Dr. Jakub Tolar is Dean of the Medical School and Vice President for Clinical Affairs at the University of Minnesota. A pediatric blood and marrow transplant physician whose life work centers on helping children with devastating genetic disorders, Dr. Tolar is a
clinician-researcher whose efforts span both the clinic and the laboratory. He was the first to use bone marrow transplant to treat severe forms of the devastating skin disorder epidermolysis bullosa, and his laboratory continues to explore the mechanisms of the disease and potential cellular and genetic therapies. Tolar is a
Distinguished McKnight Professor in Pediatrics and co-chairs Regenerative Medicine Minnesota, a state-supported program funding research, biotechnology, and education to support development of regenerative medicine infrastructure in the state.