Transplant Center at University of Minnesota Medical Center

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Welcome to the Transplant Center at University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview and University of Minnesota Amplatz Children’s Hospital. Our goal is to provide unsurpassed care for anyone whose life is touched by a solid organ transplant. We offer the expertise of University of Minnesota Physicians along with the supporting resources you need — all in a single location.

Transplant Center 2009 Year-End Report
and message from Timothy Pruett, M.D.

Chief of Transplantation

Transplant Center News
The latest solid organ transplant news

700th Heart Transplant at University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview
Heart Specialists with University of Minnesota Physicians completed their 700th heart transplant on Feb 2, on a 47-year-old man from North Dakota.
University of Minnesota Medical Center is now blogging about Living Kidney Donation!
Our Transplant Center has the largest Living Donor Program in the country and our living donor team has a wealth of expertise and insight to share around this topic.
    

Patient Stories


Tweeting for a kidney. R U kidding?
The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports on a man who donated a kidney at University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview after responding to a plea on Twitter.
 
    
Minnesota man gives coworker a kidney at University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview
Two coworkers from different countries found they were a "match" leading to a living kidney donation that saved the life of one of them.
 
    
The gift of a heart gave one Burnsville man and his family a new lease on life
Nearly two years after his heart transplant at University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview, Doug and Gina Larson are grateful for the gift of life given to their family by his donor.
 
    

Twitter Connection Leads to Successful
Transplant at University of Minnesota

Medical Center, Fairview
Man in search of a living kidney donor finds a match among his Twitter and Facebook friends.
 
    
Kidney donor now needs a kidney herself
In a rare turn of events, a woman who donated a kidney to her husband 12 years ago now needs a kidney transplant of her own.

 

Services

Transplant Center Services The Transplant Center at University of Minnesota Medical Center and University of Minnesota Amplatz Children's Hospital offers outpatient and inpatient services to both adults and children in need of an organ transplant. Our hospitals are among the most respected teaching institutions in the nation. We balance responsiveness to patients’ needs and wishes with access to innovative treatments and technology to deliver superior health outcomes. For more about each of our transplant programs, click on the following links:

 

Heart Transplant for Adults

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Intestine Transplant for Adults

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Islet Transplant for Adults

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Kidney Transplant

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Liver Transplant for Adults

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Lung Transplant

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