Transplant Center
Clinic Overview
The Transplant Center provides unsurpassed care for anyone whose life is touched by disease of the kidney, liver or lung. We offer the full spectrum of care, from diagnosis to transplant and follow-up.
Whether you are a patient awaiting transplantation, a living donor, or a transplant recipient, the expertise of University of Minnesota Physicians and supporting resources is available in a single location, dramatically enhancing patient care.
Pediatric care
Pediatric transplant services previously offered at the Transplant Center are now available at the Discovery Clinic, located next to the new University of Minnesota Amplatz Children’s Hospital.
Conditions we treat
Our physicians provide care for many medical conditions including (but not limited to) the following:
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- Cystic fibrosis (CF)
- End-stage renal disease (ESRD)
- Kidney disease
- Kidney failure
- Liver failure
- Lung and breathing problems
Treatments
- Gastroenterology
- Heart transplant
- Hepatology
- Kidney transplant
- Liver transplant
- Pancreas and islet transplant
- Pulmonology
A partnership of Fairview and University of Minnesota Physicians
Location, contact & hours
Address
University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview
Phillips-Wangensteen Building
516 Delaware St. SE
Second Floor, Clinic 2A
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Google MapContact
Appointments:
612-672-7422
Questions:
612-626-6100
Our Team
- Arndt, Patrick G, M.D.
- Pulmonologist and Critical Care Physician
- Billings, Joanne L, M.D.
- Pulmonologist and Critical Care Physician
- Bitterman, Peter B, M.D.
- Pulmonologist and Critical Care Physician; Research Director, Lillehei Heart Institute; Associate Director, M.D./Ph.D. Program
- Braunlin, Elizabeth A, M.D., Ph.D.
- Pediatric Cardiologist
- Chavers, Blanche M, M.D.
- Pediatric Nephrologist
- Chinnakotla, Srinath, M.D.
- Pediatric Transplant Surgeon
- D'Cunha, Jonathan, M.D., Ph.D.
- Thoracic Surgeon
- Diebold, Deanna, M.D.
- Pulmonologist and Critical Care Physician
- Dieterle, Natalie A. , PA-C
- Physician assistant
- Dincer, Huseyin E., MD
- Dunitz, Jordan M, M.D.
- Pulmonologist and Critical Care Physician; Director, Adult Cystic Fibrosis Program
- Dunn, Ty B, M.D., M.S.
- Transplant Surgeon
- Erickson, Nissa I, M.D.
- Pediatric Gastroenterologist
- Finger, Erik B, M.D., Ph.D.
- Transplant Surgeon
- Hassan, Mohamed A, M.D.
- Hepatologist / Gastroenterologist
- Henke, Craig A, M.D.
- Pulmonologist and Critical Care Physician
- Hertz, Marshall I, M.D.
- Pulmonologist and Critical Care Physician; Director, Center for Advanced Lung Disease; Medical Director, Lung Transplant Program
- Hogan, Shari, MHS
- Physician Assistant
- Ibrahim, Hassan N, M.D., M.S.
- Nephrologist
- Ingbar, David H, M.D.
- Pulmonologist and Critical Care Physician; Chair, Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine Division; Medical Co-Director of Medical ICU and Respiratory Care
- Issa, Naim, M.D.
- Nephrologist and Transplant Physician
- Kandaswamy, Raja , MD
- Transplant Surgeon
- Kasiske, Bertram, M.D.
- Kelly, Rosemary F, MD
- Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeon
- Kempainen, Robert R, M.D.
- Pulmonologist and Critical Care Physician
- Kim, Hyun J, M.D.
- Pulmonologist and Critical Care Physician; Medical Director, Pulmonary Function Test Laboratory
- Kukla, Aleksandra, M.D.
- Nephrologist
- Lake, John, M.D.
- Hepatologist / Gastroenterologist; Chief of Hepatology; Director, Liver Transplant Program
- Liao, Kenneth K, M.D., Ph.D.
- Cardiovascular and Heart Transplant Surgeon
- Manske, Connie, M.D.
- Nephrologist; Director of Adult Dialysis
- Matas, Arthur J, M.D.
- Transplant Surgeon
- Najarian, John S, M.D.
- Transplant and General Surgeon
- Paller, Mark S, M.D., M.S.
- Nephrologist
- Patil, Jagadish M.R., M.D.
- Pulmonologist and Critical Care Physician
- Payne, William D, M.D.
- Vascular and Transplant Surgeon
- Perlman, David M, M.D.
- Pulmonologist and Critical Care Physician
- Pruett, Timothy L, MD
- Transplant Surgeon
- Rasmussen, LyNette, RN, MSN, FNP
- Nurse Practitioner
- Shumway, Sara J, MD
- Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeon
- Spong, Richard S, MD
- Nephrologist and Transplant Physician
- Stewart, Charmaine A, MD, F.A.C.P.
- Hepatologist / Gastroenterologist
- Thompson, Julie, M.D., M.P.H.
- Hepatologist / Gastroenterologist
- Valapour, Maryam, MD
- Pulmonologist
- Weber, Marc L, M.D.
- Nephrologist
- Weinert, Craig R, M.D., M.P.H.
- Pulmonologist and Critical Care Physician; Co-Medical Director, Medical ICU
- Wendt, Christine H, M.D.
- Pulmonologist and Critical Care Physician; Director, Endoscopy and Pulmonary Rehabilitation
- Woerner, Katti L. , D.O.
- Nephrologist
- Zunkel, Gretchen M., C-NP, Ph.D
- Nurse Practitioner
LOCATION MAP:
Transplant Center
University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview
Phillips-Wangensteen Building
516 Delaware St. SE
Second Floor, Clinic 2A
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Transplant Center
Forms
If you have been referred to our transplant program for evaluation or are interested in learning more, please call as at 612-625-5115.
Once you have talked to a intake specialist, you will need to download and complete the forms below:
And mail or fax them to:
University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview
Solid Organ Transplant
516 Delaware Street SE
MMC 482
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Fax: 612-626-6968
You will also need to complete the release of information form below. Timely receipt of your outside medical records enables us to customize the evaluation to meet your needs. Please fax this form to: 877-568-4228.
Thank you for your interest in the University of Minnesota Solid Organ Transplant program. If you have any questions, please contact us at: 612-625-5115 or toll free at: 800-328-5465.