanasono, MM, Klebuc, M, Yu, P, Gaber, AO & Selber, JC 2023, , Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, vol. 151, no. 6, pp. 1318-1321. https://doi.org/10.1097/PRS.0000000000010103

Factors affecting survival after liver retransplantation: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Brombosz, EW, Moore, LW, Mobley, CM, Kodali, S, Saharia, A, Hobeika, MJ, Connor, AA, Victor, III, DW, Cheah, YL, Simon, CJ, Gaber, AO & Ghobrial, RM 2023, , Frontiers in Transplantation, vol. 2, pp. 1181770. https://doi.org/10.3389/frtra.2023.1181770

Progress in Combined Liver-lung Transplantation at a Single Center
Connor, AA, Huang, HJ, Mobley, CM, Graviss, EA, Nguyen, DT, Goodarzi, A, Saharia, A, Yau, S, Hobeika, MJ, Suarez, EE, Moaddab, M, Brombosz, EW, Moore, LW, Yi, SG, Gaber, AO & Ghobrial, RM 2023, , Transplantation Direct, vol. 9, no. 5, pp. E1482. https://doi.org/10.1097/TXD.0000000000001482


Deceased donor vein extension grafts for right living donor kidney transplantation
Meinders, AM, Knight, R, Eagar, TN, Hobeika, M, Podder, H, Gaber, AO & Yi, SG 2023, , Clinical Transplantation, vol. 37, no. 8, e14963. https://doi.org/10.1111/ctr.14963

Longitudinal estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) modeling in long-term renal function to inform clinical trial design in kidney transplantation
Kosinski, L, Frey, E, Klein, A, ODoherty, I, Romero, K, Stegall, M, Helanterä, I, Gaber, AO, Fitzsimmons, WE & Aggarwal, V 2023, , Clinical and Translational Science, vol. 16, no. 9, pp. 1680-1690. https://doi.org/10.1111/cts.13579

Stakeholders’ perspectives on transplant metrics: the 2022 Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients’ consensus conference
Snyder, JJ, Schaffhausen, CR, Hart, A, Axelrod, DA, Dils, D, Formica, RN, Gaber, AO, Hunt, HF, Jones, J, Mohan, S, Patzer, RE, Pinney, SP, Ratner, LE, Slaker, D, Stewart, D, Stewart, ZA, Van Slyck, S, Kasiske, BL, Hirose, R & Israni, AK 2023, , American Journal of Transplantation, vol. 23, no. 7, pp. 875-890. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajt.2023.03.012


Determining Modifiable Predictors Associated with Donating a Kidney for Living Donor Candidates at Five Transplant Centers
Meinders, AM, Graviss, E, Nguyen, D, Daw, J, Lentine, KL, Axelrod, DA, Peipert, JD, Weng, F, Gaber, AO & Waterman, AD 2023, , Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN.

Qualifying a Novel Clinical Trial Endpoint (iBOX) Predictive of Long-Term Kidney Transplant Outcomes
Klein, A, Loupy, A, Stegall, M, Helanterä, I, Kosinski, L, Frey, E, Aubert, O, Divard, G, Newell, K, Meier-Kriesche, HU, Mannon, R, Dumortier, T, Aggarwal, V, Podichetty, JT, O’Doherty, I, Gaber, AO & Fitzsimmons, WE 2023, , Transplant International, vol. 36, 11951. https://doi.org/10.3389/ti.2023.11951

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  • English
  • Arabic