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4th Annual Ann Kimball and John W. Johnson Center for Cellular Therapeutics Symposium
Learn how Houston Methodist is leading medicine by leveraging the latest advances in cell therapy to target unmet needs. The event features five elite guest speakers, a poster session and prizes awarded to top presenters.
Piotr Witkowski, MD, PhD
Professor of Surgery
Director, Pancreatic and Islet Transplant Programs
Director, Polish-American Transplant Center
Presentation: “Beta cell replacement therapy for patients with T1DM”
Piotr Witkowski, MD, PhD, is a nationally recognized transplant surgeon specializing in kidney, pancreas, and islet transplantation at the University of Chicago Medicine, where he is Professor of Surgery and serves as Director of the Pancreas and Islet Transplantation Programs.
He is a leader in islet transplantation in the U.S., conducting clinical studies in islet transplantation testing novel, less toxic immunosuppression, extra hepatic sites for improved engraftment. He is principal investigator for several studies, including the multicenter trial for Vertex’s stem cell-derived islet cell transplantation which has been pivotal in advancing the innovative treatment of Type 1 diabetes. He was instrumental in developing an optimized islet isolation technique that significantly improved the yield and success rate of clinical islet transplants from donor pancreases. He also leads a study using the Sernova Cell Pouch™ for patients with “brittle” Type 1 diabetes.
Dr. Witkowski previously served on the UNOS Pancreas and Islet Transplantation Committee and was Director of Transplant Fellowship for several years. He serves on the OPTN Pancreas Transplantation Committee and is a lead expert for the Islets for US Collaborative. He earned his M.D. and Ph.D. in Poland and completed a research and surgical fellowship at Columbia Presbyterian in 2009.
Presented by Ann Kimball and John W. Johnson Center for Cellular Therapeutics
Target Audience
Students, Residents, Fellows, Physicians, Scientists and Allied Health Care Professionals.
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Houston Methodist Way Finder Map
Direction from nearest parking garages:
From Garage 1:
- Take parking garage elevator to 3rd floor.
- Exit and turn left and enter doors into the hospital on the right.
- Take stairs down to ground level, walk straight past the Information Desk. This is the Crain Garden. Continue straight toward the Weiss Chapel, turn right and continue past the Gift Shop.
- Turn right before the Dunn Tower Elevator bank and then a quick left (Starbucks will be on the right). Proceed down this hall toward the Market Café.
- Turn Right, then a quick left to leave Dunn Tower and enter into the Research Institute.
- Continue straight toward exit doors.
- Turn right at the RI Information Desk. Proceed up the staircase and the John F. Bookout Auditorium will be on the right side.
- Elevators to the second floor are also available, pass the staircase and proceed to end. Elevators will be on the right.
From Garage 7:
- Take parking garage elevator to ground floor, exit and turn left to outer walkway.
- Turn left and proceed to glass double doors on left, enter Walter Tower.
- Proceed straight down hallway past the Fondren/Alkek elevators, then past the Dunn elevator bank.
- Take a left (Starbucks will be on the right) and follow the directions from above to the Research Institute.
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