The Vanderbilt Division of Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation is one of the oldest and most experienced kidney transplant programs in the United States, having performed over 8,000 transplants since its inception in 1962. We are currently among the largest kidney transplant programs in the US. Surgeons perform deceased donor and living donor kidney transplants, simultaneous kidney/pancreas transplants, and pancreas transplants alone. The Division was also the first transplant program in Tennessee to introduce the minimally invasive technique of laparoscopic donor nephrectomy for living donor kidney transplants and among the early adopters of robotics. Our program offers a wide range of options to allow for increased opportunities for transplantation.
Rachel Forbes, MD, MBA, FACS
Chief, Division of Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation
Professor of Surgery,
Department of Surgery
Associate Surgeon-in-Chief
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