Pescovitz To Lead Organ Transplant Program
INDIANAPOLIS - Mark D. Pescovitz, M.D., has been selected to direct
The Clarian Transplant Center, Division of Organ Transplant Surgery at
Indiana University Hospital and the James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for
Children.
Dr. Pescovitz has been a member of the Indiana University School of Medicine
faculty since 1988. A professor of surgery and of microbiology and immunology,
his specialty is transplantation of the adult and pediatric kidney, pancreas
and liver.
Active in numerous professional associations, Dr. Pescovitz currently
serves as the Regent 10 councilor and a board member of the United Network
for Organ Sharing. UNOS brings together medical professionals, transplant
recipients and donor families to develop organ transplantation policy.
He is an internationally recognized transplant researcher with more than
170 publications and serves on the editorial board of the journal Transplantation.
Dr. Pescovitz received his medical degree at Northwestern University
Medical School and completed residency training and fellowships at the
University of Minnesota and the National Institutes of Health.
He will be the second surgeon to direct the organ transplantation program
at IU School of Medicine. He succeeds Ronald S. Filo, M.D., professor
emeritus of surgery, who was recruited in 1974 to develop the Section
of Organ Transplantation within the IU Department of Surgery.
Indiana University Medical Center led the state with many surgical firsts
in organ transplantation:
| 1965 | living related kidney transplant | |
| 1969 | pediatric kidney transplant | |
| 1969 | adult cadaver kidney transplant | |
| 1988 | pediatric heart transplant | |
| 1988 | pancreas transplant | |
| 1988 | adult and pediatric liver transplants | |
| 1990 | twin-to-twin pediatric heart transplant | |
| 2003 | pediatric intestine transplant |
As one of the top transplant centers in the country, Clarian ranked seventh
nationally in 2002 and fourth during the first half of this year by volume.
It performs more transplants than all other Indiana transplant centers
combined, according to the United Network for Organ Sharing. Additionally,
the transplant center is the only health system in the state to perform
heart, kidney, liver, pancreas and intestine transplants.
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