Keywords: acute lung injury, artificial lung, gene therapy, knowledge translation, lung perfusion, lung transplantation, thoracic oncology, thoracic surgery
Marcelo Cypel, MD, MSc, FACS, FRCSC
Surgical Director Ajmera Transplant Centre at UHN
Surgical Director UHN ECLS Program
Canada Research Chair in Lung Transplantation
Professor of Surgery, Division of Thoracic Surgery
University of Toronto, University Health Network
Senior-Scientist, Toronto General Research Institute
Dr. Cypel’s research interests include lung perfusion and transplantation, gene and cell therapy to repair injured organs, and lung cancer. He has developed a successful strategy for ex vivo normothermic preservation of donor lungs (EVLP) enabling the expansion of the donor lung pool worldwide.
