Thomas M. Fishbein, MD

Professor, Departments of Surgery and Pediatrics
Executive Director, Georgetown Transplant Institute
Director, Liver Diseases and Transplant Program

Specialties

Primary Specialty: 

General Surgery

Secondary Specialty: 

Transplant Surgery

Tertiary Specialty: 

Hepatobiliary Surgery

Quaternary Specialty: 

Pancreatic Surgery

Special Interests

• Liver Transplant
• Liver and bile duct surgery
• Pancreas surgery
• Portal hypertension
• Intestinal transplant

Education

Medical School:

Professor, Departments of Surgery and Pediatrics
Executive Director, MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute
Director, Liver Diseases and Transplant Program

Internship:

Boston University Medical Center, 1991

Residency:

Boston University Medical Center, 1995

Fellowship:

Mount Sinai Medical Center, 1997

Certification(s):

Surgery, 1996

Profile Information

Languages: English, Spanish

Affiliations

• MedStar Washington Hospital Center

Contact/Office Information

1-202-444-3700

MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
3800 Reservoir Rd., NW
Main Hospital Building
Second Floor
Washington, DC 20007

Department Web Pages:

• General Surgery
• Transplant
• Pancreatic Diseases

Additional Information

Publications:

• Fishbein T. Current Concepts: Intestinal Transplantation. N England Journal of Medicine September 2009;361:998-1008.
• T. Fishbein, G. Novitskiy, L. Mishra, C. Matsumoto, S. Kaufman, S. Goval, K. Shetty, L. Johnson, A. Lu, A. Wang, F. Hu, B. Kallakuny, D. Lough, M. Zasloff - Inflammatory bowel disease: NOD2-expressing bone marrow-derived cells appear to regulate epithelial innate immunity of the transplanted human small intestine. Gut 2008;57:323-330 Published Online First: 26 October 2007 doi:10.1136/gut.2007.133322