Dr. Tullius is Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School, Chief of Transplant Surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), and Director of the BWH Transplant Surgery Research Laboratory.
He trained at the Charité in Berlin, Germany, and received a Master of Arts from Harvard University. He has published over 300 peer-reviewed articles, has led numerous externally funded studies, and is a frequent invited speaker.
Dr. Tullius has greatly contributed to an improved understanding of the biology of organ transplantation. His more recent research interests include novel approaches to rejuvenate organs, immunosenescence, individualized immunosuppression, and the effects of metabolism on alloimmunity, as well as pioneering work in face, hand and uterus transplantation.
Dr. Tullius is an Executive Editor of Transplantation, Associate Editor of Transplant International, and has served as Associate and Consulting Editor of the American Journal of Transplantation. He has served on the Board of ESOT and was the founding Chair of the society’s Basic Science Committee. He has chaired several committees for the AST, was the founding Chair of AST’s Vascular Composite Tissue Transplant Committee and has organized several international meetings for TTS. Dr. Tullius currently serves as the Senior Treasurer of TTS, is a member of the Declaration of Istanbul Custodian group, and Vice President of the International Society of Uterus Transplantation. Dr. Tullius has received several awards including the Clinical Science Investigator Award of the AST, the Joseph E. Murray/Simon J. Simonian Mentoring Award, and the Excellence in Transplantation Award by the National Kidney Foundation.
