University of California San Francisco

Education

Education

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, B.S., Materials Science and Engineering, 2007

University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, M.D., 2012

Fellowships
Abdominal Transplant
Start Year
2019
End Year
2021

Clinical Interests

Transplant Surgery

General Surgery

Abstracts

Faleo N, Russ H, Freise J, Albright A, Wisel S, Nguyen V, Le L, Desai T, Hebrok M, Tang Q. Preventing islet cell death during the peri-transplant period. Presentation and poster at the UCSF Diabetes Center Retreat. September 2015.

Gardner J, Roll G, Wisel S, Harbell J, Kaufman D, Posselt A, Stock P. Pancreas after islet transplantation: A successful strategy to maintain insulin independence. Presentation at the American Transplant Congress. May 2015.

Yegiyants S, Hayes D, Wisel S, Morris D, Dolezal R, Cohen MN, Antony AK. Comparison of Superomedial Pedicle Vertical Scar Reduction Mammaplasty and Traditional Wise Pattern Reduction over Two-Years: A Matched Cohort Study. Midwestern Association of Plastic Surgeons - Annual Meeting. May 2011.

Research Interests

Embryonic stem cell-derived islet transplantation for treatment of type 1 diabetes mellitus

Bioengineering applications in transplantation

Induction of transplant tolerance to prevent allograft rejection in islet transplantation

Solid organ transplantation in HIV-positive patients