Department of Medicine

University of Pittsburgh

Geetha Chalasani, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Office: BST W1554
200 Lothrop Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
 
Phone: 412-383-5924
Fax: 412-624-1172
E-mail: chalasanig@dom.pitt.edu
Education
Pre-University, Karnataka Science College, India, 1989
MBBS, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, India, 1996
Training
Residency in Internal Medicine, Wayne State Univ., Detroit Medical Center, 2000
Fellowship in Nephrology, Emory University School of Medicine, 2001
Fellowship in Nephrology, Yale University School of Medicine, 2004
Area of Specialization/Research Interest  
Memory T cells in organ transplantation
B cell – T cell interactions in memory generation
Innate immune activation in organ transplantation
Pathogenesis of chronic rejection
 
Profile
Dr. Geetha Chalasani is an Assistant Professor, Renal-Electrolyte Division, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. She is also an Associate Member of the Thomas E. Strazl Transplantation Institute. Prior to that, she was a Research Associate
Scientist, Section of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine. Her main interests in transplantation immunology are memory T cell biology and pathogenesis of chronic rejection. Her laboratory is focused on understanding how memory T cells are generated in transplantation. She is investigating B cell – T cell interactions in promoting T cell memory. Another area of research in her laboratory is understanding the role of innate immune activation in the pathogenesis of chronic rejection.
Recent Grants
Title: B Cell Help for Alloreactive T cell Memory (John Merrill Transplant Research Scholar Award)
Role: Principal Investigator
Amount: $200,000
Funding Agency: ASN-AST
Start Year: 2006
End Year: 2008
Title: CD8 Memory T Cell Subsets in Transplantation
Role: Principal Investigator
Amount: $529,200
Funding Agency: NIH/NIAID
Start Year: 2004
End Year: 2008
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