The Yale Section of Organ Transplantation and Immunology is committed to a vigorous clinical program in multi-organ transplantation, as well as research focusing upon problems relevant to clinical transplantation and transplant biology.

Present transplant activity approximates 700 transplants yearly, and growth is expected to continue.

Also integrally related to the Section’s mission is the activity of the clinical Histocompatibility and Immune Evaluation Laboratory at the Yale School of Medicine, where more than 5,000 procedures are performed annually in support of clinical transplantation efforts throughout the institution.

Vigorous research efforts are ongoing at the Yale School of Medicine, with work focusing on several areas of transplant biology including T lymphocyte control of alloimmunity, acute and chronic graft arterial injury, pharmacological control of allograft rejection, and the biology of rejection. The program in laparoscopic living renal donation continues to grow.

The central mission of outstanding clinical care, education, and new knowledge generation has remained the Section’s focus.

The interdisciplinary Yale-New Haven Organ Transplantation Center includes members from the Yale School of Medicine Departments of Surgery, Pathology, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, and Anesthesiology.

The Center continues its close collaboration with the Yale School of Medicine’s Interdepartmental Research Program in Vascular Biology and Transplantation (VBT), providing the institutional infrastructure for clinical, research, and educational programs in transplantation across many disciplines.