Medizinische Hochschule Hannover : MHH Transplant Centre

Film MHH Transplant Centre: "Every day for life"

Transplant Summit: November 21 to 22, 2024

Transplantation medicine: International experts from Germany and abroad discussed the latest developments in Hanover.

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The outpatient clinic building in which the heart, liver, kidney and pancreas transplant outpatient clinics are housed. The management of the Transplant Centre is also located in this building. Copyright: Camilla Mosel/Tx Center/MHH

Welcome to the MHH Transplant Centre

The path to transplantation - using the kidney as an example: Video

What happens when a transplant patient receives the eagerly awaited call that an organ has been found?

From 1968 up to and including 2024, the MHH has performed a total of 16,137 organ transplants. Copyright: MHH / Transplant Centre

Data & Figures of the Transplant Centre

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Julia and her father are sitting on the sofa. Her father is holding a book in his hand. Copyright: MHH

Living organ donation - "A piece of dad's liver"

The video tells the story of Julia's transplant.

The first kidney was transplanted at the MHH in 1968, the first liver in 1972, the first heart in 1983 and the first lung in 1988. Copyright: MHH/Transplant Centre

MHH Chronicle of Transplantation Medicine

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Every day for life

Welcome to the Transplant Centre MHH Hannover!

Professor Schmelzle is sitting at a table, wearing a coat and a green tie and smiling friendly into the camera, Copyright: MHH/Karin Kaiser — Professor Schmelzle, Copyright: MHH/Karin Kaiser

Hannover Medical School (MHH) is one of the largest transplant centers in Germany and has decades of excellence and experience in transplant medicine and transplant research. This expertise benefits our patients. Between 300 and 400 organs are transplanted at the MHH every year. In 2024, 23 hearts, 104 lungs, 76 livers, 125 kidneys and four pancreases were transplanted. The recipients come from all age groups - from infants to senior citizens.

All Clinical Departments, Institutes, outpatient clinics and organizational teams of the MHH that are involved in the care of our patients belong to the Center. The combination of research and patient care at the MHH enables us to develop new diagnostic and therapeutic procedures for our patients. Through teaching and training, we ensure that we can continue to offer our patients qualified care in the future.

Our homepage offers you an overview of our services. Please contact us if you have any questions.

Prof. Dr. Moritz Schmelzle
Head of the Transplant Centre MHH Hannover

News from the Center

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Discussing the research results (from left): Ahmed Alaswad, Alejandro Campos-Murguia and Dr. Bastian Engel. Copyright: Karin Kaiser/MHH

Liver transplantation: chronic rejection pattern deciphered

MHH researchers discover molecular signatures that could help with diagnosis.

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100th lung transplanted at the MHH

Leading position in the Eurotransplant network consolidated: The MHH transplant team has just transplanted its 100th lung this year.

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Kidney Transplant Conference

The kidney transplant conference for physicians will take place on November 18 at 5 pm.

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24th Conference on Kidney Transplantation

On Saturday, November 15, 2025, 09:00 to 13:00, the 24th Conference on Kidney Transplantation will take place as a hybrid event.

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2. Patient café at the MHH

2nd patient café for transplant patients, waiting list patients and relatives on September 29 at the MHH.

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Kidney Transplant Conference

The 4th kidney transplant conference for physicians will take place this year on September 16 at 5 pm.

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Liver transplantation - Update Immunosuppression 2025

Medical training event on immunosuppression on September 3 at 5 p.m. online.

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In memory of Professor Michael Manns

On August 15, 2025, Professor Michael Manns died at the age of 73; his death shook the medical world and the MHH.

Awarded by the DGHC (from left): PD Dr. Philip Felgendreff, Teresa Linge with certificate and Lisa Felgendreff. Copyright: MHH/Reinsch

Between diagnosis and transplantation: How well informed are patients?

An interdisciplinary team from medicine, communication science and psychology investigated this at the MHH.

New study shows efficacy of sotatercept even in advanced pulmonary hypertension. Picture: Pixabay

New drug helps with advanced pulmonary hypertension

The new drug sotatercept stops the remodeling of the pulmonary vessels and even helps patients with advanced pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) who have not yet been treated.

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New strategies against kidney transplant loss due to BK viruses

In the stopBKV project, MHH researchers are looking for biomarkers for the diagnosis and prediction of severe kidney inflammation and are developing T-cell therapy for weakened immune systems.

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Dialysis update Hanover 2025

This year's Dialysis Update will take place from June 13 to 14 both on-site at the MHH and online.

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Organ Donation Day 2025

This year's Organ Donation Day will take place in Regensburg on June 7 under the motto "Time to set an example".

Informal exchange on important issues

The first "Patient Café" of the MHH Transplant Centre on 8 May 25 was very well received

Kidney Transplant Conference

The third kidney transplant conference for physicians will take place this year on May 13, 2025 at 5 pm.

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Have your say: The HAZ talk at the MHH is about organ donation

Information, field reports and news from research: experts will discuss solutions to increase the number of donor organs on Thursday, February 27 at 6 pm.

