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Associations & Organizations

American College of Surgeons
The American College of Surgeons is a scientific and educational association of surgeons that was founded in 1913 to improve the quality of care for the surgical patient by setting high standards for surgical education and practice.

American Society of Transplant Surgeons
The ASTS welcomes surgical specialists who are actively engaged in transplantation.

The American Society of Transplantation
The American Society of Transplantation (AST) is a multidisciplinary group of physicians and scientists dedicated to the promotion of education and research relating to transplantation medicine and immunology. The AST has been in existence since 1982 and fosters communication between the multiple specialists involved in transplant medicine today. The goal is to effect efficient transfer of information from the basic science laboratory to transplantation clinics and ultimately, to improve patient care and outcomes.

Harvard Biological and Biomedical Sciences Program
BBS is an interdepartmental program within the Harvard Medical School Division of Medical Sciences, and offers interdisciplinary research training in the following areas: biochemistry, cell biology, genetics, pathology, microbiology, structural biology, pharmacology, virology, and developmental biology.

Harvard Medical School Division of Medical Sciences - Immunology Program
The Program in Immunology, administered through the Division of Medical Sciences at Harvard Medical School, is one of the four offered interdisciplinary programs leading to the Ph.D. degree in medical sciences through the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences of Harvard University. The program is based at Harvard Medical School and is an interdepartmental, multidisciplinary degree program.

Harvard Medical Web
Offering further links to Harvard Medical School, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, and the Harvard Medical Center.

Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)
Located in Boston, Massachusetts General Hospital is the third oldest hospital in the United States and the largest in New England. The TBRC is a Center within the Surgery Department at the MGH.

MGH Transplant Unit
The division of Transplant Surgery in the Department of Surgery is a major national transplant center offering adults and children most standard types of transplantation currently available, including cardiac, heart-lung, lung, kidney, kidney-pancreas, liver, liver-small bowel and bone marrow.

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Today, NIAID provides the major support for scientists conducting research aimed at developing better ways to diagnose, treat and prevent the many infectious, immunologic and allergic diseases that afflict people worldwide. NIAID is composed of four extramural divisions: the Division of AIDS; the Division of Allergy, Immunology and Transplantation; the Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases; and the Division of Extramural Activities. In addition, NIAID scientists conduct intramural research in laboratories located in Bethesda, Rockville and Frederick, Maryland, and in Hamilton, Montana.

National Institutes of Health
The NIH mission is to uncover new knowledge that will lead to better health for everyone. NIH works toward that mission by: conducting research in its own laboratories; supporting the research of non-Federal scientists in universities, medical schools, hospitals, and research institutions throughout the country and abroad; helping in the training of research investigators; and fostering communication of biomedical information.

National Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation is an independent U.S. government agency responsible for promoting science and engineering through programs that invest over $3.3 billion per year in almost 20,000 research and education projects in science and engineering.

The American Association of Immunologists
The purpose of AAI is to advance knowledge of immunology and related disciplines, to foster interchange of ideas and information among investigators in the various disciplines and to promote an understanding of the field of immunology.

The Transplantation Society
The Transplantation Society was founded in 1966 to provide a common forum for physicians and basic scientists involved in transplantation. The Society currently has over 2000 members representing 49 countries.

Thoracic Surgery Foundation for Research and Education
The purpose of The Thoracic Surgery Foundation is to increase the knowledge base of cardiothoracic surgery and to enhance the knowledge of all thoracic surgeons so that ultimately patients may be better served. The Foundation is committed to increasing resources by enlisting the participation of all thoracic surgeons and others who support its purpose. The Foundation is also committed to developing future leaders and standard bearers of our discipline. To this end, the Board of Directors believes that all available income from donations should be put to use immediately so that awards may increase as donations increase.

Zurich University Hospital Laboratory for Transplantation Immunology
The goal of LTI research is to find novel well-defined strategies to inhibit some of the specific reactions of the immune system that eventually lead to transplant rejection or graft-versus-host disease. Our current projects are focused on the role of ABO-incompatibility in allogeneic bone-marrow transplantation, the role of natural killer cells in allogeneic transplantation, and the interactions between the human immune system and porcine xenografts.

On-Line Journals

Journal of Immunology
The Journal of Immunology (JI), official organ of the American Association of Immunologists, publishes novel results in all areas of experimental immunology.

PubMed
PubMed is a project developed by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the National Library of Medicine (NLM), located at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). It has been developed in conjunction with publishers of biomedical literature as a search tool for accessing literature citations and linking to full-text journals at Web sites of participating publishers.

Transplantation
Official Journal of the Transplantation Society. This page is your electronic link to Transplantation, where you can find information on the current issue and upcoming articles, as well as information about the journal. This page is meant to serve our readership, and potential readership.

Xenotransplantation
Xenotransplantation, which is published quarterly, will provide its readership with rapid communication of new findings in the field of organ and tissue transplantation across species barriers.

American Journal of Transplantation
American Journal of Transplantation is the official journal of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS) and the American Society of Transplantation (AST). The aim of the American Journal of Transplantation is the rapid publication of high quality data in organ and tissue transplantation and the related sciences. The journal publishes original articles, case reports, invited reviews, and letters to the editor.

MGH Hotline
Hotline is a weekly newsletter for staff, employees, volunteers, visitors and friends of the Massachusetts General Hospital, published weekly by the MGH Office of Public Affairs.

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