The innovative transplant surgery research at U-M is changing how patients with organ injury and failure are treated globally.
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Research centers around the optimal preservation and use of life-saving organ donations, the exploration of cutting-edge extracorporeal life support technologies and immunosupportive therapies to reduce transplant rejection and patients’ susceptibility to infection.
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Professor of Visual Sciences
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Collegiate Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine
Professor of Internal Medicine
Medical Director
Cardiology Transplant
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Program Director, Internal Medicine
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Vice Chair of IRBMED
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![Jaimo Ahn](https://medresearch.umich.edu/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/2023-12/Jaimo-Ahn-2023.jpg?itok=3ofJLq7s)
Clinical Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Associate Chair, Orthopaedic Surgery
Section Head and Service Chief
Faculty Affairs
Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery
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Chair, Department of Cardiac Surgery
Professor of Cardiac Surgery
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
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![Katherine Elise Bates, MD](https://medresearch.umich.edu/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/2023-10/Katherine_Elise_Bates_MD.jpg?itok=jkirdtbD)
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
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Associate Professor of Internal Medicine
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Department of Biological Chemistry
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
Department of Learning Health Sciences
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Department of Emergency Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
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