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Dr. Markus Grompe is widely regarded as one of the world’s foremost liver and stem cell authorities. He holds U.S. Patent No. 6,12,708 on liver regeneration using pancreatic cells. Dr. Grompe was appointed as a director of the Oregon Stem Cell Center in 2004. He has taught in the department of molecular and medical genetics and the department of pediatrics, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon since 1991. From 1983 to 1984, he was a research assistant in the Department of Clinical Physiology of the University of Ulm. In 1987, he completed a Pediatric Residency at the Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon. From 1987 to 1991, he was a genetics fellow at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. He is Board Certified in Clinical Genetics, Biochemical and Molecular Genetics. He has been licensed to practice medicine in Germany and the European Community since 1983 and became a U.S. M.D. in 1984. Dr. Grompe is a Diplomat of the American Board of Human Genetics, a member of the American Society for Investigative Pathology, a member of the Society for Inborn Metabolic Disease, a member of the Western Society for Pediatric Research, a member of the Society for Pediatric Research, a member of the American Society for Human Gene Therapy, and a member of the International Society for Stem Cell Research. He also serves on the boards and scientific panels of various organizations. Dr. Grompe’s recent honors include the E. Mead Johnson Award for research in pediatrics in 2002 and the Award of Merit from the Fanconi Anemia Research Fund in 2002. Dr. Grompe has authored or co-authored 99 peer-reviewed articles and 32 reviews, book chapters, and editorials. A native of New Zealand, he received his education at the University of Ulm School of Medicine, Ulm, West Germany and was a visiting student at the University of Oregon Health Sciences Center in Portland, Oregon.
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