Suzanne Ildstad

{{Short description|American physician and medical researcher}}

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| name = Suzanne Tollerud Ildstad

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| birth_name = Suzanne Ildstad

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|May 20, 1952}}

| birth_place = Hennepin County, Minnesota, US

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| alma_mater = Mayo Clinic Medical School

| occupation = Physician, medical researcher

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| known_for = Founding CEO of Talaris Therapeutics

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Suzanne Tollerud Ildstad (born May 20, 1952, in Hennepin County, Minnesota) is an American physician and medical researcher.{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uPRB-OED1bcC&pg=PA365 |page=365 |first=Elizabeth H. |last=Oakes |isbn=9781438118826 |title=Ildstad, Suzanne T. |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of World Scientists |year=2007 |publisher=Facts on File}} She is the Chief Scientific Officer and founding CEO of Talaris Therapeutics (her discovery of tolerogenic graft facilitating cells led to the formation of the company).{{cite web |title=Suzanne Ildstad, MD |url=https://talaristx.com/team/suzanne-ildstad-md/ |website=Talaris Therapeutics |accessdate=13 August 2020 |last1=Fassino |first1=Diane }} She also serves the board of directors. She is also the Jewish Hospital Distinguished Professor of Transplantation Research, Director of the Institute for Cellular Therapeutics,{{cite journal |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/nm0112-12 |title=An act of tolerance |first=Elie |last=Dolgin |journal=Nature Medicine |date=6 January 2012 |pages=12–16 |volume=18 |issue=1 |doi=10.1038/nm0112-12 |pmid=22227656 |s2cid=205375378 |access-date=28 April 2021|url-access=subscription }} Professor in the Department of Surgery with associate appointments in the Departments of Physiology & Biophysics and Microbiology & Immunology at the University of Louisville School of Medicine.{{cite web |title=Bucks for Brains |url=https://louisville.edu/bucksforbrains/faculty/ildstad |website=University of Louisville |accessdate=13 August 2020}}