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Frans Claas in blue jacket smiles very friendly into the camera. Copyright: Eurotransplant, background enhanced with AI.

Obituary in memory of Prof. Frans Claas

It was with great sadness that we received the news of the sudden death of our esteemed colleague and friend, Prof. Frans Claas, who passed away on February 2, 2025 while on vacation in South…

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On behalf of the interdisciplinary and interprofessional lung transplant team of physicians and nurses from (pediatric) pneumology, intensive care medicine, anesthesia and HTTG surgery: they all and many others contribute to ensuring that patients like Wencke receive a better quality of life. Copyright: medJunge / MHH

MHH transplants the most lungs in the Eurotransplant network

With 103 lung transplants and one heart-lung transplant, MHH is the leader in the Eurotransplant network in 2024. The lung transplant team relies on minimally invasive procedures and innovative…

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A group photo of the interdisciplinary and interprofessional team of physicians and nurses from pediatric pneumology, pediatric intensive care medicine and HTTG surgery, physiotherapists, nutritionists and a transplant coordinator, who, together with many others, have helped to ensure that five-year-old Rukeia is doing much better after her lung transplant in autumn 2024. Copyright: medJUNGE

MHH Transplant Centre transplanted more than 300 organs in 2024

In 2024, 332 organs were transplanted at the MHH. The number of living donations, heart and lung transplants and transplants in children and adolescents increased, although the total number fell…

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The picture shows Fabio Ius and Julia Carlens recording the podcast in the studio. Copyright: MHH

Podcast: Lung transplantation for the youngest children

In this podcast episode, we take a look behind the scenes of highly specialized lung transplantation for the smallest patients with two MHH experts.

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Ten-year-old Thore (front, seated) is one of the first participants in the SOPHOCLES study. He came to the inclusion examination with his mother (right). The study team led by Professor Melk (center) is looking forward to the trusting collaboration. Copyright: Angelika Zwick / MHH

MHH team investigates blood pressure control in children after kidney transplantation

The SOPHOCLES study is intended to contribute to better long-term cardiovascular health and a better quality of life.

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Plasmapheresis and Immunoadsorption Hybrid Symposium

Training for physicians on Saturday, January 11, 2025, 09:00 - 15:00 at the Clinical Research Center (CRC), Feodor-Lynen-Str. 15, 30625 or online.

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Hannover Organ Transplant Summit

At the Hannover Organ Transplant Summit on 21/22 November 2014, international experts in transplant medicine discussed the latest findings in transplant medicine.

Flyer_Patient_Conference_16112024; Copyright: MHH/Nephrology

23rd Conference for Kidney Transplant Patients

On Saturday, November 16, 2024, from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., the 23rd Conference for Kidney Transplant Patients will take place.

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Excellent medical research meets humanitarian commitment: Prof. Dr. Moritz Schmelzle, Prof. Dr. Arjang Ruhparwar, Prof. Dr. Borys Todurov, Dr. Andreas Philippi, MHH Vice President Prof. Dr. Frank Lammert and Prof. Dr. Christine Falk. Copyright: Karin Kaiser/MHH

Heart transplantation in wartime

International cooperation in cutting-edge medicine: Prof. Borys Todurov reports on how transplant programs in Ukraine are continued under the most difficult conditions. He and his team are…

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In the lab (from left): Professor Ulrich Baumann, PD Dr. Imeke Goldschmidt, Dr. Evgeny Chichelnitskiy and Professor Christine Falk. Copyright: MHH / Bettina Dunker

Individually reducing immunosuppression after liver transplantation in children

Biomarker pattern in the blood indicates how an organ is accepted by the body.

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After signing the contract: (from left) PD Dr. med. Elvis J. Hermann (Organ Donation Consultant and Deputy Director of the Clinical Department of Neurosurgery, MHH), Prof. Dr. Frank Lammert (Board of Directors, MHH), Dr. Svitlana Ziganshyna (Medical Director of the Transplantation Officer, UKL) Dr. Frank Logemann (Transplantation Officer, MHH) and Danny Petzoldt, (Transplantation Officer, UKL). Copyright: Inka Burow / MHH

Pioneer on the subject of organ donation

Hannover Medical School (MHH) and Leipzig University Hospital (UKL) will cooperate in the field of organ donation in future.

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An info camper with the inscription "Organ donation: Let's talk about it" drives along a rain-soaked road; a rainbow appears on the horizon. Copyright: Netzwerk der Transplantationsbeauftragten (TxB) Region NORD e.V.

Camper tour campaigns for organ donation

From May 27 to June 2, 2024, the MHH transplantation officers will be traveling through the north to educate people about organ donation.

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Lung transplant patients on TV

Ruth Bopp will receive a new lung at the MHH in fall 2023. She was accompanied by a television crew from Hessischer Rundfunk. You can watch the 30-minute documentary here.

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Transplant Centre MHH Hannover
Hannover Medical School
Building K25, 1st floor
Stadtfelddamm 65
30625 Hannover, Germany

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