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Paige Porrett, M.D., Ph.D.

Kidney Transplantation • Xenotransplantation • Uterus Transplantation

Media contact: Adam Pope, arpope@uab.edu

Paige Porrett headshotPaige Porrett, M.D., Ph.D.

Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine

Division of Transplantation Surgery

  

 

Areas of expertise:

  • Kidney Transplantation 
  • Xenotransplantation
  • Uterus Transplantation

 

 

In 2020, Porrett established the the first uterus transplant program at UAB, which will provide women with uterine factor infertility an innovative option for child-bearing using deceased donor organs. In fact, it is the first uterus transplant program in the Southeast and the fourth such program in the United States.

Porrett is associate professor of surgery and also serves as director of Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation Transplantation as well as Clinical & Translational Research at the UAB Comprehensive Transplant Institute.

 

 


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