Daniel Kreisel, MD, PhD
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Washington University in Saint Louis School of Medicine, St Louis, Mo, USA
Daniel Kreisel is a tenured professor of surgery, pathology and immunology at Washington University in St. Louis. He is a general thoracic surgeon and serves as the surgical director of the Washington University lung transplant program as well as the scientific director of The Washington University / Barnes Jewish Transplant Center. He holds the The G. Alexander Patterson MD / Mid-America Transplant Endowed Distinguished Chair in Lung Transplantation. Dr. Kreisel received his M.D. degree from The Mount Sinai School of Medicine and his Ph.D. in Immunology from. The University of Pennsylvania. He completed his residency in General Surgery at The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and his residency in Thoracic Surgery at Washington University in St. Louis. He oversees a federally funded basic research laboratory where his work focuses on innate and adaptive immune responses after lung transplantation as well as on mechanisms that regulate the trafficking of leukocytes in lung and heart transplants.
Dr. Kreisel is a member of multiple professional organizations including American Society of Clinical Investigation, The American Surgical Association and The American Association for Thoracic Surgery. He has published over 170 peer-reviewed articles, and he has served on editorial boards of several journals and as a standing member of NIH study sections.
Editorial Board (Thoracic Surgery)
Terms of Appointment: March 2019 - March 2022; April 2022 - March 2024; April 2024 - June 2026