Transplant Center

Innovations/Breakthrough Treatments

Living Donor Liver Transplant Program
Transplant surgeons at UMMC are one of the few transplant centers in the country performing living donor liver transplants on adults. Surgeons transplant a large portion of a liver from a healthy donor into the recipient. The donor liver regenerates a few weeks after surgery. Living donor liver transplants provide a solution for patients on the liver transplant wait list who might not otherwise receive a transplant due to the limited number of cadaver livers.
Total Artificial Heart to Heart Transplant
The University of Maryland Medical Center was the first hospital in Maryland to keep a patient alive with a total artificial heart until he received a heart transplant at UMMC. This total artificial heart served as a bridge to transplant and bought time for Mr. Grant Feusner while he awaited a suitable organ donor. See patient video
Novel Lung Trial of Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion
UMMC is first hospital in U.S. to enroll a patient in clinical trial that could expand availability of donor lungs. Read news coverage.
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." Plus, see patient video
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.
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.

This page was last updated on: October 4, 2012.

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