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Nikolaos Skartsis, M.D., Ph.D.

  1. Transplant Nephrologist

Nikolaos Skartsis, M.D., Ph.D., is a transplant nephrologist, who is active in both clinical practice and research investigation. Dr. Skartsis is a physician/scientist with an overarching goal to promote the discovery of novel biologic drugs and cell therapies. His clinical practice is centered around the care of kidney transplant patients. In the laboratory, Dr. Skartsis is working on dissecting the molecular pathways that lead to organ rejection and generating the framework to discover novel targeted therapies to prevent kidney transplant rejection. Dr. Skartsis is an inventor of a novel method of ex-vivo Treg cell manufacturing that can be used in transplantation and autoimmune diseases. Dr. Skartsis has authored multiple scientific manuscripts and has given national and international invited lectures.

  1. Transplant disorder
  2. Transplant rejection
  3. Transplant-associated infection
  • Transplant rejection
  • Transplant-related infections
  • Transplant immunosuppression management
  1. 2022
    Fellow - Transplant NephrologyUniversity of California San Francisco
  2. 2019
    Fellow - Nephrology FellowUniversity of California San Francisco
  3. 2015
    Resident - Internal MedicineAlbert Einstein Medical Center
  4. 2014
    PhDUniversity of Patras School of Medicine
  5. 2012
    Post-Doc - Transplant ImmunologyHarvard Medical School
  6. 2008
    MDUniversity of Patras School of Medicine

Certifications

  1. 2019
    NephrologyAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
  2. 2015
    Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal Medicine

Awards and honors

  1. 2019
    Mentor-Mentee AwardAmerican Society of Transplantation
  2. 2018
    Campbell AwardAmerican Society of Transplantation
  3. 2012
    2nd Podium AwardAmerican Society of Diagnostic and Interventional Nephrology
  4. 2010
    Excellence Award for PhD studiesNational Scholarship Foundation

Professional memberships

  1. 2022 - present
    Abstract ReviewerAmerican Society of Transplantation, American Transplant Congress
  2. 2021 - present
    ModeratorAmerican Society of Nephrology, Kidney Week
  3. 2021 - present
    Abstract ReviewerAmerican Society of Transplantation, American Transplant Congress
  4. 2019 - present
    Abstract ReviewerInternational Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation
  5. 2016 - present
    MemberAmerican Society of Transplantation
  6. 2015 - present
    MemberAmerican Society of Nephrology
  7. 2012 - present
    Abstract ReviewerInternational Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Publications