Often, patients whose body mass index, or BMI, is too high aren't able to get a kidney transplant because of the higher risks of complications before and during surgery. But an innovative program at Mayo Clinic is giving patients hope by helping to break that barrier to transplant through a weight loss program.
A multidisciplinary team of Mayo Clinic transplant surgeons, nephrologists, dietitians and endocrinologists is helping remove obesity as a barrier to kidney transplantation.
"Our transplant metabolic bariatric program is very unique because it does have a team approach and it's also centered on the patient," says Dr. Aleksandra Kukla, a Mayo Clinic nephrologist who helped create the program.
