[1] Hardy attended medical school at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City and trained in surgery at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester.
This cooperation between disciplines led to major contributions in immunogenetics, immunosuppression, and treatment of autoimmune diseases and lymphoma (CUMC Programs 2007).
Hardy was Principal Investigator of a multicenter clinical trial exploring a combination of two immunosuppressant drugs, sirolimus and tacrolimus (CUMC 2007 Kidney).
He has received honoraria for lectures in the past from Upjohn, Sangstat, Hoffmann-La Roche, Novartis, Astellas, and Gore.
[2] Hardy was an editor of Transplantation and has published more than 300 articles on subjects varying from surgical techniques to basic immunology.