Susana Marino, MD, PhD, D(ABHI)

Dr. Marino is the director of the Transplant Immunology and Immunogenetics laboratory at the University of Chicago. This laboratory uses the latest technologies for testing and advanced electronic data management systems. The main role of this laboratory is to support and further the success of the multiple transplant programs being offered at the University Hospitals. Additionally, the laboratory and its experienced staff provide teaching to residents and fellows.

Dr. Marino’s research interests are to use the technologies at the forefront of medicine to better understand the mechanisms involved in the allograft immune response, to increase access to transplantation, and to early detect deleterious immune responses in this setting. The ultimate goals of Dr. Marino’s work are to improve allograft survival, increase patient quality of life, and further advance the field of Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics through excellence in clinical testing.

• Marino S, Jaramillo A, Fernandez Viña M. The human major histocompatibility complex and DNA-based typing of human leukocyte antigens (HLA) for transplantation. In Handbook of Human Immunology, second edition; Donnenberg AD and O'Gorman M Eds. CRC Press-Taylor and Francis Group, LLC, 2007.
• Rodriguez-Marino SG, Terasaki PI, Pancoska C, McCormack JM, Eisembrey B, McCalmon Jr. RT. Black US Normal. In HLA 1998; Gjertson DW, Terasaki PI Eds. UCLA Tissue Typing Laboratory, Los Angeles, 1998: 233.
• Rodriguez-Marino SG, McCalmon Jr. RT. Caucasian US Normal. In HLA 1998; Gjertson D.W., Terasaki P.I. Ed. UCLA Tissue Typing Laboratory, Los Angeles, 1998: 256.
• Terasaki PI, Pancoska C, McCormack JM, Eisenbrey B, McCalmon Jr. RT, Rodriguez SG. North American Blacks US Normal. In HLA 1997; Terasaki PI, Gjertson DW Eds. Los Angeles, 1997: 324.
• McCalmon Jr. RT, Rodriguez SG. Caucasian US Normal. In HLA 1997; Terasaki PI, Gjertson DW Ed. Los Angeles, 1997: 346.