Todd V. Brennan, M.D., M.S.

Biography

Dr. Todd Brennan completed a master's degree in biochemistry at the University of California, Los Angeles in 1994. He then earned his medical degree from Harvard University's School of Medicine in 1999. As part of his training he spent one year at Massachusetts General Hospital doing research in immunology and molecular biology with Dr. Brian Seed. In 2007, he completed his surgical residency at the University of California, San Francisco. During his residency, he worked in the UCSF transplant laboratory with Dr. Sang-Mo Kang investigating the allospecific T cell response. Dr. Brennan is the recipient of the American College of Surgeons Research Fellowship, the American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS) Roche Laboratories Scientist Scholarship, and the ASTS Novartis Fellowship in Transplantation Award. In addition, the American Transplant Congress awarded him its Young Investigator Award for research into factors affecting early kidney graft function. Dr. Brennan currently does clinical outcome research with Dr. Sandy Feng and is investigating the fetal-maternal immune barrier with Dr. Sang-Mo Kang. He will complete his transplant fellowship with the Division of Transplantation at UCSF in June of 2009.