Assistant Professor of Surgery
Director, Pancreatic Islet Core Facility
Associate Director, Clinical Islet Transplant Program
Research
Dr. Bala's main role as director in the pancreatic islet core facility is to coordinate the efforts of his lab personnel to ensure the best possible outcome of the islet cells used in transplantations and research. He also participates in islets isolations for clinical allo and auto-transplantation. His core isolates islets from pigs and nonhuman primates for xeno and allo transplantation studies. Rodent islets are isolated whenever necessary for different diabetes research projects.Education & Training
1993-1998
Ph.D. – Diabetes/Islet Transplantation
DR.M.G.R. Medical University, TN, India
1999-2000
Fellowship – Islet Biology
Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Diabetes Institute for Immunology and Transplantation (DIIT) faculty home page.
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