https://pittsburgh.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&From=RSS&ID=641713&GUID=10957D3B-79DC-4767-93ED-FACF36D27BAALegistar15https://pittsburgh.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&From=RSS&ID=641713&GUID=10957D3B-79DC-4767-93ED-FACF36D27BAA10957D3B-79DC-4767-93ED-FACF36D27BAA-2018-06-11-21-47-59Title: WHEREAS, Thomas E. Starzl, M.D., Ph.D is being honored at the American Liver Foundation Western Pennsylvania Chapter Inaugural Tribute to Excellence event held on Thursday, August 23, 2007 at the Longue Vue Club in Verona, PA; and, WHEREAS, Dr. Starzl is a distinguished service professor of surgery and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and the director emeritus of the Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center; and, WHEREAS, Dr. Starzl is known as the "Father of Liver Transplantation" for performing the world's first liver transplant in 1963 and the world's first successful liver transplant in 1967, both at the University of Colorado; and, WHEREAS, Dr. Starzl can also be credited for his seminal discoveries associated with immune tolerance and innovative surgical techniques, which paved the way for an entirely new field in human organ transplantation; and, WHEREAS, as a display of gratitude The American Liver Foundation Western Pennsylvania Chapter is naming a Research Award in honor of to Thomas E. Starzl, M.Mon, 11 Jun 2018 21:47:59 GMT