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Jose Torrealba, MD
Assistant Professor (CHS)
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Email: jrtorrea@wisc.edu
Office: DB1-245 VAMC
Phone: 608.262.6573
FAX: None
Pager: 608.265.7000 #2657
Mailing Address:
University Hospital & Clinics
Department of Surgical Pathology
C7/350-3224
600 Highland Avenue
Madison, WI 53792
Research Summary
Immunopathology of organ transplantation tolerance
Professional Experience
2005-Present Assistant Professor (CHS), Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
2005 Staff Pathologist/Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Saskatoon Health Region, Royal University Hospital, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
1994-1995 General Physician, Jesus Regetti Outpatient County Clinic, El Hatillo, Venezuela.
Education
2003-2005 Fellow, Transplantation Immunopathology, Department of Pathology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2002-2003 Chief Resident, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI
1999-2003 Resident, Anatomic Pathology and Clinical Pathology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI
1994 MD, Central University of Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela. Magna Cum Laude.
Selected Publications
Jose R. Torrealba, Majed M. Hamawy. Selenium binding protein 1: passive or active role in disease? Am J Transplant. 2005 Oct; 5(10):2593
Wenhao Chen, Dejun Zhou, Jose Torrealba, Thomas K. Waddell, David Grant, and Li Zhang. Donor lymphocyte infusion induces long-term donor-specific cardiac xenograft survival through activation of recipient double-negative regulatory T cells. J Immunol. 2005 Sep 1;175(5):3409-16.
Nardelli DT, Cloute JP, Luk KH, Torrealba J, Warner TF, Callister SM, Schell RF. CD4(+) CD25(+) T cells prevent arthritis associated with Borrelia vaccination and infection. Clin Diagn Lab Immunol. 2005 Jun;12(6):786-92.