Jay A Fishman, MD

Jay A. Fishman is Director of the Transplant Infectious Diseases and Compromised Host Program at the Mass General, Associate Director of the Mass General Transplant Center and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA. Dr. Fishman is an internationally recognized expert in infectious diseases related to transplantation and has trained many of the leaders in this field. He has a special interest in molecular diagnostics, transplant virology and mycology, and in medical education.

He is Past-President of the American Society of Transplantation and has served on the Boards of the International Transplant Infectious Disease and International Xenotransplantation Societies and of the Immunocompromised Host Society and is a frequent contributor at national and international symposia. He has been recognized by the Clinical Career Achievement Award of the American Society of Transplantation and the Transplantation Society Award for Transplant Infectious Disease. Dr. Fishman's clinical and research interests focus on the pathogenesis and prevention of infection in the immunocompromised host. His NIH-funded laboratory is investigating infectious disease issues related to xenotransplantation and the role of viral infections in transplantation.