Kentaro Iwasawa, MD, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
2023 NYSCF – Druckenmiller Fellow
MD, University of Tsukuba, Japan
PhD, Yokohama City University
Bio
Many patients are in need of liver transplants, but availability of organs for such procedures is low. Dr. Iwasawa aims to create functional liver organoids – liver tissue made from stem cells – that can be leveraged to replace dysfunctional livers in patients who need transplants.