Mark D. Pescovitz, M.D.

Mark D. Pescovitz, M.D., is currently Professor of Microbiology/Immunology and Professor and Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Surgery at Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis.

He received his undergraduate and medical degrees from Northwestern University in Chicago. Dr. Pescovitz's general and transplant surgery training were at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. He completed a 4-year research fellowship in the Immunology Branch of the National Cancer Institute focusing on porcine immunology.

Currently Dr. Pescovitz performs renal and pancreatic transplants in both children and adults. Dr. Pescovitz has served on many national transplant committees including serving currently as the UNOS Region 10 councilor and on the UNOS executive board of directors. He is completing his second year on the American Transplant Congress Executive committee. He is an Associate Editor of the American Journal of Transplantation, serves on the editorial board of Transplantation and Clinical Transplantation, and has authored more than 196 scientific publications. He is certified by the American Board of Surgery and the American Board of Histocompatibility and Immunology.

His wife, Dr. Ora Pescovitz, is trained as a pediatric endocrinologist and is both the Executive Associate Dean for Research Affairs at Indiana University School of Medicine and the President and CEO of the Riley Children's Hospital. They have 3 children. In the non-medical area, Dr. Pescovitz is a member of the Dean's Council Herron School of Art and serves on the boards of both the Indianapolis Opera and International Violin Competition of Indianapolis.

His research interests include porcine T- cell immunology, B-cell immunology, diabetes, and clinical transplant immunosuppression.

Contact info:
Mark D. Pescovitz, M.D.
IU School of Medicine
Transplant Surgery, UH 4258
Indianapolis, IN 46202
317-274-4370
mpescov@iupui.edu