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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