Christian P Larsen, MD, DPhil

Dr. Larsen is a Professor of Surgery in the Division of Transplantation at Emory University School of Medicine. Dr. Larsen began serving as executive director of the Emory Transplant Center in 2008 and chair of the Department of Surgery at Emory in 2009. He left both positions in January 2013 to serve as dean of the Emory University School of Medicine. In November 2016, Dr. Larsen returned to full-time pursuit of his clinical practice and research endeavors at the Department of Surgery and Emory Transplant Center.

Dr. Larsen has made seminal contributions to the investigation of the immunologic mechanisms of transplant rejection and immunologic tolerance and is an internationally recognized leader in kidney and pancreas transplantation. He has been funded continuously by the NIH since 1996. Dr. Larsen's achievements are distinguished by his talent to successfully drive a discovery from the bench to the bedside using the rigor of the scientific method.

American Association of Immunologists

American College of Surgeons, Fellow (FACS)

American Diabetes Association

American Society for the Advancement of Science

American Society of Transplant Surgeons

American Society of Transplantation

Georgia Transplant Foundation

International Pancreas and Islet Transplant Association

The National Kidney Foundation

The Society of Clinical Surgery

To provide the highest quality of care, interpreter services may be utilized to ensure proper communication of medical information for deaf, hard-of-hearing, and non-English speaking patients or family members.

AST-Roche Basic Science Established 
Investigator Award, American Society of Transplantation, 2004
Dean’s Clinical Investigator Award, 
Emory University School of Medicine, 2002-2003
Dean’s Clinical Investigator Award, 
Emory University School of Medicine, 1999-2000
Dean’s Distinguished Faculty Lecture 
and Award, Emory University School of Medicine, 2009
Emory University - Great Teachers Lecture 
2002
NIH Basic Science Award, 
American Society of Transplant Physicians, 1997
TTS-Roche Award for Excellence 
in Translational Science, The Transplantation Society, 2006
Thomas E. Starzl Prize in Surgery 
and Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, 2007