Andrew E. Gelman, PhD
Jacqueline G. and William E. Maritz Endowed Chair in Immunology and Oncology
Section of Thoracic Surgery
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Chief, Section of Transplant & Immunology Research
Division of Surgical Sciences
Specialties
- Lung transplantation immunology
Meet Dr. Gelman
Dr. Andrew Gelman is an accomplished transplant immunologist whose work focuses on investigating the mechanisms that control lung allograft tolerance.
His research has been funded by multiple grants from the National Institutes of Health, and in 2018 he was named the Jacqueline G. and William E. Maritz Endowed Chair in Immunology and Oncology—a professorship meant to drive innovative research in lung disease.
Dr. Gelman studied biochemistry at the University of California, Los Angeles, and earned his doctorate in molecular and cellular immunology from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.
Dr. Gelman also serves as chief of the Section of Transplant & Immunology Research within the Division of Surgical Sciences.
Our research aims to achieve new discoveries that will set the stage for developing novel therapeutic strategies to improve the success of lung transplants.
Dr. Gelman
Degrees
Doctor of Molecular and Cellular Immunology
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
2006
Research interests
Our laboratory is actively pursuing the mechanisms that control lung allograft tolerance. We have 4 main areas of interest. (1) How ischemia reperfusion injury regulates lung allograft survival (2) The role of pattern recognition receptors in lung allograft rejection (3) How lung allografts regulate bone marrow myelopoiesis (4) The role of secondary lymphoid organs in lung transplantation
Dr. Gelman in the news
- Understanding innate immunity in lung transplantation
- Rapid blood test identifies COVID-19 patients at high risk of severe disease
- Endowed chairholder searches for new understanding of lung transplant rejections
- Interventions to address lung transplant rejection
- $7.3 million grant funds study of lung transplant rejection
- Lung transplantation: Bench science pursues solutions for long-term survival