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LOCATION:

Institute of Developmental and Regenerative Medicine, Old Road Campus, Oxford OX3 7TY

John Radcliffe Hospital, Level 6, Headley Way, Headington, Oxford, OX3 9DU


Fadi Issa

DPhil FRCS(Plast)


Professor of Transplantation, Associate Head & Surgical Sciences Theme Lead

  • Consultant Plastic, Reconstructive and Burns Surgeon
  • Governing Body Fellow, Green Templeton College
  • Academic Lead for Research Funding, Medical Sciences Division

I am Professor of Transplantation at the University of Oxford and a consultant surgeon. My work focuses on turning immunological insight into practical therapies that improve outcomes after organ and cell transplantation, and on broadening the use of immune targeted treatments in inflammatory and immune mediated disease. I integrate mechanistic immunology, biomarker and tissue based human studies, and early phase clinical trials, with a consistent emphasis on safety, durability, and real world implementation.

The Translational Research Immunology Group (TRIG) brings together graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and clinical academics working across immunology, transplantation, tissue repair, and data driven translational science. We develop and test cellular and immunomodulatory therapies, and use deep immune profiling to understand mechanisms of response, resistance, and long term benefit. Our approach maintains a clear line of sight from discovery to patient impact.

Within Oxford, I serve as Associate Head of Department in the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences as Theme Lead for Surgical Sciences. I am also MSD Academic Lead for Research Funding and a Governing Body Fellow at Green Templeton College.

I am Editor in Chief of BMJ Immunology and an Executive Editor of Transplantation. I serve on the Steering Committee of FOCIS and previously chaired The Transplantation Society’s Transplantation Science Committee.

I am committed to building a rigorous and supportive training environment for early career researchers and clinicians, and welcome enquiries from prospective students, fellows, and collaborators.

Recent publications

Tolerance meets regenerative medicine: A new route to donor-specific allograft acceptance?

Journal article

Jull P. and Issa F., (2026), American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, 26, 1519 - 1521

Toward Global Standards for Disaster Medical Specialists: A Scoping Review of Competencies for Emergency Medical Teams.

Journal article

Woodward CA. et al, (2026), Disaster medicine and public health preparedness, 20

Population Viral Load Suppression and Associated Factors in Tanzania: Findings From 2 Sequential Tanzania HIV Impact Surveys of 2016-2017 and 2022-2023.

Journal article

Ismail A. et al, (2026), Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999), 101, 733 - 739

Professor Jeremy R. Chapman, AC: Editor-in-Chief, The Transplantation Journals.

Journal article

Issa F., (2026), Transplantation, 110, e1161 - e1163

Anita Chong, PhD, Professor of Surgery, University of Chicago.

Journal article

Issa F. and Chong A., (2026), Transplantation

Conventional type-1 DC density is associated with checkpoint inhibitor response across multiple types of cancer.

Journal article

Lopez-Janeiro A. et al, (2026), The Journal of clinical investigation, 136