Citizen Staff Writer
IN BRIEF
Horacio L. Rilo, an international pioneer in islet cell transplantation to treat diabetes and chronic pancreatitis, will speak from 4 to 6 p.m. April 10 at the University of Arizona.
Rilo will address “Advances in Cellular Transplantation” in University Medical Center’s DuVal Auditorium, 1501 N. Campbell Ave.
Rilo, director of cellular transplantation at UA’s Department of Surgery, came to UMC last year from the University of Cincinnati to establish a clinical islet transplant program.
The lecture is the part of a new series dealing with issues of transplantation. It is free and open to the public.
For more information, call 626-7219.
RENÉE SCHAFER HORTON
rshorton@tucsoncitizen.com
Diabetes expert to speak at UA on April 10