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

one of the largest transplant centers in Germany for all solid organs, and is even a world leader in lung transplants. Every year, the physicians at the MHH Transplant Centre transplant 300 to 400 organs [...] involved in transplant medicine. Interdisciplinary teams work together to provide patients with the best possible therapy in the event of organ failure. Before, during and after a transplant, experienced [...] of Germany's pioneers in transplant medicine since 1968. The combination of research and patient care makes it possible to continuously improve the results of transplantation and thus the quality of life

expertise in transplant immunology and immunomonitoring of native and genetically engineered grafts in small and large pre-clinical animal models. Research Fields Transplant Engineering Transplant Immunology [...] Institute of Transfusion Medicine and Transplant Engineering (MHH). After obtaining her doctoral degree in 2006, she continued to develop the research area of Transplant Engineering at the same institute. [...] Biology of xenogeneic cell and organ transplantation - from bench to bedside RESEARCH Her research aims to genetic engineer allogeneic cell-, tissue- and organ-transplants to prevent immune rejection and support

The first "Patient Café" of the MHH Transplant Centre on 8 May 25 was very well received Copyright: MHH Transplant Centre The first "Patients' Café" at the MHH Transplant Centre was a complete success: 30 [...] the Patient Advisory Board of the MHH Transplant Centre, which has been committed to the interests of patients at the MHH who are waiting for an organ transplant or have already received a donor organ [...] presentation by a transplant expert from MHH, who then answers questions from the audience. Nursing specialist Jana Heise kicked off the event with the topic "Hygiene measures for transplant patients". What

explains Dr. Nicolas Richter, also a transplant surgeon. "This innovative technology for optimizing transplants is already regarded as the next major milestone in transplant medicine." In extracorporeal machine [...] First use of machine perfusion in liver transplantation at the MHH Doctors and technicians in the operating theater; Copyright: MHH/VCH For the first time, the transplant team at the Clinical Department of [...] Visceral and Transplant Surgery at Hannover Medical School (MHH) has pre-treated a donor liver with an extracorporeal perfusion device and optimized it for the subsequent transplantation. The advantage:

School / 800 kidney transplants in children and adolescents at the MHH since then MHH Archive/HAZ 17.04.00 1970 - a year of new beginnings for transplant medicine in Germany. The transplant pioneers at the [...] her life. Transplantation was uncharted medical territory In 1970, kidney transplants were still uncharted medical territory. It had only been 20 years since the first successful kidney transplant between [...] clinical work on organ transplantation. The first kidney transplant in an adult at the MHH took place in 1968. It was not a success; the kidney was rejected soon after the transplant. "The big problem in

operates one of the largest Transplant Centres in Germany and is working on innovative methods to further improve the results of transplantation and life with a transplant. "In Germany, 30,000 people need [...] liver transplants and collaboration on the creation of the transplant register. The German Medical Association (BÄK) and its committees, in particular the Standing Committee for Organ Transplantation (StäKO) [...] the contradiction solution 28th Annual Meeting of the German Transplantation Society (DTG) in Hanover: How can advances in transplantation medicine benefit more patients? Entrance to the Hanover Congress

Conference on Kidney Transplantation for People with Kidney Disease and their Families. The event is aimed at kidney transplant patients and people who are due to have a kidney transplant in the foreseeable [...] the kidney transplant program at Hannover Medical School and to answer any questions they may have. We have put together a series of important topics ranging from registration for a transplant to aftercare [...] aftercare following a transplant. The topic of living donation will also be covered. The speakers are physicians from the Departments of Transplant Surgery, Nephrology, Pediatrics and Psychosomatics at Hannover