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The University of Maryland Division of Transplantation is one of the nation's largest transplant programs, with an established national reputation for innovation and technical/surgical excellence. As part of the University of Maryland Medical Center, we utilize a multidisciplinary approach to patient care that exploits the enormous talent and broad resources of an outstanding academic medical/research center.

Breakthrough Treatments

• Scarless, Single-Incision Kidney Removal: UMMC is the third hospital to remove kidneys though a single incision. Patient calls this a "real breakthrough for kidney donors."
  
  
• New, Smaller Artificial Lung System: UMMC doctors have adapted a small, portable artificial lung, using a newly approved catheter, so that a severely ill emphysema patient was able to walk, talk, eat and even exercise on a treadmill while awaiting a lung transplant.
  
  
• Combined Heart and Liver Transplant: Transplant surgeons at the UM Medical Center are the first in Maryland to perform a combined heart and liver transplant. A total of 15 people in two transplant teams participated in this rare combination transplant.
  
  
• Simultaneous Bilateral Nephrectomy Transplant: UM Medical Center surgeon Andrew Kramer, M.D., discusses this innovative treatment to treat polycystic kidney disease (PKD). Plus, read a patient success story.

• Laparoscopic Kidney Removal: UMMC first in U.S. to perform 1,000 of this less-invasive alternative for kidney donors, which means less pain and shorter hospital stays. Plus, view living kidney donor overview video.

• Domino Liver Transplant: The UM Medical Center is the first hospital in Maryland to perform a "domino" or sequential liver transplant.
  Plus, read a feature story about the two men.

• High PRA Rescue Protocol: This procedure reduces harmful antibody levels and makes transplantation possible for sensitized kidney patients.

In the News...

• Tackling Liver Disease Through A Team Approach
  (article in M.D. News magazine)
  
  
• Milestones in Transplantation Surgery
  (article in M.D. News magazine)

• A Free Transplant Information Kit
  To order, call 1-800-347-2769
  
  
• Transplant Patient Education Series

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