Transplant Surgery
Section of Organ Transplantation
| The Organ Transplant Service at Boston Medical Center and the Boston VA Medical Center was established in 1966. Organ transplant patients are managed as a part of general surgery, and surgical residents participate in all aspects of their care including donor-recipient selection, transplant surgery, and immunosuppressive therapy. The Transplant Service also offers a fellowship in transplant surgery for those who have completed a general surgical residency and wish to pursue a career in transplantation. The fellowship is a two year program approved by the American Society of Transplant Surgeons. | ||
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Matthew Nuhn, M.D., Chief |
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A wood panel painting (circa 1500) depicting the limb transplantation miracle by Saints Cosmos and Damian. According to legend Cosmos and Damian were physicians who successfully transplanted the limb of a dead Moor onto a patient whose leg required amputation. |
| The transplant service has made many contributions to the field of clinical kidney transplantation, immunosuppression, and organ procurement and preservation. Active basic research activities include induction of immunologic tolerance and xenotransplantation of pancreatic islets.
The transplant service also serves as a referral center for many community hospitals in New England. |
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