James Shapiro (physician)

For other people named James Shapiro, see James Shapiro (disambiguation).

Dr. A. M. James Shapiro (born in Leeds, England) is a British-Canadian surgeon best known for leading the clinical team that developed the Edmonton Protocol – an islet transplant procedure for the treatment of type 1 diabetes. Dr. Shapiro is Professor of Surgery, Medicine, and Surgical Oncology at the University of Alberta[1] and the Director of the Clinical Islet Transplant Program and the Living Donor Liver Transplant Program with Alberta Health Services.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Profile: Dr. James Shapiro". University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Clinical Islet Transplant Program". University of Alberta. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  3. ^ "A.M. James Shapiro, MD, PHD". American Society of Transplantation. Retrieved 6 November 2020.