Abul K. Abbas, MD

Professor and Chair, Department of Pathology

University of California, San Francisco

San Francisco, CA 94143-0511

aabbas@itsa.ucsf.edu
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Biosketch
Dr. Abbas received his MBBS in medicine from the All-India Institute of Medical Science (New Delhi, India), completed residency training in pathology at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital (now Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA), and was a pathology fellow at Harvard Medical School (Boston, MA), where he trained with Drs. Emil Unanue and Morris Karnovsky.  After a brief stint in London as a visiting scientist in the Division of Immunology of the National Institute for Medical Research, Dr. Abbas returned to Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital to join the faculty.  Dr. Abbas remained in Boston for 22 years, eventually becoming Professor of Pathology, and Head of the Immunology Research Division.  In 1999, Dr. Abbas moved to the University of California at San Francisco, where he is Professor and Chairman in the Department of Pathology.  Over the years, Dr. Abbas has received several honors, including the Warner-Lambert/Parke-Davis Award from the ASIP (1987), and the Irving M. London Award from the Harvard-MIT MD Program in Health Sciences and Technology (1988).  Dr. Abbas served as Editor of Immunity from 1993-1996, as Associate Editor (1981-1985) and Section Editor (1987-1991) for The Journal of Immunology, and as Associate Editor for The American Journal of Pathology (1992-1996).  Currently, Dr. Abbas is Associate Editor for Cell, and serves on the Editorial Board of Immunity.  During his research career, Dr. Abbas has published over 150 peer-reviewed papers and invited reviews on a number of subjects, including B-cell and T-cell development and regulation, cytokine-mediated regulation of immune cell function, and immune cell apoptosis.

Presentation Titles:
Autoimmune tissue injury: when the immune system loses control.

Genetics of autoimmunity-from gene to disease phenotype.