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Journal of Bone Research

Journal of Bone Research
Open Access

ISSN: 2572-4916

+44 1478 350008

Jorg C. Gerlach

Jorg C. Gerlach

Department of Bioengineering, McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, USA

Biography
Dr. Jörg Gerlach, M.D., Ph.D., joined the faculty of the University of Pittsburgh in 2003 as Professor to the Department of Surgery. Prior to his appointment Dr. Gerlach founded the Charité Institute for Transplantation and Organ Regeneration (CITO) as an Associate Professor to the Department of Surgery at the Charité Medical Faculty of the Humboldt University Berlin, Germany. His specialties lie in surgery, hepatology, intensive care and experimental transplantation medicine. 
Research Interest

His biomedical research projects focused on artificial organs (e.g. trachea replacement), hybrid organs (e.g. endothelial cell seeded vascular prostheses), on bio-artificial systems (liver support systems for extracorporeal organ regeneration), and on cell production systems for cell-based therapy. His primary focus has been the use of liver cells, but he, and members of his research groups in both Berlin and Pittsburgh, are also using skin-, bone marrow-, neuronal-, and stem cells. Dr. Gerlachís primary research interests include maintenance and differentiation of cells in vitro for extracorporeal, temporary clinical use as a hybrid organ; production of cells for transplantation in cell-based therapy; production of regenerative mediators by cells in bioreactors for systemic drug therapy and regenerative medicine applications.

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