The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Transplantation Program is multiorgan and multidisciplinary and, in addition to the transplant surgeons, includes members of the Department of Internal Medicine who are specialists in nephrology, hepatology, immunology, infectious diseases, cardiology, pulmonology and a variety of clinical subspecialties. The team also includes transplant pathologists, psychiatrists, anesthesiologists, radiologists, social workers, transplant coordinators, nutritionists, clinical pharmacists, and inpatient unit nurses, all of whom meet in a conference setting twice a week to discuss transplant research, transplant candidates, and other topics related to transplantation. Transplant faculty are the recipients of external funding grants to contribute to the basic science of this specialty. Nearly two dozen multicenter, federally funded clinical protocols are going on at the University of Iowa. Faculty members of this service have a special interest in liver transplantation, treatment of the patients with liver tumors, portal hypertension, pancreatic transplantation, renal transplantation, post-transplant infections, and living donation for renal and liver transplant patients.
Fellowships are available.
One fellow is taken each year. A second year in research is offered as part of the two-year fellowship.