Hamid Rabb, MD

Professional Titles

• Medical Director of the Johns Hopkins Kidney Transplant Program

Primary Academic Title

Professor of Medicine

Background

Centers and Institutes

Comprehensive Transplant Center

Additional Academic Titles

Professor of Surgery

Research Interests

Biomarker discovery, Kidney ischemic injury, Lymphocytes, Organ cross talk

Lab Website

Hamid Rabb Lab

• Dr. Rabb's lab is involved in translational research aimed at understanding the molecular pathogenesis of kidney ischemia/reperfusion injury. The lab is interested in the development of novel treatments for kidney IRI.

Selected Publications

• Rabb H, Colvin R. 41 year old with abdominal pain and rise in serum creatinine. Case Records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. N Engl J Med 357:1531-1541, 2007

• Rabb H, Lee K, Parikh CR. Beyond kidney dialysis and transplantation: what's on the horizon? J Clin Invest. 2022 Apr 1;132(7):e159308

• Burne M, Daniels F, Elgandour A, Muyeddi S, Colvin R, O’Donnell M, Rabb H. Identification of the CD4+ T cell as a major modulator of renal ischemia reperfusion injury. J Clin Invest 108:1283-90, 2001

• D’Allesio F, Kurzhagen J, Rabb H. T cells in tissue injury and repair. J Clin Invest Jul 1;129(7):2608-2618

• Tullius S, Rabb H. Improving the supply and quality of deceased donor organs for transplantation. N Engl J Med 2018 May 17;378:1920-1929

Memberships

• American Association of Professors
• American Society of Clinical Investigation
• NIH study section

Professional Activities

Scientific Studies for the American Society of Transplantation, Past Chair