MikelPrietoMDFACS

General Surgery • Rochester, MN

Transplantation

Surgical Director, Pediatric Kidney Transplantation. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

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Office
200 1st Street SW
Rochester, MN 55905

Summary

I am a transplant surgeon at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. I perform kidney and pancreas transplants in adults and kidney transplants in children. I am the Surgical Director of the pediatric kidney transplant program. I also perform laparoscopic donor nephrectomies for kidney donation and laparoscopic bilateral nephrectomies of large polycystic kidneys at the time of the kidney transplant.

Education & Training

Lahey ClinicResidency, Surgery, 1995 - 1998
University of MinnesotaFellowship, Transplant Hepatology, 1994 - 1995
University of MinnesotaResidency, Surgery, 1992 - 1994
The University of the Basque Country Faculty of MedicineClass of 1984

Certifications & Licensure

AZ State Medical License 2016 - 2026
FL State Medical License 2016 - 2025
MN State Medical License 1995 - 2025
MA State Medical License 1998 - 2000
American Board of Surgery Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Validation of the Iwate scoring system for the stratification of laparoscopic liver resections: An international multicenter study.
Yufu Peng, Fei Liu, Bo Li, Yonggang Wei, Hwee-Leong Tan
European Journal of Surgical Oncology. 2025-01-24
Pancreas irradiation for treatment-resistant acute cellular rejection in a severely immunocompromised pancreas-after-kidney transplant recipient-case report.
Aleksandra Kukla, Scott C Lester, Anum Iqbal, Raymund R Razonable, Naim Issa
American Journal of Transplantation. 2025-01-17
Morbid Obesity and Liver Transplant.
Gerardo Moro, Arkaitz Perfecto, Jaime Encinas, Alberto Ventoso, Beatriz Villota
Transplantation Proceedings. 2025-01-07

Press Mentions

Transplants at Mayo ClinicJanuary 17th, 2022
Life-Saving ReunionJuly 15th, 2021
A Father’s Gift to His SonJune 20th, 2021
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Professional Memberships

American Society of Transplant Surgeons - ASTS
Member
America Society of Transplantation - AST
Member
Western Surgica Society
Member
European Society of transplantation - ESOT
Member
American College of Surgeons - ACS
Member

Other Languages

Spanish, French

Industry Relationships

Chair - Clinical Policy Board, LifeSource (OPO)Chair the Clinical Policy Board of this Midwest high performing OPO.Disclosure: No Disclosures2012 - Present
Chair - Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Commettee, LifeSource (OPO)Chair the Kidney and Pancreas Transplant CommetteeDisclosure: No Disclosures2008 - Present

External Links

Preemptive Kidney Transplant https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mks84XYGzWQ&list=PLC2E6BA2FC33A5A61&index=2
Kidney Paired Donationhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jH_9oN72uE&list=PLC2E6BA2FC33A5A61&index=3
Living Donor Webinarhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mLsUVfrLsU