Isam Nasr, MD

Professional Titles

• Director of Pediatric Trauma Program, Division of Pediatric Surgery
• Co-Director of the Pediatric Surgical Colorectal Program

Primary Academic Title

Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatric Surgery

Background

Centers and Institutes

• Johns Hopkins Children's Center
• Pediatric Colorectal Center

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https://www.twitter.com/nasr_isam

Videos

• Isam Nasr, M.D. | Pediatric Trauma Surgeon

Research Interests

inflammatory response to traumatic brain injury, outcomes in pediatric trauma, pediatric injury prevention, pediatric trauma simulation

Selected Publications

• Baddoura FK, Nasr IW, Wrobel B, Ruddle NH, Lakkis FG. Lymphoid neogenesis in murine cardiac allografts undergoing chronic rejection. American Journal of Transplantation. 2005;5(3): 510-516.

• Dai Z, Nasr IW, Reel M, Smith-Diggs L, Larsen CP, Rothstein DM, Lakkis FG. Impaired recall of CD8 memory T cells in immunologically privileged tissue. Journal of Immunology. 2005;174(3):1165-70. 

• Hautz T, Zelger BG, Nasr IW, Mundinger GS, Barth RN, Rodriguez ED, Brandacher G, Weissenbacher A, Zelger B, Cavadas P, Margreiter R, Lee WP, Pratschke J, Lakkis FG, Schneeberger S. Lymphoid neogenesis in skin of human hand, nonhuman primate, and rat vascularized composite allografts. Transplant International. 2014;27(9):966-76 

• Jindal R, Sucher R, Wang Y, Weinstock M, Pulikkottil BJ, Nasr IW, Zanoun R, Brandacher G. the Immunoregulatory Role of CD200 in Composite Tissue Allotransplantation. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 2010;125(6):32.

• Nasr IW *, Walker WE*, Camirand G, Tesar BM, Booth CJ, Goldstein DR. (*Co-first Authors) Absence of Innate MyD88 Signaling Promotes Inducible Allograft Acceptance. Journal of Immunology. 2006;177(8):5307-16

• Nasr IW, Reel M, Oberbarnscheidt MH, Mounzer RH, Baddoura FK, Ruddle NH, Lakkis FG. Tertiary lymphoid tissues generate effector and memory T cells that lead to allograft rejection. American Journal of Transplantation. 2007;7(5):1071-9 

• Nasr IW, Wang Y, Deng S, Li Q, Smith-Diggs L, Rothstein DM, Tellides G, Lakkis FG, Dai Z. Testicular Immune Privilege Promotes Transplantation Tolerance by Tipping the Balance Between Pathogenic Memory and Regulatory T Cells. Journal of Immunology. 2005;174 (10): 6161-68.

• Saade NE, Nasr IW, Massaad CA, Safieh-Garabedian B., Jabbur SJ, Kanaan SA. Modulation of ultraviolet-induced hyperalgesia and cytokine upregulation by interleukins 10 and 13.  British Journal of Pharmacology. 2000;131(7):1317-24.

Honors

• Young Investigator Award for the American Transplant Congress (ATC), American Transplant Congress (ATC), 9/2/07
• Research Scholarship Award, American College of Surgeons, 5/3/06
• Distinguished Fellows Research Forum Travel Award, American Society of Transplantation, 1/1/02

Memberships

• American Pediatric Surgical Association
• Pediatric Trauma Society
• American Pediatric Surgical Association, Trauma Committee