Dr. Steven Paraskevas
- Professor of Surgery
- Director of Pancreas and Islet Transplantation
- Director of Research, Division of General Surgery
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MD, PhD 
Currently supervising students
Current work examines extracellular vesicle release from human islets and the immune responses to these vesicles. Our lab also is working on stem-cell generated islets for use in human transplantation. A third, and related, area of work involves manipulation of the Th17 axis in the context of transplantation.
Organ transplantation, organ donation
Islets of Langerhans • type 1 diabetes • cell death • inflammation • ischemia-reperfusion injury • immunoregulation
Dr. Steven Paraskevas is Professor of Surgery at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ University and a Transplant Surgeon at the Royal Victoria Hospital (RVH). He also serves as the Director of Pancreas and Islet Transplantation and Director of Research for General Surgery at the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ University Health Centre (MUHC). Dr. Paraskevas’ clinical and research interests focus on developing cell-based therapeutic strategies for type 1 diabetes and improving immunotherapy to enhance graft survival in transplant recipients.