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Stanford School of Medicine Department of Surgery and Division of Abdominal Transplantation Present:
The 10th Annual Oscar Salvatierra, Jr., MD, Lectureship in Transplantation
Serendipity in Transplantation Research: From HIV to Islets
Presenter: Peter G. Stock, MD, PhD
Professor, Surgery; Surgical Director of Pediatric Kidney and Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Program; Co-Director, Pancreatic Islet Transplant Program
University of California, San Francisco
Peter G. Stock, M.D., Ph.D. is Professor of Surgery at UCSF, Surgical Director of the Pediatric Renal Transplantation Program and Surgical Director of the Pancreas Transplant Program. He was trained at the University of Minnesota, completing a surgical residency before coming to UCSF for a transplant fellowship. He joined the UCSF faculty in 1992.
Recently, a clinical investigation on which Dr. Stock served as principal investigator led the passage of the Hope Act lifting the ban on research for transplanting organs between HIV-positive donors and recipients.
Highly respected by his peers, Dr. Stock was named to the list of U.S. News “Top Doctors,” which denotes the top 10% of physicians within a region practicing a given specialty. He is a frequent presenter on issues related to transplantation and immunosuppression, and holds membership in numerous professional and honorary societies. Dr. Stock specializes in liver, kidney and pancreas transplantation.