Associate Professor - Clinical, Transplant Surgery
Columbus, Ohio 43210
614-293-8545
Rajab.2@osu.edu
Research Interests
- Islet transplantation
Active Funding
- Rapid four-day steroid withdrawal with thymoglobulin induction and maintenance immunosuppression with sirolimus and mycophenolate in primary cadaveric renal transplantation (with R Pelletier and ML Henry), Wyeth Pharmaceuticals
- Rapid four-day steroid withdrawal with thymoglobulin induction and maintenance immunosuppression with sirolimus and mycophenolate in primary renal transplantation, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals
Books
- Rajab A. Examiners Handbook. Mock Surgical Board Examinations. Columbus, OH, US | USA: The Ohio State University, Department of Surgery, January 2007.
Editorial Activities
- MedEdPORTAL
- Transplantation
- Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity: Targets and Therapy
- American Journal of Transplantation
- Acta Medica Saliniana
- Journal of Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders
Education
Medical Degree: Damascus University, Damascus, Syria
PhD: Lund University, Lund, Sweden
Residency: Surgery, University of Texas
Residency: Surgery, Red Crescent Hospital
Fellowship: Research, University of Texas
Fellowship: Transplant Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Honors and News
- Best Doctors, U.S. News & World Report, 2014
- Outstanding Achievement in Patient Service, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, 2014
- HealthCare Heroes Award, Molina Healthcare, 2012
- Health Care Heroes Award, Columbus Business First, 2012
- Best Doctors in America, Best Doctors, 2011 - 2012
- Highest-Performing Physicians, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, 2011
- Recognition Award for High Professional and Academic Achievement, Syrian American Medical Society, Ohio Chapter, 2010
- Physician of the Month, 2009
- Teaching Fellow of the Year Award, Department of Surgery – Division of Transplantation, 2001
- Award for Highest Score In-Service Monthly Examination, General Surgery, 1999
- Award for Highest Score In-Service Monthly Examination, General Surgery, 1998
- Award for Highest Score In-Service Monthly Examination, General Surgery, 1995