About Us
The Lung Transplant Research Program in the UF Department of Surgery is composed of a diverse team of clinicians and researcher scientists who are dedicated to helping lung transplant recipients through the advancement of transplant research and training of residents, postdoctoral fellows, graduate and undergraduate Students. Our program investigates clinically relevant issues in lung transplantation including ischemia-reperfusion injury, primary graft dysfunction, organ preservation, ex vivo lung perfusion (EVLP), and rejection.
Personnel
Principal Investigators
Tiago N Machuca MD, PhD
Chief Of The Division Of Thoracic Surgery
Phone: (352) 273-5496
Ashish K Sharma MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Phone: (352) 294-8660
Lab Members
Department: MD-SURGERY-VASCULAR
Jun Cai MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Phone: (352) 294-8830
Email:
jun.cai@surgery.ufl.edu
Department: MD-SURGERY-VASCULAR
Victoria Leroy
GRADUATE AST-R
Phone: (352) 273-8601
Email:
leroyv@ufl.edu
Department: MD-SURGERY-TCV
Jianning Xu
Email:
jianning.xu@surgery.ufl.edu
Undegraduate Research Assistants
Simrun Sharma