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Office
200 1st Street SW
Rochester, MN 55905
Summary
- I am a transplant surgeon and Director of the Mayo Clinic Transplant Center in Rochester, MN. My primary focus is adult and pediatric liver transplantation and living donor surgery. Areas of clinical expertise include:
Areas of clinical expertise include:
•Improving outcomes for liver transplant recipients with obesity-related liver disease
•Advancing techniques for living-donor hepatectomy and striving to ensure long-term donor safety following donor surgery
•Improving outcomes for liver transplant recipients with hilar cholangiocarcinoma treated with neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy followed by liver transplantation
•Coordination of our multidisciplinary approach to care of the patient with end-stage liver disease before and after their transplant
•Leading practice convergence effort across the three Mayo Clinic liver transplant programs in Arizona, Florida and Minnesota to ensure we are all providing the optimal care for our patients
Education & Training
- Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester)Fellowship, Abdominal Transplant Surgery, 2004
- University of ColoradoResidency, Surgery, 2002
- University of Minnesota Medical SchoolClass of 1996
- University of Minnesota Medical School - DuluthClass of 1996
Certifications & Licensure
- MN State Medical License 2002 - 2025
- NH State Medical License 2014 - 2018
- CO State Medical License 2002 - 2005
- American Board of Surgery Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Vanguard Award ILTS, 2013
- Abstract of Distinction American Transplant Congress, 2006
- Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Prolonged time from cross clamp until normothermic machine perfusion start is associated with increased risk of early allograft dysfunction following DCD liver transpl...Charles Lee, Amit K Mathur, Shennen Mao, Julie K Heimbach, C Burcin Taner
Liver Transplantation. 2024-12-10 - Practical Considerations for Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Use During Orthotopic Liver Transplantation.Misty Radosevich, Alexandra Anderson, Miguel Teixeira, Ty Diwan, Julie Heimbach
Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia. 2024-11-26 - 1 citationsFinancial toxicity in living donor liver transplantation: A call to action for financial neutrality.Alyson Kaplan, Elizabeth S Aby, Sonia Scott, Christopher Sonnenday, Alyson Fox
American Journal of Transplantation. 2024-10-01
Journal Articles
- Evolution of Liver Transplant Selection Criteria and U.S. Allocation Policy for Patients with Hepatocellular CarcinomaJulie Heimbach, MD, Thieme
- Natural History of Established and De Novo Inflammatory Bowel Disease After Liver Transplantation for Primary Sclerosing CholangitisDavid H Bruining, Julie K Heimbach, Lisa Boardman, Laura E Raffals, Charles B Rosen, Sunanda V Kane, Kymberly D Watt, John J Poterucha, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Press Mentions
- Want a Clue on Health Care Costs in Advance? New Tools Take a Crack at ItJanuary 4th, 2023
- FDA Panel Nearly Unanimous on Liver Transplant Perfusion DeviceJuly 15th, 2021
- Minnesota State Athlete Undergoes Liver Transplant While Infected with COVID-19; Doctor Calls Her Recovery 'Remarkable'February 11th, 2021
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Committees
- Member, Practice Guidelines Committee, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) 2016 - Present
Professional Memberships
- Fellow
- American Association for the Study of Liver DiseasesMember
- American Society of Transplant SurgeonsMember
- American Society of TransplantationMember
- American Surgical AssociationMember
- International Liver Cancer AssociationEducation Committee Member
- International Liver Transplantation SocietyMember
- National Cancer InstituteTask Force Member
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