Transplant Blog

With three locations across the United States, Mayo Clinic’s transplant center is the largest integrated center in the nation. Each location has its own uniqueness…

Transplant patients are an at-risk population, especially for COVID-19. Transplants are also identified as non-elective surgeries. Often for transplant patients, receiving care in a timely…

  The Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) has an online resource www.srtr.org which provides data about every organ transplant program in the United States.…

Fall is a season of apples, cider, colorful leaves, but like everything else in 2020, this fall will be different. We will still have our…

On the road to transplantation, there are many factors that are out of your control. Saying “yes” to transplant means taking a giant leap of…

At Mayo Clinic, our transplant living donors are well-supported by a comprehensive team of transplant experts. One important part of the donor’s care team are…

Mayo Clinic in Arizona developed the Hispanic Transplant Program to help educate patients about organ donation and the safety of living kidney donation. This program’s…

Today more than 112,000 people are waiting for an organ transplant and over 83% of those are waiting for a kidney. Increasing the number of…

Organs from deceased donors are screened thoroughly. It is important to determine if the donor has an infection that could be transmitted to recipients through…

Following transplant, you will need to take medications to prevent your body from attacking/ rejecting your new organ(s). These medications are called immunosuppressants. You will…

Living donor liver transplant offers some patients a speedier alternative to waiting for a deceased donor liver. Patients generally have a shorter waiting period and…

The problem with organ transplantation is that there can only be as many transplants as there are organs available. This means sick individuals sometimes wait…

Once you embark on the transplant journey, you will find yourself intricately connected to your transplant team. From pre-transplant visits to yearly follow-ups after transplant,…

On the national waiting list for organ transplant, multicultural patients make up a large percentage of the waiting list. These communities are in great need…

Whether you are a caregiver or a transplant recipient, having the ability to quickly communicate with the transplant care team is important. Some larger medical…

April is National Donate Life Month. This year looks different than past years. Most of us are at home and all in-person celebrations have been…

As COVID-19 spreads across the country, we know that this time is more stressful for transplant recipients than others. After all, your transplant centers have…

This year holds many major milestones for each of our three transplant sites. Mayo Clinic’s transplant history began in 1963 at the Rochester campus with…

When selecting a transplant center, one thing to consider is the housing option for patients on the waiting list, recovering from transplant and their caregivers.…

A caregiver can be many things. For transplant patients, the caregiver can be the difference between a successful transplant and a failed organ. Most transplant…