Göran Klintmalm, MD, PhD, FACS

Göran Klintmalm, MD, PhD, FACS

Chief Emeritus, Annette C. & Harold C. Simmons Transplant Institute

“The Southwest Transplant Alliance recovery center will bring some of the most significant advancements in transplant science since the 1980s to our community.  An organ recovery is a race against time. Surgeons, nurses and transplant teams work together to deliver optimal organs for transplant and save lives. In this facility, medical teams can work more efficiently, schedule operating rooms when needed and even apply advanced perfusing machines prior to transplant if needed. It’s estimated that the recovery center will help decrease the time for a transplant surgeon to travel to and back from an organ donor hospital, including the waiting and surgical time from 8 to 10 hours to approximately 3 to 4. This is a significant advancement for our field and critical to patients awaiting a life-saving transplant.”