David Grant

Biography

Dr. David Grant is Professor of Surgery at the University of Toronto where he is the Surgical Director, Transplantation, University Health Network; and the Director, Transplant Centre., Hospital for Sick Children. He has published more than 200 papers and book chapters. Research interests include: small bowel transplantation, living donor liver transplantation, transplantation tolerance, and xenotransplantation. Dr. Grant performed the first liver-small bowel transplant in 1989; established and directs the International Intestine Transplant Registry; and is the current President of the International Intestine Transplant Society.

Research Interest

Transplantation tolerance, xenotransplantation, small bowel transplantation, clinical trials of immune suppression