The Transplant Center at Fairview-University Medical CenterKidney Transplant



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Kidney Transplant
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Pediatric Program



Steroid-free Maintenance



Physician Bios
– Medical Director
– Surgical Director



Fellowships
– Surgical
– Nephrology



Clinical Trials


 
The Transplant Center
is a partnership of the
following entities:


A World Leader in Kidney Transplants

Kidney transplants for children and adults.
Experience That Speaks for Itself
Organ transplantation at the University of Minnesota began in 1963 with a kidney transplant between identical twins. Both the donor and recipient lived normal lives well into their senior years. More than 6,000 kidney transplants have been performed here to date.
 
A World Leader in Living Donor Transplants
University of Minnesota Physicians have performed more than 3,000 transplants using living donors - more than any other center in the world. More than half of the 200-plus kidney transplants performed annually at Fairview Health Services' University of Minnesota Medical Center use living donors.
 
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JUST THE FACTS

1963 - First kidney transplant program in Minnesota
One of the two largest and oldest kidney transplant programs in the world
Utilizes more living donors than any other kidney transplant program in the world
One of the three largest pediatric kidney transplant programs in the world
The most experienced kidney transplant program worldwide in the treatment of patients with diabetes mellitus
Approximately 200 kidney transplants performed annually
Oldest kidney transplant recipient was 77 years old
1966 - First kidney/pancreas transplant in the world
1980 - First kidney/liver transplant in Minnesota
1987 - First kidney/heart transplant in Minnesota

 


physician BIOS

Kidney transplant surgeon Arthur Matas, MD.

Background: Arthur J Matas, MD
Director Renal Transplant Program

For the last 25 years Dr Arthur Matas, surgical director of kidney transplant, has been doing research to improve outcomes for kidney transplant recipients.
 
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The Transplant Center 516 Delaware St. SE MMC 482, Room 2-200 Minneapolis, MN 55455
(800) 328-5465 (kidney, liver, intestine, pancreas, islet, lung and heart/lung) (800) 478-5864 (heart)


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