Tohme Lab @LabTohme
University of Pittsburgh @Pittsurgery - Research Lab with a focus on the role of innate immunity in various disease processes Pittsburgh, PA Joined September 2020-
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We've launched @UPMC_SurgRes - a new space created by some of the voices you loved @PittSurgery. New focus 🎯 with the same spirit . Here is what to expect 📣:
What a successful #SurgeryResearchDay2025! Fantastic Guest Lecture and incredible energy seeing all the research posters, presentations, and active engagement. Huge thanks to the organizing committee lead by #ChristineLeeper and everyone who participated! @PittTweet @PittResearch
Amazing and Insightful day. Amazing talk by #AnitaCourcoulas. Tohme lab participated with 5 poster presentations and 1 oral presentation. Great job for everyone #SurgeryResearchDay2025 #pittsurgery
Congratulations to Jordan Warunek for winning the 2024 Brian N. Seidel Award!! Dr. Juliana Powell won 2nd Best Poster & Celine Tohme won 3rd Best Poster! Congrats to everyone! Thank you to our speaker, Dr. Peter Heeger, & our hosts, Drs. Camila Macedo Both & Chethan Puttarajappa
Excited to have attended today the Richard Johnson Scientific Retreat! Inspiring talks and great science all around. Proud to highlight a fantastic talk by our very own @samer_tohme and two stellar poster presentations by Zhengyi He and @CelineTTohme. @InstituteStarzl
ZLN005, a PGC-1α Activator, Protects the Liver against Ischemia–Reperfusion Injury and the Progression of Hepatic Metastases mdpi.com/2932866 #mdpicells via @Cells_MDPI I’m glad to share my first manuscript with @LabTohme - Department of Surgery - University of Pittsburgh
Increasing hepatocyte mitochondrial content by donor exercise offers therapeutic avenues to reduce post-reperfusion inflammation and improve #transplant outcomes. @samer_tohme, @PittSurgery, @LabTohme, @PittHealthSci,@PittResearch #TXPforAll tinyurl.com/5efwkckd
Congratulations to all the award winners🏆 for their outstanding presentations at the 22nd Annual Richard L. Simmons Lecture and Department of Surgery Research Day! Your contributions are invaluable to advancing surgical knowledge and innovation @AmCollSurgeons @UPMC @PittTweet
What an exceptional #SurgeryResearchDay we experienced! The array of posters, presentations, and outstanding #SimmonsLecture by @YehlabUNC made it truly remarkable #MedicalScience #Innovation @UNC_Lineberger @UNCSurgery @UNC_SOM @AmCollSurgeons @UPMC @PittTweet @PittCCM @PittCTSI
Yet another great Surgery Research Day showcasting an enlightening Simmons Lecture by Dr. @YehlabUNC and exceptional research @PittSurgery under the support of Dr. Simmons and Dr. Billiar! Extremely proud of the oral presentation and 4 posters presented by our lab members!
Congratulations to our two lab 🌟 matching into residency training programs today! We couldn't be any prouder!!
Turns out I won't be moving far in a couple of months... Beyond excited to join my dream General Surgery residency program at UPMC @PittSurgery! So proud yet humbled by the opportunity to make a huge impact on patients' lives! #Match2024 #GenSurgMatch #IMG #SurgeonScientist
Big (30+) family dinner celebrating an incredible year for @PittSurgery at @UnivSurg @AcademicSurgery #ASC2024 with numerous trainee presentations, Tim Billiar’s LTAA, and Danny Chu’s nomination as President-Elect @UPMC_CTSurgery. Proud to be part of the @PittTweet @UPMC family
Remarkable address by an extraordinary mentor and leader as @UnivSurg LTAA - Dr Billiar highlighting the incredible environment of academic surgery at @PittTweet and @UPMC that has kept him in the “flow” of academic excellence for 25+ years #ASC2024
Ruiqi Yang presents her findings on exercise protection from liver pre-metastatic niche at the Exercise Biology Keystone Symposia 2024. @KeystoneSymp @PittSurgery
Congratulations to the team on the latest publication demonstrating acceptable safety and survival outcomes of combined HR+ablation in multiple CRLM! Great effort lead by star fellow @MikeWach_MD!
Congratulations to the team on the latest publication demonstrating acceptable safety and survival outcomes of combined HR+ablation in multiple CRLM! Great effort lead by star fellow @MikeWach_MD!
On this day of gratitude, we extend heartfelt thanks to our dedicated team, brilliant collaborators, and everyone contributing to the pursuit of excellence in patient care, research, and education. Your commitment shapes our success! #HappyThanksgiving #Thanksgiving
Can't forget to thank the amazing Tohme lab team @CelineTTohme, @Ruiqi_Yang627, and @taylorr_austin for being supportive during all the lows and highs of the research journey💪
Grateful for the mentorship, guidance, and trust of Dr. @samer_tohme, as well as the support of @hamza_yazdani, @chris_kalti, Dr. Richard Simmons, and all colleagues at @PittSurgery and @LabTohme for fostering an inquisitive, innovative, and enjoyable environment for research!
It is such a great honor to receive the Brian N. Seidel Award for Excellence in Research, during a wonderful day of sharing and discussing science at the 2023 Starzl Transplantation Institute retreat! @InstituteStarzl

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