Ali Naji - Faculty Biosketch

Ali Naji, M.D., Ph.D.

Jonathan E. Rhoads Professor of Surgical Science II

Attending Staff, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Associate Director, Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

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Department: Surgery

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Email:
ali.naji@uphs.upenn.edu

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1f Graduate Group Affiliations 8

Immunology

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13 Education:
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54 Shiraz University School of Arts and Sciences, Shiraz, Iran, 1964.
21 c Diploma c
4c Shiraz University School of Medicine, Shiraz, Iran , 1968.
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58 University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 1969.
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38 Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran, 1970.
21 a Ph.D. 17 (Immunology) c
58 University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 1981.
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41 Immunology graduate group faculty webpage.
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1f Post-Graduate Training
24 4f Intern, SUNY Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse, NY, 1970-1971.
24 65 Assistant Surgical Resident, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 1971-1975.
24 62 Chief Surgical Resident, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania , 1975-1976.
24 64 Fellow in Vascular Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 1976-1977.
24 6b Graduate Student in Immunology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 1977-1981.
24 8c Postdoctoral Fellow in Transplantation Biology, Harrison Department of Surgical Research, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine 1b , 1977-1978.
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17 Certifications
28 3d Diplomate, American Board of Surgery, 1977.
28 44 Re-certification, American Board of Surgery, 2009.
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Selected Publications

13c Jordan, M.S., Boesteanu, A., Reed, A.J., Petrone, A.L., Holenbeck, A., Lerman, M.A., Naji, A., and Caton, A.J.: Thymic Selection of CD4+ CD25+ Regulatory T Cells Induced by an Agonist Self-Peptide. Nature Immunology. 2(4): 301-306, April 2001.

e5 Alfrey EJ, Campos L, Naji A, Barker CF, and Dafoe DC: Liver Allografts Confer Donor Specific Tolerance to Transplanted Islets in Rats. 2001 Notes: In Press.

114 Greeley SAW, Moore DJ, Noorchashm H, Noto L, Rostami SY, Schlachterman, A, Song HK, Koeberlein B, Barker CF, and Naji A: Impaired Lymph Node CD4 T-Cell Activation in MT-/-NOD Mice. 2001 Notes: Submitted.

1a1 Wu, H., Wasik, MA., Haynes, B., Moore, H.C.F., Leonard, D.G.B., Montone, K.T., Kamoun, M., Przybylski, G., Naji, A., Tomaszewski, J., and Salhany, K.: Hepatosplenic γδ T-Cell Lymphoma as a Late-Onset Posttransplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder in Renal Transplant Patients. American Journal of Clinical Pathology. 113(4): 487-496, April 2000.

18b Shaw, L.M., Korecka, M., Aradhye, S., Grossman, R., Bayer, L., Innes, C., Cucciara, A., Barker, C., Naji, A., Nicholls, A. and Brayman, K.: Mycophenolic Acid Area Under the Curve Values in African American and Caucasian Renal Transplant Patients are Comparable. Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. 40(6): 624-633, June 2000.

188 Noorchashm, H., Moore, D.J., Noto, L.E., Noorchashm, N, Reed, A.J., Reed, A.L., Song, H.K., Mozaffari, R., Jevnikar, A.M., Barker, C.F., and Naji, A.: Impaired CD4 T Cell Activation Due to Reliance upon B-Cell Mediated Costimulation in Non-Obese Diabetic (NOD) Mice. Journal of Immunology. 165: 4685-4696, October 2000.

15d Larson, R.A., Naji, M., Lombardi, J.V., Naji, A., Koeberlein, B., Golden, M.A. Ryan, S.: Adenoviral-Mediated Uteroglobin Gene Transfer Inhibits Neointimal Hyperplasia after Balloon Injury in the Rat Carotid Artery. Journal of Vascular Surgery. 32(6): 1111-1117, December 2000.

167 Noorchashm, H., Moore, D.J., Lieu, Y.K., Noorchashm, N., Schlacterman, A., Song, H.K., Lambris, J.D., Barker, C.F., and Naji, A.: Contribution of the Innate Immune System to Autoimmune Diabetes: A Role for the Cr1/Cr2 Complement Receptors. Cellular Immunology. 195(1): 75-79, July 1999.

1b1 Noorchashm H., Lieu Y.K., Noorchashm N, Rostami S.Y., Greeley, S.A.S., Schlacterman A., Song H.K., Noto, L.E., Jevnikar A.M., Barker C.F., and Naji A.: I-A g7-Mediated Antigen Presentation by B Lymphocytes Is Critical in Overcoming a Checkpoint in T Cell Tolerance to Islet β Cells of Nonobese Diabetic Mice. Journal of Immunology. 163(2): 743-750, July 1999.

103 Song, H.K., Noorchashm, H., Lieu, Y.K., Rostami, S., Greeley, S.A.S., Barker, C.F., and Naji, A.: Tracking Alloreactive Cell Division In Vivo. Transplantation. 68(2): 297-299, July 1999.

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