Paulo Martins MD, PhD, FAST, FEBS, FACS is a Transplant Surgeon and the lead of the Transplantation Lab. He is an associate Professor of Surgery and Adjunct Prof of Pathology at the University of Oklahoma. He graduated from the Federal University of Bahia in Brazil, completed a PhD in transplant immunology at the University of Berlin, and a transplant surgery fellowship at Harvard University (MGH). He is a member of the Sigma Xi Scientific Research Honor Society, Alpha Omega Alpha honor society. He was the previous chair of the International Liver Transplant Society Basic and Translational Science committee and current chair of the American Society of Transplantation Organ Preservation and Recovery committee. He is in the top 2% World Scientist list from Elsevier/Stanford University.