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Deepali Kumar, MD, MSc, FRCPC

Professor of Medicine
University Of Toronto
Toronto, ON, Canada

Dr. Deepali Kumar is a Professor of Medicine and Director of the Toronto Transplantation Institute, University of Toronto, as well as Director of the Ajmera Transplant Centre at the University Health Network in Toronto, Canada.

Dr. Kumar is attending physician on the Transplant and Oncology Infectious Diseases service at University Health Network. She obtained her medical degree from the University of Ottawa and did infectious disease training at the University of California-San Diego and McMaster University. She further did a Masters degree with a focus in transplantation at the University of Toronto. Dr. Kumar has a translational research program that consists of both clinical and laboratory-based research. Her research focuses on immunologic responses to vaccines and viral infections in immuncompromised persons. She has supervised numerous graduate students and medical residents/fellows. She has authored over 250 manuscripts, editorials, and book chapters in the field of transplantation. She has held leadership roles in the Canadian Society of Transplantation and is a Past-President of the American Society of Transplantation. Dr. Kumar is also Chair of the Canadian Standards Association Committee on Cells, Tissues, Organ Transplantation.

Disclosure(s): Eurofins Viracor: Honoraria; GSK: Advisor/Consultant, Grant/Research Support; Merck and Company, Inc.: Advisor/Consultant; Moderna, Inc.: Grant/Research Support; Paladin Labs: Honoraria; Takeda Canada: Advisor/Consultant, Grant/Research Support

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