# Transplant surgeon

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Surgeon specializing in organ transplantation

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A **transplant surgeon** is a [surgeon](/source/Surgeon) who performs [organ transplants](/source/Organ_transplant). Among the many [organs](/source/Organ_(anatomy)) that can be transplanted are: [kidneys](/source/Kidney), [livers](/source/Liver), [hearts](/source/Heart), [lungs](/source/Lung), the [pancreas](/source/Pancreas), the intestine (especially the [small intestine](/source/Small_intestine)), and recently, [faces](/source/Face), tracheal (windpipe) tissue, and [penises](/source/Penis).

## 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.[1]

## Notable surgeons

- [Thomas Starzl](/source/Thomas_Starzl) – first human liver transplants. Often quoted as the “father of modern transplantation”

- [Theodor Kocher](/source/Theodor_Kocher) – first modern transplant

- [James D. Hardy](/source/James_Hardy_(surgeon)) – first successful lung transplant

- [Bruce Reitz](/source/Bruce_Reitz) – first successful heart-lung transplant

- [Patrick Soon Shiong](/source/Patrick_Soon-Shiong) – first encapsulated human islet transplant

- [David Hickey](/source/David_Hickey_(Gaelic_footballer)) – trained under Starzl,[2] this sportsman was described by the *[Irish Independent](/source/Irish_Independent)* in 2021 as "one of the world's most eminent transplant surgeons"[3]

## See also

- [Transplant surgery](/source/Transplant_surgery)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["General Surgery | Residency Roadmap"](https://residency.wustl.edu/choosing-a-specialty/specialty-descriptions/general-surgery/). *residency.wustl.edu*. Retrieved 2019-12-23.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Lifetime award for pioneering surgeon"](https://www.independent.ie/regionals/dublin/fingal/lifetime-award-for-pioneering-surgeon/27813952.html). *Fingal Independent*. 29 November 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["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"](https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/the-dublin-gaa-legend-who-became-the-unofficial-lord-mayor-of-la-rochelle-40376090.html). *[Irish Independent](/source/Irish_Independent)*. 1 May 2021.

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