Dr. A. Joseph Tector received his medical degree from St. Louis University School of Medicine and his postdoctoral degree from McGill University in Montreal, Canada. He completed his abdominal transplant fellowship at the University of Miami School of Medicine. He is the director of transplant surgery at Indiana University School of Medicine. Dr. Tector's research interests include improving the clinical results of liver transplantation, organ preservation, immunosuppression and xenotransplantation.