CURRICULUM VITAE Name - Department of Surgery - Emory ...

Name: Paul L. Tso, M.D.
CURRICULUM VITAE
Office Address: Emory University
Transplant Immunology
101 Woodruff Circle, Suite 5303 WMB
Atlanta, Georgia 30322
Tel.: 404-727-9942
Fax: 404-727-3660
E-mail Address: ptso@emory.edu
Citizenship: United States of America
Current Titles and Affiliations:
a. Academic Appointment:
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery,
Emory University, July 1999
b. Clinical Appointment:
Renal and Pancreatic Transplantation,
The Emory Clinic, Inc., July 1999
Previous Academic and Professional Appointments:
Attending Surgeon, Calvert Memorial Hospital, Prince Frederick, Maryland, 1991-1993
Attending Surgeon, St. Mary’s Hospital, Leonardtown, Maryland, 1991-1993
Medical Director for Emergency Medical Services, Calvert County, Maryland, 1991-
1993
Trauma Surgeon, International Medical Corps, Dykfar Hospital, Mogadishu, Somalia,
1992
Transplant Surgeon, LifeLink Transplantation Institute, Tampa, Florida, 1996-1999
Attending Surgeon, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, Florida, 1996-1999
Attending Surgeon, All Children’s Hospital, St. Petersburg, Florida, 1997-1999

Licensures:
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, University of South Florida, 1996-
1999
Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners, 1985
State of Maryland Board of Physician Quality Assurance, 1989
Kansas State Board of the Healing Arts, 1995
Missouri State Board of Registration for the Healing Arts, 1995
Ohio State Medical Board, 1996
State of Florida Board of Medicine, 1996
State of Georgia Board of Medicine, 1999
Specialty Boards:
Education:
Diplomate, American Board of Surgery, 1991
Recertification, American Board of Surgery, 1999
High School Diploma, High Point High School, Beltsville, Maryland, 1977
B.S. Degree, Arts/Medicine, University of Maryland at College Park, 1980
M.D. Degree, University of Maryland at Baltimore, 1984
Postgraduate Training:
Internship, Louisiana State University at New Orleans, Department of Surgery,
Program Director: Isidore Cohn, Jr., M.D., 1984-1985
Residency, Louisiana State University at New Orleans, Department of Surgery,
Program Director: Isidore Cohn, Jr., M.D., 1985-1989
Fellowship, Traumatology and Critical Care, Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical
Services Systems, Program Director: Philip Militello, M.D., 1989-1990
Fellowship, Division of Transplantation, The Ohio State University, Department of
Surgery, Program Director: Ronald M. Ferguson, M.D., Ph.D., 1993-1995

Committee Memberships:
2004 Leadership Conference for the American College of Surgeons, May 16-18, 2004,
Washington, D.C., Representative for the Georgia Chapter
Morbidity and Mortality Conference, Department of Surgery, Emory University,
Representative for the Division of Renal and Pancreas Transplantation, 2003-2004.
Residency Interviews for Emory University Department of Surgery, December 2002 and
January 2003.
Residency Interviews for Emory University Department of Surgery, January 2004.
Residency Interviews for Emory University Department of Surgery, November 2004.
Residency Applicant Rank List, February 2004.
First Annual Antibody Working Group, Feb. 21-22, 2002, Houston, Texas
Network 7 End Stage Renal Disease Medical Review Board, 1996-1999
UNOS Region 3 Liver Review Board, 1998-1999
Pharmacy and Therapeutics, Calvert Memorial Hospital, Prince Frederick, Maryland,
1991-1992
Pharmacy and Therapeutics, Nutrition Support and Infectious Disease, St. Mary’s
Hospital, Leonardtown, Maryland, 1991-1993
Emergency Department, Calvert Memorial Hospital, Prince Frederick Maryland, 1992-
1993
Information Technology Initiative Committee, Emory University, 1999-2000
Clinical Operations Task Force, Emory Transplant Center, 2000-2001
Honors and Awards:
Academic Scholarship, University of Maryland at College Park, 1977
General Honors Program, University of Maryland at College Park, 1977
Phi Eta Sigma, University of Maryland at College Park, 1978
Phi Kappa Phi, University of Maryland at College Park, 1979

