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Personal profile
Dr. Gaber serves as Chair of Houston Methodist's Department of Surgery. He received his first academic appointment in 1987, as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery at the University of Tennessee in Memphis. He became an Associate Professor there in 1991, and received his full professorship and was named to the Baptist Memorial Health Care Foundation chair of excellence in transplantation in 1994. While at the University of Tennessee, Dr. Gaber also held professorships in the Departments of Pharmacy and in the College of Nursing. He was also the Medical Director for the University of Tennessee Bowld Hospital, and the Methodist University Transplant Institute.
Dr. Gaber is a prolific researcher and has authored over 300 scientific papers, as well as more than 340 abstracts and numerous book chapters, and his research has been funded by numerous grants from the National Institutes of Health, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, and several national and local foundations. Dr. Gaber assumed his positions at the Houston Methodist Hospital and Research Institute in Houston in 2006.
Research interests
While also conducting transplant immunotherapy research for liver and kidney whole organ transplants and allografts, the main focus of Dr. Gaber´s research is in the transplantation of islets to alleviate diabetic complications. He and his collaborators have developed the protocol for long term islet culture and described the clinical transplantation of islets through the intestinal veins. Dr. Gaber´s current studies center on the testing of gene therapy and other approaches to test for islet viability and assist the transplanted islets to develop a sustaining blood supply and resist rejection by the recipient's immune system.
Education/Academic qualification
Clinical Transplant , Clinical Fellowship, The University of Chicago
Jul 1 1985 → Jun 30 1987
Award Date: Jun 30 1987
General Surgery, Residency, Boston University Medical Center
Jul 1 1981 → Jun 30 1985
Award Date: Jun 30 1985
General Surgery, Internship, Washington Hospital Center
Jul 1 1980 → Jun 30 1981
Award Date: Jun 30 1981
MD, Ain Shams University School of Medicine
Sep 1 1970 → Dec 31 1976
Award Date: Dec 31 1976
External positions
Professor, Department of Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College
2008 → …Research Area Keywords
- Transplantation
- Immunobiology & Inflammation
- Outcomes, Quality & Health Care Performance
- Clinical Care
- Clinical Translation & Trials
Free-text keywords
- Transplant immunotherapy
- Islet cells
- Cell isolation protocols
- Kidney transplant
- Pancreas transplant
- Liver transplant
- Diabetes
- Kidney disorders
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Projects
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Medpace - MAU868-201
Gaber, A. O., Knight, R. J., Saharia, A. & Yi, S.
7/16/20 → …
Project: Clinical Trial
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Clazakizumab - COVID-19
Al-Saadi, M. A., Gaber, A. O., Goodarzi, A., Graviss, E. A., Moore, L. W., Swan, J. T., Yau, S. W., Youssef, J. G. & Zahiruddin, F.
7/8/20 → …
Project: Clinical Trial
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HOPE Part 2 - Heron
Swan, J. T., Caplan, R. E., Gaber, A. O. & Moore, L. W.
6/5/20 → …
Project: Clinical Trial
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Research Output
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Assessment of infectious complications in elderly kidney transplant recipients receiving induction with anti-thymocyte globulin versus basiliximab
Pham, C., Kuten, S. A., Knight, R., Nguyen, D. T., Graviss, E. & Gaber, A. O., Feb 7 2020, In : Transplant Infectious Disease. p. e13257Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Delayed implantation of pumped kidneys decreases renal allograft futility in combined liver-kidney transplantation
Lunsford, K. E., Agopian, V. G., Yi, S., Nguyen, D. T. M., Graviss, E. A., Harlander-Locke, M. P., Saharia, A., Kaldas, F. M., Mobley, C. M., Zarrinpar, A., Hobeika, M. J., Veale, J. L., Podder, H., Farmer, D. G., Knight, R. J., Danovitch, G. M., Gritsch, H. A., Li, X. C., Ghobrial, R. M., Busuttil, R. W. & 1 others, , Aug 1 2020, In : Transplantation. 104, 8, p. 1591-1603 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
4 Scopus citations -
Early experience with COVID-19 and solid organ transplantation at a US high-volume transplant center
Yi, S. G., Rogers, A. W., Saharia, A., Aoun, M., Faour, R., Abdelrahim, M., Knight, R. J., Grimes, K., Bullock, S., Hobeika, M., McMillan, R., Mobley, C., Moaddab, M., Huang, H. J., Bhimaraj, A., Ghobrial, R. M. & Gaber, A. O., Nov 1 2020, In : Transplantation. 104, 11, p. 2208-2214 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access12 Scopus citations -
Impact of Protease Inhibitor-Based Antiretroviral Therapy on Tacrolimus Intrapatient Variability in HIV-Positive Kidney Transplant Recipients
Cooper, M., Dunne, I., Kuten, S., Curtis, A., Graviss, E. A., Nguyen, D. T., Hobeika, M. & Gaber, A. O., 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : Transplantation Proceedings.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Neovascularized implantable cell homing encapsulation platform with tunable local immunosuppressant delivery for allogeneic cell transplantation
Paez-Mayorga, J., Capuani, S., Hernandez, N., Farina, M., Chua, Y. X., Blanchard, R., Sizovs, A., Liu, H. C., Fraga, D. W., Niles, J. A., Salazar, H. F., Corradetti, B., Sikora, A. G., Kloc, M., Li, X. C., Gaber, A. O., Nichols, J. & Grattoni, A., Oct 2020, In : Biomaterials. 257, 120232.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
2 Scopus citations
Prizes
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2007 Marjorie W. Robertson Memorial Award
Gaber, A. Osama (Recipient), 2007
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Memphis Business Journal Health Care Heroes, Health Care Provider (Physician)
Gaber, A. Osama (Recipient), 2002
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Texas' Patients' Choice Award
Gaber, A. Osama (Recipient), 2008
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)