Islet Isolation Center
Meet the Team

Meet the Islet Isolation Center Team

The Islet Isolation Center features a team of clinicians, scientists, administrators and collaborators spanning multiple divisions.

Deborah A. Elder, MD

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Beta-cell function and glucose tolerance in a variety of different diabetes conditions.

Juan Pablo Gurria, MD, MSc

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Surgery

Anne Kaiser

Director, Compliance (Office of Research Compliance and Regulatory Affairs)

Carolyn M. Lutzko, PhD

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Regulating human pluripotent stem cell; somatic cell reprogramming in iPSC; human embryonic stem cell physiology and differentiation; hESC; cystic...

Siobhan Tellez, MS, APRN, CPNP-PC

Nurse Practitioner, Division of Endocrinology