Division of Abdominal Organ Transplantation

Erin C. Maynard M.D., FACS, is Professor of Surgery, Head of the Division of Abdominal Organ Transplantation and Program Director of the General Surgery Residency at OHSU.

Leaders in organ transplant care, training and research

As the site of the West Coast’s first successful kidney transplant in 1959, OHSU has a long legacy of innovation in transplant care. Our division has dramatically expanded access to organ transplants in Oregon since our founding. We recently completed 2,000 liver transplants and have served more than 5,000 kidney transplant patients.  

What sets us apart 

  • Comprehensive clinical programs for treating organ diseases with advanced transplant, surgical and radiation oncology therapies
  • Ongoing research aimed at improving clinical outcomes in transplantation
  • Collaborative faculty who partner across divisions to advance care, research and training outcomes
  • Partnership with the Division of Surgical Oncology to train fellows in hepato-pancreatico-biliary surgery
  • Continuous study of our practices to improve quality, increase transplant volume and ensure high standards of care  

Clinical programs 

We provide state-of-the-art care for patients with conditions including:  

  • End-stage liver and renal disease
  • Hepatobiliary and pancreaticobiliary disease
  • Insulin-dependent diabetes  

Our faculty collaborate with surgical, medical and radiation oncology teams to offer services unique in the Pacific Northwest for metastatic liver and primary liver cancers. We also offer research-based programs to treat bile duct cancers, including intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma and hilar cholangiocarcinoma.  

Our division adopted organ preservation techniques, including normothermic machine perfusion, early. We also use normothermic regional perfusion, another donor recovery technique that can improve the quality and quantity of organs available for transplant patients.  

Fellowships

We train fellows through these programs:  

Research programs, studies and clinical trials 

Our research projects focus on clinical outcomes in transplantation and making more transplants available.

We are:  

  • Studying solid organ transplantation and hepato-pancreatico-biliary malignancies and expanding access to transplantation
  • Determining how the common cytomegalovirus speeds rejection of a transplanted organ by thickening and narrowing its blood vessels
  • Looking to expand liver and pancreas organ use and transplantation, including performing pre-procurement biopsies on livers and exploring pancreas transplants for Type 2 diabetes  

Meet division faculty

Erin C. Maynard M.D., FACS, is Head of the Division of Abdominal Organ Transplantation and Program Director of the General Surgical Residency. Dr. Maynard focuses on abdominal organ transplantation and transplantation for liver cancer, pancreatic cancer and bile duct conditions and bile duct conditions.  

    • Appointments and titles

      • Professor of Surgery, Division of Abdominal Organ Transplantation, School of Medicine

    • Appointments and titles

      • Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Abdominal Organ Transplantation, School of Medicine

    • Areas of interest

      • Liver, kidney, and pancreas transplantation
      • Organ donation

    • Appointments and titles

      • Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Abdominal Organ Transplantation, School of Medicine

    • Appointments and titles

      • Professor of Surgery, Division of Abdominal Organ Transplantation, School of Medicine

    • Appointments and titles

      • Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Abdominal Organ Transplantation, School of Medicine

    • Areas of interest

      • Kidney transplantation

    • Appointments and titles

      • Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Abdominal Organ Transplantation, School of Medicine

    • Appointments and titles

      • Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Abdominal Organ Transplantation, School of Medicine

    • Areas of interest

      • Liver, Kidney, Pancreas, and Islet Transplantation
      • Islet Replication and Regeneration
      • Liver Regeneration
      • Cellular Therapies and Transplant Tolerance
      • Xenotransplant

Advanced Practice Providers

Questions? 

Email us at surgdept@ohsu.edu. 

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