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José Medina Pestana, Brazil

Hospital do Rim

José Medina Pestana, MD, Ph.D., FRCS, is a Full Professor of Nephrology at the Federal University of São Paulo. He is the Director of Hospital do Rim, São Paulo/Brazil, the world's largest public transplant center, performing over 900 transplants annually, with more than 20,000 in the last 25 years. Currently, he is a member of the Council of The Transplant Society (TTS). He had pos-doc clinical activities at Cleveland Clinic and experimental activities at Oxford University under Prof. Peter Morris’s supervision. He was honored to be the Joseph Murray Harvard Medical School visiting professor in 2012. He has worked on developing organ transplantation programs in every Brazilian state and other countries, like Peru, Nigeria, and Ethiopia. His extensive academic activities include more than 480 peer-reviewed publications. His last challenge was facing the COVID-19 pandemic, leading the São Paulo state committee to define and apply public health policies to the general population, particularly to transplanted patients.

Sessions chaired by José Medina Pestana

When Session Room
Mon-23
10:40 - 12:10
Abstract Session — Kidney Outcomes 1 Beyazıt
Tue-24
15:40 - 16:40
Thematic Session — Kidney transplant surgery Emirgan 2

Committees

Committee Role Section
TTS Leadership Council Member
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