Alpha Omega Alpha, University of Maryland at Baltimore, 1983
Cardiac Surgery Resident of the Year, The Touro Infirmary, New Orleans, LA, 1988
Young Surgeon Representative for the Georgia Chapter of the American College of
Surgeons, 2004.
Society Memberships:
The Society of Critical Care Medicine, 1990
The American Medical Association, 1995
The Florida Medical Association, 1996
The Hillsborough County Medical Association, 1996
The Central Florida Academy of Nephrology, 1996
The Georgia Surgical Society, 2002
The American Society of Transplantation, 2003
The American Society of Transplant Surgeons, 2003
The American College of Surgeons, Fellow, 2004
The Atlanta Surgical Association, 2005
The Vascular Access Society of the Americas, 2005
The International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis, 2006
Research Focus:
One of the greatest problems in the field of transplantation today is the shortage of donor
organs. My research interests include methods to increase the donor pool. “Expanded
criteria,” or “marginal” donor organs are being utilized in our program but selection
criteria must be further defined to ensure maximal utilization without compromising graft
and patient survival. Machine perfusion of kidneys is an accepted technology but perhaps
should be more broadly applied in our geographic location. Currently machine perfusion
is utilized for expanded criteria donor and donation after cardiac death organs in our
state.

Clinical Service Contributions:
Initiation in 1999 of the dual renal transplant program at Emory University, which
involves transplantation of both kidneys from expanded criteria donors into a single
recipient.
Initiation of a kidney machine perfusion program to increase the number of transplantable
kidneys in the State of Georgia (in progress).
Development of protocol to select patients for ABO incompatible renal transplants ( A2
to B blood group )
Formal Teaching:
Mock Oral Exams for Chief Surgical Residents, Spring 2002
Oral Exams for MS 3 Surgery Rotation, Terms 4,5,6. 2001-2002
“Renal Transplantation,” PGY1 and 2 Resident Education, August 8, 2002
Transplantation Lecture, MS 3 Surgery Lecture Series, Terms 2, 4, 5, 6. 2001-2002
Surgical Anatomy and Operative Technique Course for MS4, April 2002
Mentor for Emory Medical Student Research Program, Summer 2002. Student: Michael
Cash
Transplantation Lecture, Third Year Medical Student Surgery Lecture Series, Emory
University, Terms 3, 4, and 6, 1999-2000; Terms 2, 3, 4, and 5, 2000-2001.
Transplant Immunology/Immunosuppression, PGY I & II Resident Education, Emory
University, November 2, 2000.
Oral Exams for MS 3 Surgery Rotation, Terms 1,2,3, and 4, 2002-2003.
Chief Resident Basic Science Lecture on Transplant Immunology, September 2002
Transplantation Lectures, MS 3 Surgery Lecture Series, Terms 1,2,3, and 5, 2002-2003.
Mentor for MS 3 Surgery Rotation Term 2, 2002-2003.
Oral Exams for MS 3 Surgery Rotation, Terms 1,4, and 6, 2003-2004
Transplantation Lectures, MS 3 Surgery Lecture Series, Terms 2, 4. 2003-2004.

