September 14, 2011: Dr. Oberholzer to speak at Type 1 Diabetes Lounge

Where: Wilmette Public Library
1242 Wilmette Avenue
Wilmette, IL
When: September 14, 2010, 7-8 PM
RSVP: E-mail Merle Gleeson at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or call 847-338-2634.

José Oberholzer, MD, is Professor of Surgery, Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Bioengineering at the University of Illinois at Chicago the Director of the Islet and Pancreas Transplant Program and the Chief of the Division of Transplantation. He has extensive experience in clinical and experimental islet transplantation, abdominal organ transplantation, as well as advanced hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery. Dr. Oberholzer is also an expert in advanced minimally invasive and robotic surgery of abdominal organs.  He is also the coordinator of the Chicago Project for a functional cure of diabetes, a unique international coalition of interdisciplinary scientists working together.

To date the UIC islet transplant program has performed over 400 human islet isolations for both transplant and research. UIC is a federally funded islet cell resource center and provides islet preparation for researchers around the world. Dr. Oberholzer has successfully completed a phase 1/2 trial with 10 patients investigating the effect of anti-inflammatory treatment in combination with exenatide on islet transplantation outcomes.

UIC started the nation’s first phase 3 licensure trial in islet transplantation and is part of NIH’s clinical islet transplantation consortium.  UIC has a comprehensive islet transplant research program with emphasis on improving clinical outcomes, expanding the available human islets and avoiding long-term immunosuppression.

Full article: http://www.type1diabeteslounge.com/T1DL_Website/Future_Meetings.html