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Stefan Guenther Tullius is a transplant surgeon and researcher whose work focuses on transplant immunology and the biological effects of aging on organ transplantation.[1] He is the Joseph E. Murray, MD Endowed Chair in Transplant Surgery at Mass General Brigham and professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School.[2]

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Tullius serves as program director of transplant surgery and director of Transplant Surgery Research Laboratory at Brigham and Women's Hospital.[3] He is the editor-in-chief of Transplantation and Transplantation Direct[4].

Education and Career

Tullius received his M.D. from Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany in 1988.[5]

He completed his residency in general, visceral, and transplant surgery where he also earned a Ph.D. in transplant immunology.[6] He subsequently joined the faculty at the Charité before being appointed Chief of Transplant Surgery at Brigham & Women's Hospital in 2005.[7]

In 2025, Tullius received an honorary doctorate from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.[8]

Research

Tullius's research focuses on transplantation biology, aging, and transplant immunology, including how donor and recipient characteristics such as age and sex influence transplant outcomes and immune responses.[9] He has also published on approaches to improving the supply and quality of decreased-donor organs for transplantation.[10]

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