Transplant Surgery
It is infinitely better to transplant a heart than to bury it to be devoured by worms - Christiaan Barnard
HWN Suggests
Transplant Surgery Pipeline...
Transplant surgery is one of the least competitive and sought after surgical fellowships... At this juncture, we as a transplant surgery society have a great opportunity to invest in the future of our field, not only in the excitement of xenotransplantation, artificial organs, and novel immunosuppression, but equally as importantly in the people who will follow in our footsteps to care for the transplantation patients of the future.
Articles of Interest
As the need for organ transplants grows, the number of transplant physicians dwindles
During the 25 years I’ve been a transplant doctor, I’ve cared for hundreds of patients who received lung transplants. I’m now worried about the growing number of people who will need this lifesaving procedure in the future but who won’t have enough transplant physicians to do it.
Challenges in Transplant Surgery
With advancements in pharmaco-immunologic medicines, organ preservation, and surgical techniques, organ transplantation has advanced to a critical stage in the global care of severe organ failure.
Ethical Issues in Xenotransplantation: The First Pig-to-Human Heart Transplant
The implications of this procedure for the future of human transplantation are enormous. If the promise of an abundance of porcine organs to replace failing human organs becomes a reality in future years, most of the ethical dilemmas that have plagued organ transplantation since its inception more than 60 years ago will have been resolved, because most such issues have been related to the scarcity of medically suitable organs and consequent problems related to the selection of potential recipients and allocation of scarce organs.
Issues in Transplant Surgery...
This issue of Surgical Clinics of North America focuses on Issues in Transplant Surgery, and is edited by Dr. Juan Palma-Vargas. Articles will include: Kidney transplantation: Patient selection, perioperative surgical issues and expected outcomes; Kidney paired donation...
Resident Experience on Transplant Surgery
To retain transplant’s status as an essential component of resident training requires a significant paradigm shift in our traditional view of the role of residents.
