Here are five points:
1. Dr. Oberholzer most recently served as division chief of transplantation and director of the islet and pancreas transplant program at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
2. He focuses on liver, kidney, pancreas and small bowel transplants as well as organ transplants.
3. He holds three patents and has helped found two start-up companies.
4. He is the founder and coordinator for the Chicago Diabetes Project, which focuses on diabetes research.
5. He also completed his fellowship in hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery and transplantation at the University of Alberta in Canada.
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