Chief Resident Lecture on Shock and Hypoperfusion, 10/25/03.
Mentor for MS3 Surgery Rotation Term 3, 2003-2004. Students: Jonathan Leake, Amy
Nash, Avai Patel, Michelle Pennie
Mentor for MS3 Surgery Rotation Term 6, 2003-2004. Students: Jessica Risser, Clinton
Williamson, Samuel Willimon, 6/1/04-7/23/04
Oral Exams for MS3 Surgery Rotation, Terms 1,2,4; 2004-2005.
Mentor for MS3 Surgery Rotation Term 1, 2004-2005. Students: Jacqueline Garonzik,
Peter Harri, Sarah Neely, Dorothy Wadsworth.
Mentor for MS3 Surgery Rotation Term 5, 2004-2005. Students: Dan Nicholson, Kalman
Bencsath, Bonnie Germain, Andrew Page
Mentor for MS3 Surgery Rotation Term 3, 2006-2007. Students: Berkeley Bate,
Christina Jung, Melissa Lucey, Claire Nicholas, David Vizurraga.
Mentor for MS3 Surgery Rotation Term 1, 2007-2008. Students: Adam Prater, Timothy
Owens, Katharine Moore, Neal Patel.
Faculty advisor for General Surgery Resident Takki Momin, 2006-2008.
Oral Exams for MS3 Surgery Rotation 2007-2008
Mentor for MS 3 Surgery Rotation 2008-2009. Students: Reed Harvey, Zwade Marshall,
Anyi Li, Justin Gordon, Hart Squires, Scott Dunbar, Pariss Vassef, Laura Mazer.
Oral Exams for MS3 Surgery Rotation 2008-2009
Mentor for MS 3 Surgery Rotation 2009-2010.
Oral Exams for MS3 Surgery Rotation 2009-2010
Junior Surgical Residents Core Curriculum Lecture, February 19, 2009: Access for
Hemodialysis
Oral Exams for MS3 Surgery Rotations 2010-2011
Mentor for MS 3 Surgery Rotations 2010-2011.
Community Service

“Batter-Up” sponsor for Georgia Transplant Foundation Spring Training Event, 2002
Presentations and Lectures:
1. Gastric Carcinoma in the Young: 35 Years and Under. Presented New Orleans
Surgical Society, 1986.
2. Sonography in Blunt Abdominal Trauma: The MIEMSS Experience. Presented
Grand Rounds, Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems, 1991.
3. Technical Maneuvers for Pre-Hospital EMS Providers. Presented University of
Maryland at Baltimore, 1991.
4. Sonography in Blunt Abdominal Trauma: A Preliminary Progress Report. Presented
American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1991.
5. Pulsatile Preservation: Results after 1000 Kidneys. Presented Ortho Biotech
Transplant Fellows Workshop, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 9-11, 1994.
6. Organ Transplantation. Presented Allied Health Sciences Lecture, The Ohio State
University, Columbus, Ohio, 1995.
7. Immediate Renal Allograft Function Following Pulsatile Preservation. Poster
Presented American Society of Transplant Surgeons, Dallas, Texas, May 29-31,
1996.
8. Hand Assisted Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy: Early Experience of A Single
Center. Poster Presented Transplant 2001, The Joint American Transplant Meeting,
Chicago, Illinois, May 12-16, 2001
9. Bean Counting in the 21 st Century, Macon Surgical Society, Mercer University, July
11, 2001.
10. Historical Perspectives on Renal Transplantation, Grand Rounds, Mercer University
School of Medicine, July 12, 2001.
11. “Expanding the Donor Pool,” Emory Transplant Center Noon Conference Series,
Emory University School of Medicine, March 5, 2002.
12. “Single Center Experience with Allograft Pancreatectomy.” Poster presented at the
American Transplant Congress, Seattle, WA, May 2005.
13. “Machine Perfusion of Kidneys,” Emory Transplant Center Noon Conference Series,
Emory University School of Medicine, Feb 28, 2007.

