Division feature: Transplantation Surgery

• Third highest abdominal transplant volume in the U.S. in 2020
• More than 10,000 transplants performed since first kidney transplant in 1967
• Living donor liver and kidney programs
• Department includes four MDs, four MD/PhDs and one PhD, reinforcing the collaboration and connection between clinical care and research
• Seven current research grants totaling more than $2 million

Division feature: Thoracic Surgery

• Top 25 U.S. News & World Report lung program
• Earned highest designations available for lung and esophageal programs
• Among the highest in robotic lung volume nationally; #1 in Ohio
• Residents participate in American Association for Thoracic Surgery robotic fellowship
• Published 40 papers last year
• Distinguished three-star rating, which denotes the highest category of quality, from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons for lung and esophageal programs

Division feature: Surgical Oncology

• Diverse team of 23 faculty–40% under-represented minorities and 40% women
• Among the top three busiest robotic hepato-pancreato-biliary and adrenal programs in the Midwest
• One of three original Society of Surgical Oncology fellowships started in 1977
• 150 publications last year
• More than $15 million in research funding