Transplant surgeon

Short description: Surgeon specializing in organ transplantation

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.

## Contents

* 1 Medical training
* 2 Notable Surgeons
* 3 See also
* 4 References

## 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

1. ↑ "General Surgery | Residency Roadmap". https://residency.wustl.edu/choosing-a-specialty/specialty-descriptions/general-surgery/.

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