Andrew Tiss Email & Phone Number

Andrew Tiss is a Medical technologist at Winchester Medical Center at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. He possess expertise in surgical assisting, laboratory, cleantech, flow cytometry, fluorescence microscopy and 28 more skills.

Listed skills include Surgical Assisting, Laboratory, Cleantech, Flow Cytometry, and 29 others.

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  Medical Technologist

  Medstar Georgetown University Hospital

  Jan 2015 - Present - Washington D.C. Metro Area

  Medical Technologist in cutting edge Islet Cell Transplant Program assisting with pancreatic cell transplantation to treat people with chronic pancreatitis which can be extremely painful. "Pancreatitis, which is inflammation of the pancreas that can cause excruciating pain,"​ says Chirag S. DeSai MD, transplant surgeon at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. "Without the pancreas, the body cannot produce insulin and so removing a diseased pancreas was often not an option because the… Show more Medical Technologist in cutting edge Islet Cell Transplant Program assisting with pancreatic cell transplantation to treat people with chronic pancreatitis which can be extremely painful. "Pancreatitis, which is inflammation of the pancreas that can cause excruciating pain,"​ says Chirag S. DeSai MD, transplant surgeon at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. "Without the pancreas, the body cannot produce insulin and so removing a diseased pancreas was often not an option because the patient would become an instant diabetic. However, by performing an autologous islet cell transplant—that is a transplant using a person's own cells- we can eliminate the cause of the pain and still maintain insulin production." Show less