the research on transplant engineering. Professor Blasczyk has a long term research interest in solid organ transplantation and transplantation immunology with a main focus on transplant tolerance and [...] outcome of transplantation. Professor Blasczyk has initiated the Research Network on Invisible Organs, a pioneering project on transplant engineering to combat organ rejection. Research Fields Transplant Engineering [...] Institute of Transfusion Medicine and Transplant Engineering at Hannover Medical School (MHH), Hanover, Germany since 1998 as well as board member of the Transplantation Center at Hannover Medical School since

relatives Title of the book "Encouraging stories from transplant recipients". Copyright: MHH Transplant Centre Encouraging stories from transplant recipients "I am very pleased that 30 touching stories [...] message at the patient day "Facing everyday life after transplantation" on September 3, 2022 as part of the two-day symposium "Organ transplantation in childhood and adolescence". Elke Büdenbender is the [...] on for physicians too To mark the 50th anniversary of transplantation in children and adolescents at Hannover Medical School (MHH), the Transplant Centre initiated the "Give courage: Tell your story!"

data on transplantation and cell therapy from all children receiving stem cell transplants in Germany and to pass this data on to the EBMT (European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation) . This [...] aftercare of transplanted children. Furthermore, it can also be determined how many transplants are carried out in children. Through the central documentation and evaluation of the transplantation, we expect [...] Pediatric registry for stem cell transplants and cell therapies The PRSZT is the Cooperative Pediatric Registry for Stem Cell Transplants and Cell Therapies in Germany. The aim of the registry is to collect

Transplantation and artificial heart outpatient clinic PD Dr. Heidi Görler, MBA The focus of the transplantation and artificial heart outpatient clinic is on the treatment of patients with advanced heart [...] disease as well as patients after heart transplantation or after implantation of a mechanical heart support system. Patients after lung or heart-lung transplants are also cared for in the outpatient clinic [...] Special expertise exists in the care of patients with combined organ transplants, such as heart-kidney or heart-liver transplants, in close cooperation with the relevant specialist departments. An essential

Chronicle of lung transplantation at the MHH October 1987 First lung transplant January 10, 1990 First double lung transplant in Central Europe 1990 First lung transplantation in a child in Germany 1999 [...] 1999 First partial transplantation of a lung February 6, 2007 World's first patient to receive a new lung for the fourth time July 25, 2007 World's first lung transplant despite incompatibility of recipient [...] recipient and donor blood groups April 2012 Europe's first living lung transplant May 2021 First lung transplant after Covid-19 infection

to lung transplantation in childhood and adolescence are cystic fibrosis, pulmonary hypertension and various forms of childhood interstitial lung disease (ChILD). After successful transplantation the patients [...] possible transplantation takes place on an inpatient basis in our pediatric lung ward 63. At the Hannover Medical School, an average of eight to ten children from zero to 17 years of age are transplanted each [...] all children and adolescents receiving lung transplants in Germany. Patients aged 18 and over are cared for by colleagues in cardiac, thoracic, transplantation and vascular surgery as well as pneumology

informed about the offer of a donor organ and that they arrive at the Transplant Centre in good time for transplantation. Transplant coordinators work in the ET-VB, supported by a qualified student service [...] around the clock. Together with the German Organ Transplantation Foundation (DSO), it also organizes the transport of donor organs to the MHH Transplant Centre. The ET-VB also ensures that patients are [...] Together with the Clinical Departments involved in the transplantation, the ET-VB team ensures that patients are listed for organ transplantation at Eurotransplant. For this purpose, the data of patients

Memberships German Society for Surgery (DGCH) German Transplantation Society (DTG) European Society of Organ Transplantation (ESOT) The Transplantation Society (TTS) [...] General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery, Director: Prof. Dr. med. M. Schmelzle Managing Senior Physician, University Hospital Tübingen 03/2020 - 03/2024 General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery, Director: [...] Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 07/2013 - 07/2016 Division of Transplant Surgery and Transplant Surgery Research Laboratory, PI: Prof. Dr. med. S.G. Tullius Specialist training as

MHH is known worldwide for its expertise in the field of transplant medicine. One of the largest centers for pediatric blood stem cell transplants has also been established here. The spectrum of our therapies [...] therapies ranges from autologous to allogeneic blood stem cell transplantation. A particular focus is on the transplantation of children with particularly malignant leukemias, immunodeficiencies, metabolic [...] Specialized in bone marrow transplants Our KMT specialists coordinate several international studies with the aim of developing new, rationally justifiable standardized transplantation procedures together with

and the standstill in transplant medicine In the "Advent Lecture 2021", new strategies against organ shortage and organ loss will be presented and discussed. This year, the Transplant Centre once again invited [...] question: What strategies does transplant medicine have to overcome the precarious situation of a persistent organ shortage and the relatively high loss of transplanted organs due to rejection? Are we [...] standard practice at the MHH for heart and lung transplants, but is not funded by the health insurance companies. Professor Axel Haverich, Head of the Transplant Centre at the MHH, pointed out the advantages