Benjamin Philosophe, M.D., Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Surgery
Director, Division of Transplantation
Director, Liver Transplantation

Department: Division
Greenebaum Cancer Center: Surgical Oncology
Surgery: Surgical Oncology
Surgery: Transplantation Surgery

Special Interests: Liver Transplantation; Pancreas Transplantation; Immunology Research; T-Cell Activation; Transplantation Tolerance; Hepatobiliary Surgery; Cancer

Medical Degree: Boston University, M.D. and Ph.D. (Immunology)

Residency: Washington University, St. Louis

Fellowship: Toronto Hospital, Hepatobiliary/Pancreatic and Liver Transplantation

Certification: Surgery

Biography:Benjamin Philosophe is Director of the University of Maryland Medical Center's Division of Transplantation and the director of liver transplantation. He received his medical degree from Boston University and completed his surgical residency at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. Philosophe was a transplant fellow at both University of Toronto and the University of Maryland. His expertise is in liver transplantation. Philosophe has a special clinical interest in signal transduction defects in T-cells and the surgical management of heptocellular carcinoma.

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Contact Information:
1-800-373-4111 (physicians only)
1-800-492-5538 (patients and general information)
1-410-328-8919 (news media only)