Leo E. Otterbein, PhDPrint this bio

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BACKGROUND

Leo Otterbein earned is PhD in Physiology at Johns Hopkins University with graduate and postdoctoral training at Yale University and the University of Pittsburgh. He joined the Department of Surgery and the Transplant Institute at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in 2004 and currently has an appointment as an Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School.  His research team focuses on the protective effects of endogenously generated gas molecules including carbon monoxide and nitric oxide and their effects on the innate immune response to sepsis as well as the vascular proliferative effects in tissue growth and regeneration. His laboratory pursues translation research applying basic cellular and molecular mechanistic approaches to both small and large animal models.  Dr. Otterbein also brings more than ten years of industry experience in biotech and drug development.