Publications:
14. “What We Take for Granted: The First Renal Transplants.” Emory Transplant Center
Noon Conference Series, Emory University School of Medicine, Feb 20, 2008.
15. “Surgical Complications of Kidney Transplants” Mid-Level Provider Education
Series. Dec 3, 2008.
16. “A Transplant Update for Patients: Brief History, Present Reality, Implications for
You.” Georgia Transplant Foundation, March 2009
17. “Transplantation of Expanded Criteria Donor Kidneys.” Emory Transplant Center
Noon Conference Series, Emory University School of Medicine, April 15, 2009.
18. “What Is Optimal Induction Therapy for Expanded Criteria Donor Kidneys?” Poster
presented at the American Society of Transplantation Annual Scientific Exchange,
Orlando, FL, Dec 2-6, 2009
1. Tso PL, Bringaze W, Dauterive A, Cohn I et al. “Gastric carcinoma in the young.”
Cancer, 59(7):1362-5, 1987.
2. Tso PL, Rodriguez A, Cooper C, Mirvis S et al. “Sonography in blunt abdominal
trauma: a preliminary progress report.” Journal of Trauma, 33(1):39-44, 1992.
3. Bumgardner, GL, Wilson GA, Tso PL, Henry ML, Elkhammas EA, Davies EA, Qui
W, Ferguson RM. “Impact of serum lipids on long-term graft and patient survival
after renal transplantation.” Transplantation, 60(12):1418-1421, 1995.
4. Bumgardner GL, Henry ML, Elkhammas EA, Wilson GA, Tso PL, Davies EA, Qui
W, Ferguson RM. “Obesity as a risk factor after combined pancreas/kidney
transplantation.” Transplantation, 60(12):1426-1430, 1995.
5. Tso PL, Elkhammas EA, Henry ML, Kim SI, Davies EA, Bumgardner GL,
Ferguson RM. “Risk factors of long-term survivals in combined kidney/pancreas
transplantation. A multivariate analysis of 259 recipients.” Transplantation
Proceedings, 27(6):3104, 1995.
6. Tso PL, Cash MP, Pearson TC, Larsen CP, Newell KA. “Simultaneous pancreaskidney
transplantation utilizing a common arterial conduit: early experience and
potential applications.” American Journal of Transplantation, 3: 1440-1443, 2003.
7. Larsen CP, Pearson TC, Adams AB, Tso PL et al. Rational development of
LEA29Y (belatacept), a high-affinity variant of CTLA4-Ig with potent
immunosuppressive properties.” American Journal of Transplantation, 5: 443-453,
2005.

Abstracts:
8. Bray RA, Nolen JDL, Larsen CP, Pearson TC, Newell KA, Kokko KE, Guasch A,
Tso PL, Mendel JB, Gebel HM. “Transplanting the highly sensitized patient: the
Emory algorithm.” American Journal of Transplantation, accepted for publication
July 5, 2006.
1. Tso PL, Bringaze W, Dauterive A, Cohn I et at. “Gastric carcinoma in the young: 35
years and under.” Presented New Orleans Surgical Society, New Orleans, Louisiana,
1986.
2. Tso PL, Rodriguez A, Mirvis S, Cooper C, Militello P et al. “Sonography in blunt
abdominal trauma: A preliminary progress report.” Presented American Association
for the Surgery of Trauma, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1991.
3. Tso PL, Henry ML, Elkhammas EA, Bumgardner GL, Tesi RJ, Ferguson RM.
“Pulsatile preservation: results after 1000 kidneys.” Presented Ortho Biotech
Transplant Fellows Workshop, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 9-11, 1994.
4. Kim SI, Tso PL, Henry ML, Elkhammas EA, Bumgardner GL, Tesi RJ, Ferguson
RM. “Pulsatile preservation: results after 1000 kidneys.” Presented The Columbus
Surgical Society Presidential Symposium, Columbus, Ohio, January 13, 1995.
5. Tso PL, Elkhammas EA, Davies EA, Henry ML, Kim SI, Bumgardner GL, Ferguson
RM. “Risk factors of long-term survivals in combined kidney/pancreas
transplantation.” Presented International Pancreas and Islet Transplantation
Association ’95 Congress, Miami, Florida, June 18-22, 1995.
6. Tso PL, Henry ML, Elkhammas EA, Davies EA, Bumgardner GL, Wilson GA,
Ferguson RM. “Pulsatile preservation: The 1400 kidney experience of a single
institution.” Poster Presented American Society of Transplant Surgeons, Dallas,
Texas, May 29-31, 1996.
7. Tso PL, Elkhammas EA, Davies EA, Henry ML, Kim SI, Bumgardner GL, Ferguson
RM. “Determinants of long-term survivals in combined kidney-pancreas
transplantation.” A review of 260 recipients. Presented XVI International Congress
of the Transplantation Society, Barcelona, Spain, August, 1996.
8. Tso PL, Henry ML, Elkhammas EA, Davies EA, Bumgardner GL, Wilson GA,
Ferguson RM. “Pulsatile preservation: The kidney experience of a single
institution.” Presented XVI International Congress of Transplantation Society,
Barcelona, Spain, August, 1996.

