{{Short description|Surgeon specializing in organ transplantation}} {{More citations needed|date=November 2018}} A '''transplant surgeon''' is a [[surgeon]] who performs [[organ transplant]]s. Among the many [[Organ (anatomy)|organs]] that can be transplanted are: [[kidney]]s, [[liver]]s, [[heart]]s, [[lung]]s, the [[pancreas]], the intestine (especially the [[small intestine]]), and recently, [[face]]s, tracheal (windpipe) tissue, and [[penis]]es.
==Medical training== Training in the U.S. involves the four years of the undergraduate education, four years of medical school, five years of general surgery residency, followed by a two-year fellowship in transplant surgery.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://residency.wustl.edu/choosing-a-specialty/specialty-descriptions/general-surgery/|title=General Surgery {{!}} Residency Roadmap|website=residency.wustl.edu|access-date=2019-12-23}}</ref>
==Notable surgeons== * [[Thomas Starzl]] – first human liver transplants. Often quoted as the “father of modern transplantation” * [[Theodor Kocher]] – first modern transplant * [[James Hardy (surgeon)|James D. Hardy]] – first successful lung transplant * [[Bruce Reitz]] – first successful heart-lung transplant * [[Patrick Soon-Shiong|Patrick Soon Shiong]] – first encapsulated human islet transplant * [[David Hickey (Gaelic footballer)|David Hickey]] – trained under Starzl,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/dublin/fingal/lifetime-award-for-pioneering-surgeon/27813952.html|title=Lifetime award for pioneering surgeon|work=Fingal Independent|date=29 November 2021}}</ref> this sportsman was described by the ''[[Irish Independent]]'' in 2021 as "one of the world's most eminent transplant surgeons"<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/the-dublin-gaa-legend-who-became-the-unofficial-lord-mayor-of-la-rochelle-40376090.html|title=The Dublin GAA legend who became 'the unofficial Lord Mayor of La Rochelle': Dublin GAA legend David Hickey is still much-loved in France for his two seasons playing rugby with La Rochelle|work=[[Irish Independent]]|date=1 May 2021}}</ref>
==See also== * [[Transplant surgery]]
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