Mark Cattral
Professor
Division of General Surgery
University of Toronto
Canada
Biography
Dr. Mark Cattral is a Professor of Surgery, the Director of the Pancreas Transplantation Program, and a scientist at the University Health Network, University of Toronto. He has played a key role in the development of the adult live donor liver transplant program at the University Health Network, which is now the largest in North America. Dr. Cattral’s laboratory is investigating dendritic cell biology and strategies to induce transplantation tolerance. Recent discoveries from his laboratory have contributed to the current understanding of dendritic cell ontogeny and function of immediate dendritic cell precursors.
Research Interest
Transplantation, Tolerance Induction
