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Solid Organ Transplant Pathology
Solid organ transplant specimens are handled by the Head & Neck, Gastrointestinal & Liver and Renal Pathology subspecialty services, however, an elective rotation focused on solid organ Transplant Pathology can be arranged for senior residents at Loyola University Medical Center.
Loyola is one of only three centers in Illinois that perform transplantation of five major solid organs: heart, lung, kidney, liver and pancreas. The first solid organ transplant was performed in 1971 with kidney transplant, followed by heart transplant in 1984 (Chicago's first) and lung transplant in 1988 (also Chicago's first); liver and pancreas transplant programs were established in 1997 and 2017 respectively.
Currently Loyola's cardiac transplantation program is one of the most active in the country with more than 500 heart transplants performed to date. A very active lung transplant service is also well established -- the third largest in the country -- with more than 300 single-lung, double-lung, and heart-lungs transplants performed. On average >80 renal transplants are performed annually and >60 orthotopic liver transplants.
Regularly scheduled conferences and didactic sessions are available for the Residents and Fellows from the respective programs. Research opportunities are available and encouraged. Please see also under respective sub-specialty program description
Solid organ transplant team
Maria M. Picken MD, PhD, Director
Vijayalakshmi Anantharnarayanan MBBS, MD