Transplant surgeon

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A transplant surgeon is a surgeon who performs organ transplants. Among the many organs that can be transplanted are: kidneys. livers, hearts, lungs, the pancreas, the intestine (especially the small intestine), and recently, faces, tracheal (windpipe) tissue, and penises.

Medical training[]

Training in the U.S. involves the four years of the undergraduate education, four years of medical school, five years of general surgery residency, followed by a two year fellowship in transplant surgery. ^[1]

Notable Surgeons[]

• Thomas Starzl - first human liver transplants. Often quoted as the “father of modern transplantation”
• Theodor Kocher - first modern transplant
• James D. Hardy - first successful lung transplant
• Bruce Reitz - first successful heart-lung transplant
• Patrick Soon Shiong - first encapsulated human islet transplant

See also[]

• Transplant surgery

References[]