Mayo Clinic Transplant Center in Minnesota

Liver Transplant Specialists

The Liver Transplant Program is a multidisciplinary program within the Transplant Center at Mayo Clinic in Rochester. There are two types of doctors who work in the Transplant Center. One group is internists, called transplant hepatologists, who specialize in the diseases of the liver and liver transplantation. The other group is surgeons, called transplant surgeons, who specialize in the transplantation of the liver.

Surgeons
Julie K. Heimbach, M.D.
Michael B. Ishitani, M.D.
Scott Nyberg, M.D., Ph.D.
Charles B. Rosen, M.D.

Liver Specialists
Michael R. Charlton, M.D.
Gregory J. Gores, M.D.
J. Eileen Hay, M.D.
Patrick S. Kamath, M.D.
W. Ray Kim, M.D.
Nicholas F. LaRusso, M.D.
John J. Poterucha, M.D.
Vijay H. Shah, M.D.
Jayant A. Talwalkar, M.D.
Russell H. Wiesner, M.D.

Lung Specialist
Michael J. Krowka, M.D.

Pediatricians
Mounif El-Youssef, M.D.
Deborah Freese, M.D.

Transplant Psychiatry
Sheila G. Jowsey, M.D.

Transplant Addiction Psychiatry
Terry D. Schneekloth, M.D.

Many specialists outside the Transplant Center are also active in caring for and evaluation our patients, including cardiologists, pulmonologists, psychiatrists and psychologists.