Transplantation in Arizona

Services

Mayo Clinic offers transplant programs in heart, kidney, pancreas and liver.

Heart Transplant

Mayo Clinic in Arizona was approved for heart transplantation by the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) on Sept. 26, 2005, and officially opened its program at that time. The first heart transplant was performed on Oct. 19, 2005, and the second transplant followed on Oct. 29.

For details about the program, see the heart transplant treatment section of the site.

Kidney Transplant

Mayo Clinic offers both live donor and cadaver kidney transplants. Our Arizona program is modeled on the Mayo Clinic kidney transplant program in Rochester, Minn., which ranks among the top two percent of U.S. kidney transplant programs performing more than 100 transplants per year for graft survival at one, two and three years after transplant.

For details about the program, see the kidney transplant treatment section of the site.

Pancreas Transplant

The Mayo Clinic Pancreas Transplant Program provides an ideal environment to care for patients with complex diseases such as diabetes. In late 2002, Mayo Clinic in Arizona was approved by the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) to begin performing pancreas transplants.

For details about the program, see the pancreas transplant treatment section of the site.

Liver Transplant

Mayo Clinic offers both live donor and cadaver liver transplants. More than 300 liver transplants have been performed since the program began full operation in 1999. The state of Arizona's first live donor liver transplant also took place at Mayo Clinic Hospital in April 2001.

Mayo Clinic's Arizona liver transplant program builds on the success of the Mayo Clinic transplant program in Rochester, Minnesota, where more than 1,000 liver transplants have been performed since 1985. The 10-year survival rate for liver transplants performed at Mayo Clinic in Rochester is more than 70 percent, among the highest in the world.

For details about the program, see the liver transplant treatment section of the site.