Drexel University College of Medicine

Dr. Xiao specializes in liver, kidney and pancreas transplantation and hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery. He is very experienced in laparoscopic and open liver resection, liver tumor ablation and pancreatic surgery and resection.

He is a United Network for Organ Sharing certified primary living donor liver transplant surgeon and a laparoscopic living donor nephrectomy surgeon. He is an American Society of Transplant Surgeons certified liver, kidney and transplant surgeon. He is also certified by the American Board of Surgery.

Memberships:

• Fellow of the American College of Surgeons

Awards and Honors:

• President's Academic Award at HMU, Zhengzhou, Henan, China (awarded twice)

Affiliated Hospital: Hahnemann University Hospital

Selected Research

"Hepatitis B Immune Globulin for the Prevention of Graft Re-Infection in Hepatitis B Related Transplant Patients"
Co-Investigator. Principle investigator: Michael De Vera, M.D.
(2005-Present)

"Optimizing Prograf Therapy in Maintenance Allografts"
Co-Investigator. Principle investigator: Mysore S. Anil Kumar, M.D., Ph.D.
Drexel University College of Medicine (2002-2003)

"Isolation of Human Hepatocytes to Study Drug Metabolism, Disposition, and to Investigate Cold Storage and Cryopreservation Techniques"
Co-Investigator. Principle investigator: William C. Meyers, M.D.
Sponsor: GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals (2002-2003)

"An Open Label, Concentration Controlled, Randomized 12 month Study of Prograf + Rapamune + Corticosteroids Compared to Cyclosporine Capsules USP (Modified) + Rapamune + Corticosteroids in High Risk Renal Allograft Recipients"
Principle Investigator: Michael Moritz, M.D.
Drexel University College of Medicine - Sponsor: Wyeth Pharmaceuticals (2002-2003)

"A Retrospective Clinical Comparison of Standard Therapy of Prograf/Cellcept and Prograf/Rapamune for Steroid Avoidance in Kidney Transplant Recipients and to Identify Steroid Requiring Kidney Recipients
Principle Investigator: Mysore S. Anil, M.D.
Drexel College of Medicine - Sponsor: Fujisawa Pharmaceuticals (2002-2003)

"Local Immunosuppression in a Canine Renal Transplant" Principle Investigator: Scott A Gruber, M.D., Ph.D.
AMC, Department of Surgery, Transplant Research Laboratory (1994-1996)

"Experimental Study of Sterilization with YAG Laser Extracorporeal Penetration of Vas Deferens"
Co-Investigator. Principle investigator: Mingtang Zhao, M.D.
HMU, Department of Surgery, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China (1988-1993)

"Organ Transplantation, Kidney Transplantation"
Co-Investigator. Principle Investigator: Mingtang Zhao, M.D.
Sponsor: The Science and Technology Committee of Henan Province in China - HMU, Department of Surgery, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China (1988-1991)

• General Surgery

• Kidney transplant
• Liver resection
• Liver transplant
• Liver tumors treatment
• Pancreas transplant
• Pancreatic resection
• Pancreatic surgery

• Surgery - Drexel University College of Medicine
• Urology - First Teaching Hospital of HMU in Zhengzhou, Henan, China

• Multi-Organ Transplant - Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
• Clinical Transplant (Kidney/Pancreas) - Albany Medical College
• Kidney Transplantation (Master of Medicine) - Henan Medical University in Zhengzhou, Henan, China