Massachusetts General Hospital

Biography

Robert B. Colvin

Pathologist-in-Chief, Emeritus
Massachusetts General Hospital

Benjamin Castleman Distinguished Professor of Pathology
Harvard Medical School

Email: COLVIN@HELIX.MGH.HARVARD.EDU

Dr. Colvin's principal clinical interest is renal pathology, particularly the immunological aspects of renal disease and transplantation.  He has contributed seminal work in the field of antibody mediated rejection and approaches to tolerance induction.  He has been continuously funded by NIH since 1976 and trained over 45 fellows   He teaches at HMS and lectures widely.  He also currently leads the Immunopathology Research Laboratory and Renal Pathology Diagnostic Service at MGH.



 

Updated 11/25/2012

Research

Dr. Colvin has contributed seminal work in the field of antibody mediated rejection and approaches to tolerance induction.  He has been continuously funded by NIH since 1976 and trained over 45 fellows   He teaches at HMS and lectures widely.  He also currently leads the Immunopathology Research Laboratory and Renal Pathology Diagnostic Service at MGH. Other research interests include:

• Acute and chronic antibody-mediated rejection (human, monkey and mouse studies)
• Mechanisms of Graft Acceptance (human, monkey, pig, mice)

Visit the Colvin Lab for more details.

Updated 12/30/2011

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