Burcin Ekser, MD, PhD
@BurcinEkser
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Transplant Surgeon, Scientist, Professor @LoyolaStritch & @LoyolaHealth. Alumnus of @istuniresmi @UniPadova @Unict12 @PittTweet @IU_Surgery @IndianaUniv
Chicago, IL
Joined August 2019
Proud to serve as the Deputy Editor of the International Journal of Surgery. The official journal of the ISLS (Int’l Society of Liver Surgeons). . The high impact over the years demonstrates the quality of published work all over the world.
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Great news to share for the official journal of the International Xenotransplantation Association.
Great news for the field! #Xenotransplantation's 2024 Impact Factor is 4.1 (up from 3.3) — now Q1 in #Transplantation and climbing in Experimental Medicine. A tremendous effort by all authors, reviewers, editors, and EIC @leobuhler
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Hot off the press. Promise and pitfalls of liver #xenotransplantation. Good things will happen…. @LoyolaChicago @loyolasurg_dept @LoyolaStritch @ASTSChimera @AASLDtweets @_ILTS_ @NatRevGastroHep
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Great collaborative work on @xenotransplantation. Thanks @meier_raphael leading the initiative.
After a year of global collaboration, the IXA Position Paper on Kidney Xenotransplantation is now out in @TransplantJrnl and XenoTxJ. We outline clinical progress, ethical/regulatory insights, and evidence-based guidance for porcine kidney use in ESRD
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Congratulations to all new general surgery residents @loyolasurg_dept. We look forward to working and collaborating with you.
Game. Set. Match. Congratulations to all those that matched and are beginning their careers as doctors! A big and warm welcome to our brand new set of resident physicians! We are excited to help you train to become world class surgeons! #Match2025
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RT @loyolasurg_dept: Game. Set. Match. Congratulations to all those that matched and are beginning their careers as doctors! A big and warm….
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Exciting times in #xenotransplantation. First FDA-approved solid organ transplant clinical trials from genetically engineered pigs will start soon. The field of transplantation will see more to come….
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RT @dbalci: Great pleasure and honor to be invited to share our data and experience in pediatric heterotopic liver transplantation techniqu….
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RT @jbcarmody: The number of applicants to U.S. MD-granting medical schools declined again last year… reaching the lowest level since 2017.….
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I am proud and humble with the below #patent in #xenotransplantation research which confirms me as an #inventor one more time ✌️. Thanks to @IUPUI @IUMedSchool @IU_Surgery. Great things will happen… @ASTSChimera @_ILTS_ @ttsorg @AASLDtweets
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#4 Most importantly, I worked and collaborated with amazing people from diverse backgrounds all around the world whom I call ‘friends’ rather than colleagues. I look forward to continuing this exciting journey for many years to come and helping many more patients. Thank you all.
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#3 I delivered >70 invited talks at national and international meetings, universities, and had several patents which made me an inventor. I was a mentee and I became a proud mentor for excellent mentees.
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#2 Along this journey, I published more than 200 peer-reviewed manuscripts, I had >14000 citations, my current h-index is 46, and I had several NIH grants, several foundations, and private pharma grants.
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#1 I am very pleased to share and leave a mark on the history that I am a Full Professor of Surgery with Tenure as of today (July 1st, 2024).
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Liver @xenotransplantation. Better and more exciting news to come soon….@ASTSChimera @_ILTS_ @AASLDtweets .@islsstudygroups @ttsorg @SPLIT_TTS @IXAYIC . First pig-to-human liver transplant recipient 'doing very well'
nature.com
Nature - The transplant aims to prolong the the person’s life and provides important lessons for physicians.
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Congratulations Don. Great achievement. @IU_Surgery @IUMedSchool.
Congratulations to Drs. Don J. Selzer and Amit R. Joshi on being reappointed to the Board of Governors Executive Committee! #ACSCC23
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Great session with great people. I keep learning from so many colleagues.
"Bioartificial Organs approaching the Bedside" proud to co-chair this futuristic session with @CAmarelli74 🤩.Thanks to the amazing speakers @Eka_Berishvili @lindstedt_s Cecile Legallais @BurcinEkser .#ESOTcongress.@ESOTtransplant
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