Mark Ghobrial, M.D. Comes to Houston to Head Up Methodist Liver Transplant Program

Dr. Ghobrial is currently Professor of Surgery in the Division of Liver and Pancreas Transplantation, Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He is the Director of the Living Donor Liver Transplant Program and the Pancreas Transplantation Program at UCLA.

Dr. Ghobrial has been recruited to the Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas as Director of the Comprehensive Liver Center; Director of Liver Transplantation ; Director of the Immunobiology Research Center and Professor of Surgery, Weill Cornell University School of Medicine, he will begin his position, March 1, 2008

After earning his MD degree from Cairo University Medical School in Egypt, he completed his internship at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and his surgical residency at the University of Texas/M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. His clinical fellowship in multi-organ transplantation was conducted at the Dumont-UCLA Liver Transplant Center. During his surgical training, Dr. Ghobrial completed two postdoctoral basic science research fellowships in immunology at Harvard University and the University of Texas Medical School at Houston. He went on to receive his PhD in immunology from the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Texas.

As a researcher, Dr. Ghobrial maintains an active laboratory for basic science studies which focus on transplant immunomodulation and the inhibition of chronic rejection by indirect presentation of class I major histocompatibility (MHC) molecules and co-stimulatory pathways in allograft recipients. His clinical research interests include partial liver grafting, adult-to-adult living donor liver transplantation, immunosuppression and transplantation for hepatitis C. He is the principal or co-investigator of NIH-sponsored basic and clinical research studies, as well as multiple clinical trials associated with liver transplantation. Dr. Ghobrial is the author or co-author on well over 100 journal articles and book chapters. He lectures extensively on a variety of topics related to liver transplantation in both national and international forums, and has received multiple honors and awards. Currently, he is an active member of multiple transplantation and surgical societies, additionally, the American Surgical Association and is a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeon of Edingburgh.

Comments:

David on 15-Dec-09 5:44 PM permalink
Dr. Ghobrial performed my adult to adult liver transplant at UCLA. His knowledge and talent in surgery are unsurpassed. I am alive today because of his talents. He was most caring. Houston is lucky to get him.
Avery on 14-Dec-08 5:34 PM permalink
Dr. Ghobrial saved my sister in law's life along with a lot of the great people at Methodist Hospital. We will be forever grateful. He is a great man and very confident in his work. Methodist Hospital is lucky to have him.
Robert on 7-Dec-08 7:00 PM permalink
Dr. Gohbrial performed my liver transplant at UCLA is 2002. Since that time I have done very well and his surgical talent is quite impressvie.
Joseph on 29-Mar-08 11:34 PM permalink
You are right about that. He will make tremendous contributions at The Methodist Hospital and the Texas Medical Center.
Jeanette on 29-Mar-08 9:45 PM permalink
Dr. Ghobrial is brilliant, caring and wise...not to mention sensitive. You have a GREAT surgeon/doctor on your team now. I will never forget the time he took to try to help my twin who has HepC2. We will miss him in Los Angeles.