9. Bumgardner GL, Henry ML, Tso PL, Wilson GA, Sprague MJ, Pelletier RP,
Elkhammas EA, Davies EA, Ferguson RM. “Post transplant hyperlipidemia does
not correlate with atherosclerotic complications after kidney transplant.” Presented
American Society of Transplant Physicians, Chicago, Illinois, May 10-14, 1997.
10. Bumgardner GL, Tso PL, Henry ML, Elkhammas EA, Davies EA, Ferguson RM.
“Success of operative intervention after combined pancreas kidney transplant for
postoperative peripancreatic infection.” Poster presented American Society of
Transplant Physicians, Chicago, Illinois, May 10-14, 1997.
11. Tso PL, Smith CD, Branum GD, Pearson TC, Larsen CP. “Hand assisted
laparoscopic donor nephrectomy: a single center experience.” Poster presented
Transplant 2001, Joint American Transplant Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, May 12-16,
2001.
12. Smith CD, Tso PL, Branum GD, Pearson TC, Newell KA, Larsen CP. “Hand
Assisted Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy: A Single Center’s Early Experience.”
Accepted for Oral Presentation at the 11 th International Congress of
Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, SLS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, September
11-14, 2002.
13. Tso PL, Newell KA, Pearson TC, Larsen CP. “Single center experience with
allograft pancreatectomy.” Accepted for poster presentation at the American
Transplant Congress, Seattle, WA, May 2005.
14. Nolen JD, Gebel HM, Larsen CP, Pearson TC, Newell KA, Kokko K, Guasch A,
Tso PL, Bray RA. “Comparable Graft Survival in Sensitized and Unsensitized
Renal Transplant Recipients: A 5 Year Single Center Review.” Accepted for poster
presentation at the American Transplant Congress, Seattle, WA, May 2005.
15. Bray RA, Larsen CP, Pearson TC, Newell KA, Kokko KE, Guasch A, Tso PL,
Gebel HM. “A Practical Approach Balancing Equity and Utility of Kidney
Allocation to Highly Sensitized Patients.” Accepted for oral presentation at the
2006 World Transplant Congress, Boston, MA, July 2006.
16. Bearden CA, Tso PL, Turgeon NA, Ogan K, Pearson TC, Kirk AD, Larsen CP,
Newell KA. “Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy: Multiple Arteries Are Not a
Predictor of Recipient Outcomes.” Accepted for poster presentation at the American
Transplant Congress, Toronto, Ontario, June 2008.
17. Agarwal A, Meetha A, Kokko KE, Turgeon NA, Tso PL, Newell KA, Pearson TC,
Larsen CP, Kirk AD. “Impact of Rabbit Anti-Thymocyte Globulin Induction
Therapy on Reactivation of BK Virus in Renal Transplant Recipients.” Accepted for
poster presentation at the American Transplant Congress, Toronto, Ontario, June
2008.

18. Agarwal A, Metha A, Kokko K, Turgeon N, Tso P, Newell K, Larsen C, Kirk A.
“Impact of Rabbit Anti-Thymocyte Globulin Induction Therapy on Reactivation of
BK Virus in Renal Transplant Recipients.” Accepted for poster presentation at the
American Transplant Congress, Boston MA, May 2009.
19. Shen L, Turgeon N, Tso P, Newell K, Pearson T, Larsen C, Kirk A. “A Single
Center Comparison between Basiliximab and Rabbit Anti-Thymocyte Globulin
Induction Therapy for Simultaneous Pancreas and Kidney Transplantation.”
Accepted for poster presentation at the American Transplant Congress, Boston MA,
May 2009.
20. Shen L, Agarwal A, Turgeon N, Tso P, Newell K, Pearson T, Larsen C, Winkler A,
Duncan A, Kirk A. “Dynamic Hypercoagulability Following Pancreas
Transplantation.” Accepted for poster presentation at the American Transplant
Congress, Boston MA, May 2009.
21. “What Is Optimal Induction Therapy for Expanded Criteria Donor Kidneys?”
Accepted for poster presentation at the American Society of Transplantation Annual
Scientific Exchange, Orlando, FL, Dec 2-6, 2009.