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Flavio Vincenti, M.D.

Flavio Vincenti, M.D.

  • Clinical Professor of Medicine and Surgery
  • Departments of Medicine and Surgery
  • Endowed Chair in Kidney Transplantation

Contact Information

Academic Office
 (415) 353-8390
Fax: 415.353.8974
flavio.Vincenti@ucsfmedctr.org

Appointments
 (415) 353-1888 Liver
(415) 353-1551 Kidney and Pancreas
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Education

  • American University Medical Center of Beirut, BS  - 1971
  • Universite Saint-Joseph Faculty of Medicine, MD - 1975

Residencies

  • Internal Medicine Residency: American University of Beirut Medical Center

Fellowships

  • Fellow in Nephrology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, July 1, 1973 - June 30, 1975
  • Research Fellow, National Kidney Foundation, July 1, 1974 - June 30, 1975
  • Fellow in Cardiovascular Research Institute (Nephrology) University of California, San Francisco, July 1, 1975 - June 30, 1976

Board Certifications

  • American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
  • American Board of Internal Medicine, Nephrology - Subspecialty

Clinical Expertise

  • Chronic Kidney Disease
  • End Stage Renal Disease (Kidney Failure)
  • Internal Medicine
  • Kidney Transplantation
  • Living Kidney Donor Transplantation
  • Pancreas Transplantation
  • Transplant Nephrology

Research Interests

  • Transplant Nephrology

Biography

Dr. Flavio Vincenti, a kidney and pancreas transplant specialist, is board certified in internal medicine and nephrology. He came to UCSF Medical Center in 1975 for a transplant nephrology fellowship and was appointed a member of the kidney transplant team.

His memberships in professional organizations include the American Society of Nephrology, American Society of Transplantation, International Society of Nephrology and Transplantation Society. He is a co-leader of the kidney section of the Immune Tolerance Network for kidney transplantation. In addition, he is on the editorial board of the American Journal of Kidney Diseases and Graft.

In 1978, Vincenti was one of the authors of an article in the New England Journal of Medicine about the role of blood transfusions in improving kidney transplants. He also wrote a series of articles on the complications of transplants and has been a leading investigator and author on the use of anti interleukin 2 receptor monoclonal antibodies. In addition, he is a proponent of minimizing immunosuppressive drugs after transplants.

Research & Funding

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ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6701-4680 Additional info
  • Applying precision MEdicine to optimize desensitization with noveL bIOlogics or cellular theRApies in highly sensiTized kidney transplant patiEnts (AMELIORATE)
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    Jul 2014
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    May 2024
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  • Novel Therapies to Modulate the Inflammatory Alloresponse in Renal Grafts
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    Jul 2014
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    Jun 2021
    Principal Investigator
  • General Clinical Research Center
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    Dec 1974
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    Mar 2009
    Co-Investigator

Clinical Trials

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Publications

MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS FROM A TOTAL OF 276
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  1. Duan M, Nguyen DC, Joyner CJ, Saney CL, Tipton CM, Andrews J, Lonial S, Kim C, Hentenaar I, Kosters A, Ghosn E, Jackson A, Knechtle S, Maruthamuthu S, Chandran S, Martin T, Rajalingam R, Vincenti F, Breeden C, Sanz I, Gibson G, Eun-Hyung Lee F. Human Bone Marrow Plasma Cell Atlas: Maturation and Survival Pathways Unraveled by Single Cell Analyses. bioRxiv. 2023 Jan 20. View in PubMed
  2. Looney CM, Schroeder A, Tavares E, Garg J, Schindler T, Vincenti F, Redfield RR, Jordan SC, Busque S, Woodle ES, Khan J, Eastham J, Micallef S, Austin CD, Morimoto A. Obinutuzumab Effectively Depletes Key B-cell Subsets in Blood and Tissue in End-stage Renal Disease Patients. Transplant Direct. 2023 Feb; 9(2):e1436. View in PubMed
  3. Raval AD, Kistler KD, Tang Y, Vincenti F. Burden of neutropenia and leukopenia among adult kidney transplant recipients: A systematic literature review of observational studies. Transpl Infect Dis. 2023 Feb; 25(1):e14000. View in PubMed
  4. Hricik DE, Armstrong B, Alhamad T, Brennan DC, Bromberg JS, Bunnapradist S, Chandran S, Fairchild RL, Foley DP, Formica R, Gibson IW, Kesler K, Kim SJ, Mannon RB, Menon MC, Newell KA, Nickerson P, Odim J, Poggio ED, Sung R, Shapiro R, Tinckam K, Vincenti F, Heeger PS. Infliximab Induction Lacks Efficacy and Increases BK Virus Infection in Deceased Donor Kidney Transplant Recipients: Results of the CTOT-19 Trial. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2023 01 01; 34(1):145-159. View in PubMed
  5. Brar S, Berry R, Raval AD, Tang Y, Vincenti F, Skartsis N. Outcomes among CMV-mismatched and highly sensitized kidney transplants recipients who develop neutropenia. Clin Transplant. 2022 04; 36(4):e14583. View in PubMed
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Videos

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  1. Kidney Transplant Update - Donor Risks and Outcomes
  2. Management of Renal Failure in End Stage Liver Disease
  3. UCSF Kidney Transplant Update: Increasing the Donor Pool
  4. UCSF Kidney Transplant Update: Humoral Rejections; New Drugs
  5. UCSF Kidney Transplant Update: State of Transplantation, New Drugs, New Trials, Transplant Controversies
  6. UCSF Kidney Transplant Update 2011: State of Transplantation; Balance Between Efficacy and Toxicity at UCSF

In the News

  • Drug Provides Better Kidney Transplant Survival Rates Than Current Standard Of Care

    UCSF Transplant Surgery - January 28, 2016
    UCSF News reports on a clinical trial, BENEFIT (Belatacept Evaluation of Nephroprotection and Efficacy as First-line Immunosuppression Trial) where for the first time, an immunosuppressive agent,  Belatacept, showed better organ survival in kidney transplant recipients than a calcineurin inhibitor, the current standard of care. The study was reported on in the January 28th issue of the New England Journal of Medicine by lead author, Flavio Vincenti, MD, Clinical Professor of Medicine and [...]

  • Walnut Creek Man Receives Gift of Life From Family --- For a Second Time

    UCSF Transplant Surgery - February 09, 2015
    The Contra Costa Times reports on the heartrending story of Chris Schroeder (pictured center), who received a donated kidney at age 50 from his wife, and then eight years later after the transplant failed, a second donated kidney from his son. Mr. Schroeder underwent successful surgery at UCSF Medical Center in December 2014 to have the transplanted kidney implanted. His UCSF nephrologist, Flavio Vincenti, M.D.  said the rejection of the first kidney was "somewhat uncommon," and had been [...]

  • Toward Personalized Medicine for Kidney Transplant Recipients

    UCSF Transplant Surgery - August 27, 2014
    Flavio Vincenti, M.D., UCSF Professor of Medicine and Surgery and a kidney and pancreas transplant specialist, is the principal investigator on a new seven-year, $17 million multicenter study funded by the National Institutes of Health. The goal of the study is to determine if certain immune system cells (regulatory T cells) and/or a drug used for treating rheumatoid arthritis can reduce or eliminate inflammation in kidney transplants thereby improving long-term health outcomes for kidney [...]

 

 
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