RAINER GRUESSNER: DEFEATING DISEASE WHILE RAINER GRUESSNER SEES TERMINAL ILLNESS AS AN OBSTACLE, IT IS NOT ONE HE CONSIDERS UNBEATABLE
Aug 14, 2015
RAINER GRUESSNER: DEFEATING DISEASE
WHILE RAINER GRUESSNER SEES TERMINAL ILLNESS AS AN OBSTACLE, IT IS NOT ONE HE CONSIDERS UNBEATABLE
RAINER GRUESSNER : SURGICAL CAREER
During his surgical career that spans over
30 years, Dr. Gruessner has taken on
various terminal illnesses ranging from
diabetes to oxalosis, unwilling to let them
win. With a ‘never say no’ mantra, Dr.
Gruessner has saved the lives of patients by
staying steadfast in his commitment to
finding a cure. With this powerful drive, Dr.
Gruessner has spearheaded several
groundbreaking surgical procedures.
DR RAINER GRUESSNER FIRST SPLIT PANCREAS TRANSPLANT
Dr Rainer Gruessner was involved in
the first split pancreas transplant in
1988 and developed the first
standardized technique for living
donor intestinal transplants in 1997.
Just the following year, Dr. Gruessner
performed the first preemptive living
donor liver transplant for oxalosis.
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
While at the University of Minnesota, he also
completed the first laparoscopic living donor
distal pancreatectomy and nephrectomy in
2000, and, more recently, the first robot-
assisted total pancreatectomy with islet
autotransplant in 2012 at the University of
Arizona. For his work on this specific
procedure, Dr. Gruessner received the
Diabetes Cure Award from the American
Diabetes Association.
RAINER GRUESSNER : INVASIVE TECHNIQUES
Dr. Gruessner has also been involved in
the development of new minimally
invasive techniques in colo
-rectal and trauma surgery as well as the
introduction of new immunosuppressive
drugs after pancreas transplantation.
DR. RAINER GRUESSNER AWARDS
For Dr. Gruessner, awards and recognition
are simply a byproduct of his work; his
primary concern is with the quality of
care he can provide his patients. By curing
a patient of diabetes, he can eliminate
their insulin dependency. An intestinal
transplant allows patients to digest food
independently of total parenteral
nutrition.
RAINER GRUESSNER : LIVER TRANSPLANT
With a liver transplant, patients can
produce bile to break down and expel
proteins from the body. Each of these
procedures enhances the lives of his
patients, and that is Dr. Gruessner’s biggest
motivation to advance surgical techniques.
RAINER GRUESSNER : PROFILES
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