Transplant Care Initiative Transplantation medicine is a focus of care at Hannover Medical School (MHH). Between 300 and 400 patients receive a donor organ every year. They are cared for before, during [...] during and after transplantation by highly qualified nursing staff in the Clinical Departments involved in transplantation. The nursing care of chronically ill patients suffering from various underlying diseases [...] In summer 2021, the transplant care initiative was launched, which is based on the MHH's oncology care concept, among other things. The aim is to ensure optimal care for transplant patients in all Clinical
welcome you to our Kidney Transplant Conference in September 2025. Following the presentation and discussion of our transplant figures, we would like to devote this kidney transplant conference to the topic [...] anemia after kidney transplantation. Like blood lipids and bone metabolism, anemia is a constant companion in the context of chronic kidney damage, but also after kidney transplantation. As is so often the [...] Kidney Transplant Conference Tuesday, September 16, 2025 from 5 p.m., online Organization: Clinical Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Hannover Medical School Dear colleagues, We would like to
Research The MHH Transplant Centre can look back on more than 15,000 organ transplants since 1968 and on numerous innovative developments that are now standard in transplant medicine. The MHH focus on [...] Integrated Research and Treatment Center for Transplantation (IFB-Tx) created interdisciplinary center structures and strengthened interdisciplinary research. The Transplant Centre comprises 18 Clinical Departments [...] on "Transplantation Research and Regenerative Medicine" has received unprecedented research funding over decades, in cooperation with regional, national and international research partners. Transplantation
occasion of the anniversary "50 years of transplantation in children and adolescents at the MHH" the campaign "Give courage! Tell your story!" begins. The Transplant Centre at Hannover Medical School is helping [...] maintaining and improving the provision of organ transplants." Ederhof rehabilitation center for children, adolescents and families before and after transplantation Cooperation partner The logo of the Ederhof; [...] Foundation supports children and young people before and after an organ transplant and their families. More than 25 years ago, transplant physician Rudolf Pichlmayr and his wife Ina Pichlmayr created a reh
subject of kidney transplantation. Once again, we have put together a series of important topics for you, ranging from registration for a transplant to aftercare following a transplant. We have decided [...] Visceral and Transplant Surgery - Hannover Medical School Dear patients Dear relatives, We cordially invite you to this year's conference for patients, which is all about kidney transplantation. We are pleased [...] Hypertension Prof. Dr. Moritz Schmelzle Clinical Department of General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery Transplant Centre Hannover Medical School
Institute of Transplant Immunology The Institute of Transplant Immunology is primarily dedicated to the patient-oriented investigation of the innate and adaptive immune response after transplantation of solid [...] effector cells for a rejection reaction after transplantation. On the other hand, they are transplanted to the organ, especially after lung or liver transplantation as "passenger cells", migrate into the r [...] Institute of Transplant Immunology Director: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Christine S. Falk Telephone: 511 532-9745 E-Mail: Falk.Christine @ mh-hannover.de Assistance: Sonja Klein Telephone: 511 532-6904 E-Mail:
only way out was a heart transplant. In the federal states of the former German Democratic Republic (GDR), only the physicians at the Charité hospital in Berlin performed transplants. They gave Heinz no hope [...] In 1997, an irreparable transplant vasculopathy, a characteristic of chronic rejection, was detected during a cardiac catheterization check-up. In July, he had to be transplanted a second time. The procedure [...] "My heart almost hurts with gratitude" Heinz has had a heart transplant for 30 years. The jubilarian Heinz T. / Copyright: private In June 1991, one year after German reunification, Heinz was once again
Advent Lecture of the Transplant Centre 50 years of transplantation in children and adolescents: High-performance medicine in times of Covid-19 The first Advent Lecture of the Transplant Centre of Hannover [...] Patient Advisory Board Transplant Centre will be on the panel. The Transplant Centre celebrated a milestone anniversary with this event: on December 4, 1970, the first organ transplantation in children and [...] pandemic in Lower Saxony. He discusses the impact on high-performance medicine using the example of transplantation with panel members from the MHH. Prof. Tobias Welte, Acting Head of Patient Care at MHH, Vera
Interdisciplinary transplant outpatient clinic Comprehensive care before and after transplantation In the interdisciplinary transplant outpatient clinic, patients are examined and treated before and after [...] after organ transplantation by a team of specialists and assistant physicians from the fields of general, visceral and transplant surgery, gastroenterology, infectiology and nephrology. This is done in
cell transplantation is the only possible cure. In the KMT outpatient clinic, patients and their families are informed about this form of treatment and, if necessary, prepared for the transplant. Children [...] after a transplant regularly come to the KMT outpatient clinic to receive competent care from the physicians they already know. Range of services A large proportion of the children we transplant are referred [...] hospital. These children and their families are presented to us in our transplant outpatient clinic and prepared for the transplant. The search for a suitable donor is initiated from here. Another important