Dr. James Adam Shapiro MD
Orthopedist
6308 8th Avenue Suite 1020 Kenosha Wisconsin, 53143Rating
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About
James Adam Shapiro, MD, was born in Leeds, England, son of a family doctor. He studied Medicine in Newcastle and trained in Surgery in Bristol. He developed a longstanding interest in islet transplantation as a medical student. He came to Canada 20 years ago to train in liver and multiorgan transplant surgery, and has been on Faculty at the UofA since 1998. James led the team that developed and tested the ?Edmonton Protocol? and was the lead author on their seminal NEJM paper in 2000. This protocol revolutionized the treatment for Type 1 Diabetes, as for the first time a series of patients were able to completely stop their life-sustaining insulin injections. He has brought in more than $75 million to the UofA for his research. He is currently leading a National Canadian project in ex-vivo organ transplant repair, and has active clinical trials in Edmonton testing out caspase inhibitors and new subcutaneous devices for islet transplantation. Dr. Shapiro is the recipient of a Gold Medal in Surgery, a Governor-General?s Gold Medal, is a prestigious Hunterian Professor of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He continues to lead the Edmonton Protocol team which just completed a record 400 transplants (and 61 in the last 12 months) ? by far the biggest program of its kind worldwide. Dr. Shapiro has developed cutting edge stem cell transplant trials for children and adults just diagnosed with diabetes, and these will be entering clinical trials shortly. He was recently awarded a prestigious Canada Research Chair in Transplant Surgery and Regenerative Medicine.
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Education and Training
Rush Medical College
Rush Med Coll of Rush Univ, Chicago Il 1984
Rush Medical College of Rush University Medical Center 1984
Board Certification
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery - Orthopaedic Surgery
Orthopaedic SurgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic SurgeryABOS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Repetitive DNA, genome system architecture and genome reorganization.
- Genome organization and reorganization in evolution: formatting for computation and function.
- Retrotransposons and regulatory suites.
- A 21st century view of evolution: genome system architecture, repetitive DNA, and natural genetic engineering.
- Why repetitive DNA is essential to genome function.
- The standardization of pancreatic donors for islet isolations.
- Revisiting the central dogma in the 21st century.
- Letting Escherichia coli teach me about genome engineering.
- Mobile DNA and evolution in the 21st century.
- Rethinking the (im)possible in evolution.
- How life changes itself: the Read-Write (RW) genome.
- Implications of the Read-Write Genome view.
- Fulminant hepatic failure necessitating transplantation following the initiation of infliximab therapy: a cautionary tale times two.
- Constraint and opportunity in genome innovation.
- Epigenetic control of mobile DNA as an interface between experience and genome change.
Clinical Trials
Areas of expertise and specialization
Treatments
- Chronic Pain
- Torn Meniscus
- Arthritis
- Osteoarthritis
- Sciatica
- Pain
- Tendonitis
- Spinal Stenosis
Internships
- Chicago's Michael Reese Hospital
Professional Society Memberships
- American Medical Association, State Medical Society, American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Wisconsin Orthopaedic Society, Milwaukee Orthopaedic Society
What do you attribute your success to?
Being Available, Hard Work, Dedication to Providing Best Care
Hobbies / Sports
- Tennis, Skiing, Hiking
Favorite professional publications
- Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
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