A. Osama Gaber, MD

A. Osama Gaber, M.D., is a Professor in the Department of Surgery at the Weill Cornell Medical College in New York, New York. A senior member at Houston Methodist Hospital Research Institute in Houston, Texas, he also holds the Houston Methodist J.C. Walter Jr. Transplant Center Distinguished Endowed Chair. Dr. Gaber is Director of the Houston Methodist J.C. Walter Jr. Transplant Center and Vice Chairman for Administration and Faculty Affairs at Houston Methodist Hospital in Houston.

After he earned his medical degree from the Ainshams University School of Medicine in Cairo, Egypt, he completed a residency in general and pediatric surgery. He, subsequently, completed surgical training in general surgery at the Boston University Medical Center and a research clinical transplant fellowship at the University of Chicago.

Dr. Gaber has devoted much of his career to pancreas, liver, and kidney transplantation and the surgical care of organ failure patients. He has been funded by the NIH, JDRF, Assisi Foundation, Vivian Smith Foundation, and many other national and local foundations. He is the author of more than 270 papers, as well as more than 340 abstracts and numerous book chapters. Dr. Gaber founded Nora’s Life Gift Foundation to build Nora’s Home, a hospital hospitality house, located in the Houston Texas Medical Center for transplant patients and their families. Nora’s Home offers transplant patients and their families an affordable place to stay where they can find support and share experiences with others, in the comfort of a home-like environment.

Dr. Gaber has been active in transplant business and regulatory issues since his early days as Chair of the SEOPF Kidney-Pancreas Committee. He has also served as Region 11 representative and member of the MPSC and the UNOS Board. He was a founding member and President of the Tennessee Transplant Society. He was also a committee member for both the ASTS and the AST and a councilor-at-large for ASTS. Dr. Gaber previously chaired the Governor’s Task Force on Chronic Kidney Disease, and now chairs the Kidney Alliance (KAT) of Texas, a statewide partnership representing leading professional kidney organizations, clinicians, public health professionals, medical schools, caregivers and patients. Dr. Gaber also serves on the Network 14 Quality Committee. He is a current member of the Texas Transplant Society.