Michael A. Rees, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor
The University of Toledo Health Science Campus
Departments of Urology and Pathology
3000 Arlington Avenue
Toledo, Ohio 43614-2598
Medical Education and Training:
M.D. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Ph.D. University of Cambridge, Cambridge U.K.
Resident in Urology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Fellow in Transplantation, University of Cambridge, Cambridge U.K.
Board Certification:
American Board of Urology
Clinical Interests:
Renal transplantation
Kidney paired donation
Tissue typing
Urological oncology
Research Interests:
Kidney paired donation
Xenotransplantation
Extracorporeal perfusion of porcine liver
Representative Recent Publications:
Tedesco-Silva H, Pescovitz MD, Cibrik D, Rees MA, Mulgaonkar S, Kahan BD, Gugliuzza KK, Rajagopalan PR, Esmeraldo Rde M, Lord H, Salvadori M, Slade JM, and the FTY720 Study Group: Randomized controlled trial of FTY720 versus MMF in de novo renal transplantation. Transplantation 82:1689-97, 2006
Burlak C, Twining LM, Rees MA: Terminal sialic acid residues on human glycophorin A are recognized by porcine kupffer cells. Transplantation.80:344-52, 2005
Burlak C, Twining LM, Rees MA: Carbohydrates borne on human glycophorin A are recognized by porcine Kupffer cells. Transplantation 80:66-74, 2005
Rees MA, Butler AJ, Brons IG, Negus MC, Skepper JN, Friend PJ: Evidence of macrophage receptors capable of direct recognition of xenogeneic epitopes without opsonization. Xenotransplantation 12:13-9, 2005
Rees MA: A novel role for lectins in xenotransplantation. Xenotransplantation 12:7-12, 2005