Overview

Specialty	Surgery
Subspecialty	Kidney & Pancreas Transplant
Education PhD, Emory University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences MD, Boston University School of Medicine BA, Biochemistry, Cornell University
Training Fellow, Renal and Pancreas Transplantation, University of Maryland School of Medicine Chief Resident, Senior Resident, Resident, General Surgery, Emory University
Certifications	Surgery
Languages	English

Bio

Dr. Bingaman graduated from Cornell University with a Bachelor of Arts in Biochemistry, received his medical degree from Boston University School of Medicine and then went on to complete his general surgery residency training at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.

During his residency he earned a Doctorate of Philosophy in immunology from Emory University Graduate School of Biological Sciences, where his research focused on how the immune system rejects transplanted tissues. He then went on to complete his fellowship training in kidney and pancreas transplantation surgery at the University of Maryland.

Prior to joining Texas Transplant Institute, Dr. Bingaman was Assistant Professor of Surgery at Medical College of Georgia, and University of Texas Health Sciences Center, San Antonio. He is board certified by the American Board of Surgery, is a member of the American College of Surgeons, and has published extensively in the field of transplantation immunology.

Publications

Some of Dr. Bingaman's publications include:

1. Trambley J*, Bingaman AW*, Lin A, Elwood ET, Waitze S, Ha J, Durham MM, Pearson TC, Larsen CP  *contributed equally.  Asialo GM1+ CD8+ T cells play a critical role in costimulation blockade resistant allograft rejection. Journal of Clinical Investigation, 104(12):1715-22, December, 1999.
2. Bingaman AW, Ha J, Waitze S, Durham MM, Cho HR, Tucker-Burden C, Hendrix R. Cowan SR, Pearson TC, Larsen CP.  Vigorous allograft rejection in the absence of danger. Journal of Immunology, 164(6):3065-71, March 15, 2000.
3. Bingaman AW, Waitze Seung-Yeun, Alexander DZ, Cho HR, Lin A, Tucker-Burden C, Cowan SR, Pearson TC, Larsen CP.  Transplantation of the bone marrow microenvironment leads to hematopoietic chimerism without cytoreductive conditioning. Transplantation, Rapid Communication, 69 (12):2491-6, June 27, 2000.

Download the full list of Dr. Bingaman's publications here.

Contact

Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Clinic
8201 Ewing Halsell Drive, 2nd Floor
(*A Campus of Methodist Specialty and Transplant Hospital)
San Antonio, TX 78229
Phone: (210) 575-8425
Fax: (210) 575-8420

Administrative Office
8201 Ewing Halsell Drive, Mezzanine Floor
San Antonio, TX 78229
Phone: (210) 575-8514/8518
Fax: (210) 575-8647