Press Releases

Internationally Renowned Islet Cell Transplant Pioneer Horacio Rilo Joins The University of Arizona College of Medicine
July 14, 2008
Horacio L. Rilo, MD, an international pioneer in islet cell transplantation for the treatment of diabetes, has been appointed professor of surgery and director of Cellular Transplantation at The University of Arizona Department of Surgery. Dr. Rilo joins the UA to establish a clinical islet transplant program to treat patients with severe type 1 diabetes or with painful chronic pancreatitis.  Click here to read more....