Scientific Advisory Board

John J. Fung, MD, PhD, FACS
Professor of Surgery
Chairman, Department of General Surgery
Director, Transplant Center
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio

John J. Fung received a medical degree and a doctorate in immunology from the University of Chicago. His postgraduate training included a residency in general surgery at Strong Memorial Hospital and University of Rochester and a fellowship in transplantation surgery at the University of Pittsburgh. Between 1987 and 1988, he served as Director of Histocompatibility Testing at the University of Rochester. In 1989, he joined the faculty at the University of Pittsburgh, and held the tenured position as the inaugural Thomas E. Starzl Professor in Surgery. In 2004, he came to the Cleveland Clinic as Director of the Transplant Center and Chairman of the Department of General Surgery.

He is certified by the American Board of Surgery and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He holds membership in several professional organizations, including the American Liver Foundation, American Society of Transplant Surgeons, and American Surgical Association. His honors include the American Liver Foundation Special Award for Leadership in Liver Transplantation, the AST-Novartis Clinical Investigator Award and the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease Achievement in Liver Transplantation Award.

Dr. Fung has written more than 800 articles in such journals as Transplantation, Liver Transplantation, New England Journal of Medicine, and American Journal of Transplantation and has contributed to 60 books. He is Editor-in-Chief of Liver Transplantation. Dr. Fung’s research includes studies on the nature of hepatic transplant-related tolerance, small-for-size liver syndrome, and immunosuppression in clinical transplantation.