Alp Sener, MD

Western University

Dr. Alp Sener completed his Urology residency at the Western University, London, Ontario, Canada in 2007 and then spent two years at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore as the American Society of Transplant Surgeons/Novartis Fellow in Transplantation. While in Maryland, he was trained in kidney and pancreas transplantation and completed a research fellowship in transplant immunology. Dr. Sener joined the Division of Urology at Western University in 2009 as a Clinician Scientist. He has been the recipient of local, national and international research contribution awards including the Western University Dean’s Award of Excellence, the Canadian Society of Transplantation Research Excellence Award and the Vanguard Award from the American Society of Transplant Surgeons. He has published over 90 peer-reviewed articles and currently serves as the Chair of the Surgical Research Committee and the Director of the Kidney Transplant Fellowship program and of the Urology Residency Program at Western University. In addition to a general urology and kidney/pancreas transplant directed clinical practice, Dr. Sener maintains an active basic sciences and translational research laboratory focusing on gasotransmitter biology and therapeutics. His laboratory pioneered the use of hydrogen sulphide in mitigating ischemia reperfusion injury of transplantation, in modulating neovascularization and metastasis of renal cell carcinoma cell lines and in mitigating tissue fibrosis following chronic urinary obstruction. He is also heavily involved in promoting research and education through national and international roles in both Urology (American Urological Association Research Advocacy Committee, Northeastern Section Board of Directors; Canadian Urological Association Education Committee) and Transplant organizations (Canadian Society of Transplantation Research Committee and American Society of Transplant Surgeons Vanguard Committee).

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Presentation(s):

• Panel Discussion: Novel Methods to Boost Kidney Transplantation Globally

  Monday, May 16, 2022
  1:00 PM – 1:20 PM