Principal Investigator
Abraham J. Matar, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Transplantation
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
Dr. Matar received his B.S. from Emory University and his M.D. from the University of Central Florida. He first developed an interest in transplantation while working as a predoctoral researcher at the Transplantation Biology Research Center at Massachusetts General Hospital. He went on to complete his general surgery residency at Emory University, where he also completed a research fellowship in transplantation immunology at the Emory Transplant Center. Dr. Matar completed his multi-organ abdominal transplant surgery fellowship at the University of Minnesota, after which he joined the Dartmouth faculty in 2025 as an Assistant Professor.
Co-Investigator
Rebecca L. Crepeau, PhD
Division of Transplantation
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
Dr. Crepeau earned her BS at Syracuse University, followed by her PhD in Microbiology and Immunology at Dartmouth, where she studied the role of microRNA during viral reactivation. She subsequently completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Emory Transplant Center investigating the impact of immunosuppressive regimens on EBV-specific immunity. She now leads the basic science arm of the transplant research program, with a particular interest in novel immunosuppressive pathways.