Minnie Sarwal, MD, PhD

Minnie Sarwal is a Professor in Residence, Surgery, Division of Multi-Organ Transplantation; Co-Director of the Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Program at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF);  Director of the Precision Transplant Medicine Lab at UCSF, Co-Director of the T32 Training Program in Transplant Surgery, and holds courtesy appointments in Medicine and Pediatrics at UCSF. She is on Faculty for the Masters in Translational Medicine Program (Berkeley/UCSF). She was an elected Senior Treasurer and Councilor for the Transplantation Society and the International Pediatric Transplant Association (IPTA). She has previously held positions of Medical Director, Pediatric Kidney Transplant Program and Professor of Pediatrics, Immunology and Surgery at Stanford University for 16 yrs and has held numerous leadership roles at many transplant societies (AST, ASTS, IPTA, FOCIS, TTS, IPNA, ESOT). She holds an MD from India, post-graduate training at Guy’s Hospital, London, UK, and a PhD in Molecular Genetics from Cambridge University (Christ’s College), mentored by Nobel Laureate Sydney Brenner. She obtained her Diploma in Child Health (London University, UK) and Membership to the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP, London) and is elected Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, London and a member of the Royal Society of Medicine.

Dr. Sarwal serves as a reviewer and chair on NIH study sections and the Department of Defense and advises the FDA Commissioner as a standing member of the FDA Science Board. Dr. Sarwal is Chief Editor for Frontiers in Medicine (Nephrology; Nature publishing) and has held Associate Editor roles for the American Journal of Transplantation, Clinical Transplantation and Pediatric Transplantation.