Lola Chabtini, MD

Bio

Dr. Chabtini is assistant professor of clinical surgery within the Department of Surgery.  She is the associate program director for the Cardiothoracic surgery residency. Her clinical areas of expertise are adult cardiac surgery which includes coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG), valve surgery and aortic procedures. Dr. Chabtini has earned awards for AOA Honor Medical Society and Paul Harris Foundation Humanitarian Award. 

She earned her medical degree from The Lebanese University Faculty of Medical Sciences. She completed her clinical training in General Surgery and Cardiothoracic Surgery at Indiana University School of Medicine. She also completed research fellowships at Harvard Medical School and Boston Children’s Hospital.

Key Publications

Ceppa DP, Rosati CM, Chabtini L, Stokes SM, Cook HC, Rieger KM, Birdas TJ, Lappas JC, Kessler WR, DeWitt JM, Maglinte DD, Kesler KA. Development of a Multidisciplinary Program to Expedite Care of Esophageal Emergencies.
Ann Thorac Surg. 2017 Sep;104(3):1054-1061.

Chabtini L, Mfarrej B, Mounayar M, Zhu B, Batal I, Dakle PJ, Smith BD, Boenisch O, Najafian N, Akiba H, Yagita H, Guleria I.TIM-3 regulates innate immune cells to induce fetomaternal tolerance.
J Immunol. 2013 Jan 1;190(1):88-96.

Tripathi S, Chabtini L, Dakle PJ, Smith B, Akiba H, Yagita H, Guleria I. Effect of TIM-3 Blockade on the Immunophenotype and Cytokine Profile of Murine Uterine NK Cells.
PLoS One. 2015 Apr 21;10(4)

Riella LV, Dada S, Chabtini L, Smith B, Huang L, Dakle P, Mfarrej B, D'Addio F, Adams LT, Kochupurakkal N, Vergani A, Fiorina P, Mellor AL, Sharpe AH, Yagita H, Guleria I. B7h (ICOS-L) maintains tolerance at the fetomaternal interface.
Am J Pathol. 2013 Jun;182(6):2204-13