Robert B. Colvin MD

Dr. Colvin's principal clinical interest is renal pathology, particularly the immunological aspects of renal disease and transplantation. He is the subspecialty head of the Renal Pathology Diagnostic Service, works closely with the Immunopathology Unit , and is affiliated with the Kidney/Pancreas/Islet Transplant Programs at the Massachusetts General Hospital Transplant Center.

He has contributed seminal work in the field of antibody mediated rejection, and approaches to tolerance induction. He is a senior investigator in the Immunopathology Research Laboratory and the Colvin Laboratory, and has been continuously funded by the NIH since 1976. He teaches at Harvard Medical School, has trained over 45 fellows, and lectures widely.