Pancreas Transplant

Expertise for pancreas transplants

Pancreas transplant consultation at Mayo Clinic

Why choose Mayo Clinic for a pancreas transplant

Teamwork. At Mayo Clinic, an integrated team of doctors trained in endocrinology (endocrinologists), abdominal transplant surgery, infectious disease management and other specialties is focused on your needs and the needs of your family before, during and after your pancreas transplant.

Surgeons, doctors, transplant nurses, pharmacists, social workers and others work together to manage every aspect of your pancreas transplant, from planning through post-surgical care.

Coordinated care. Having all of this subspecialized expertise in a single place, focused on you, means that you're not getting just one opinion — your care is discussed among the team, your test results are available quickly, appointments are scheduled in coordination, and your transplant care team works together to determine what's best for you.

Surgical expertise. Mayo Clinic surgeons have performed hundreds of successful pancreas transplants using state-of-the-art technology since 1987. Across three campuses in Minnesota, Florida and Arizona, Mayo Clinic's expert transplant teams perform approximately 45 pancreas transplants a year.

Mayo Clinic is one of only a few transplant centers that offer pancreas transplants to select candidates with type 2 diabetes and treated HIV.

Research. Researchers in the Mayo Clinic Transplant Center are actively engaged in developing new technologies, treatments and techniques to make transplants safer and available to more people.

For example, researchers at Mayo Clinic are developing an artificial pancreas that could significantly improve the quality of life for people with type 1 diabetes and potentially provide an alternative to pancreas transplant.

Mayo Clinic researchers are also investigating ways to lower the rejection risk among transplant recipients and seeking new ways to treat people who need transplants of all types.

Learn more about pancreas transplant at Mayo Clinic.