Dr. Rainer Gruessner

Dr. Rainer Gruessner has performed many “firsts” in the fields of transplantation and general surgery. He was involved in the first split pancreas transplant in 1988 and described the first standardized technique for intestinal transplants from living donors. He is on the editorial board of many general and transplant surgery journals, ensuring that the most ground-breaking and useful information in his field makes it out into the public realm for all surgeons to benefit from and use.

Dr. Rainer Gruessner: A Lifetime of Excellence
Recently, Dr. Rainer Gruessner, a distinguished surgeon and professor at the University of Arizona, performed the first robot assisted total pancreactectomy with islet autotransplant in 2012. Gruessner is lauded as a visionary surgeon who has advanced the field of transplant surgery in his thirty years as a surgeon. Gruessner served as Vice-Chair of the Department of Surgery at the University of Minnesota before joining the University of Arizona.

Dr. Rainer Gruessner: Extensive Training and Experience
Dr. Rainer Gruessner began his career as a pioneering surgeon after graduating “summa cum laude” from the Johannes Gutenberg University’s Medical School in Mainz, Germany, in 1983. He went on to complete his professorial thesis from the Philipps University in Marburg, Germany, in 1991. Gruessner then went on to become a faculty member at the University of Minnesota and eventually Vice-Chair of its Department of Surgery.

Dr. Rainer Gruessner: Extensive Education
Dr. Rainer Gruessner began his illustrious career with a degree from the Johannes Gutenberg University School of Medicine in 1983. He completed his Doctoral and Professorial theses in Germany. Since then, Dr. Gruessner has become a tenured professor of surgery at the University of Arizona and is known throughout the transplant surgery world as an innovative and visionary surgeon in his field.