The Transplantation Centre opened in May 2012 is an interdisciplinary unit that provides administration and support for all transplant-related activity at the NEMC. The Transplantation Centre includes aspects related to operating licences and contracts, quality control documentation system, maintaining a register of non-conformities and adverse effects and conducting audits.
Transplantation and supporting activities take place in specialized centres – the Oncology and Haematology Clinic, the Surgery Clinic (Orthopaedics, Vascular Surgery, Cardiac Surgery, Operating Centre), Laboratory, Anaesthesiology (intensive care), Blood Centre and quality service.
Our partners in cooperation
Tartu University Hospital
East Tallinn Central Hospital
NEMC as a donor hospital for other centres
Tartu University Hospital – organs, tissues
East Tallinn Central Hospital – corneas
Transplantation activities
Allogeneic vascular grafts
Licensed to perform since 2013
In 2017, tissue was harvested from cadaveric donors on 15 occasions, and there were 6 transplants.
Primarily, veins are substituted in artery reconstruction operations.
Specialist: Dr. Priit Põder
Handling of autologous peripheral blood stem cells
Licensed since 2009, renewed in 2012.
2017 statistics: 31 donors, 204 doses of stem cells, of which 140 doses of stem cells were transplanted. In 2017 stem cells were transplanted to 37 patients.
Specialist: Dr Katrin Palk
Bone tissue handling – cadaveric and live donors
Licensed since December 2012.
2017 statistics: 11 transplants from 8 donors, 5 of them were live donors. Transplanted 6 transplants to 5 patients. Used in orthopaedic operations and neurosurgery.
Specialist: Dr. Tiit Kanarik
Hearts
Licensed since August 2013. Heart transplants take place in cooperation with Helsinki University Hospital specialists.
Specialist: Dr. Günter Taal
Allogeneic skin
Application for operating license pending.
Specialist: Dr Ain Seimar
Transplantation license is available HERE.
Transplantation activities supported by
Donor coordinators
- Dr Asta Auerbach
- Dr Tiiu Välja
- Dr Klavdia Libman
The donor coordinators are responsible for assessing whether the patient is a suitable donor, conducting analyses, contacts with Tartu University Hospital transplantation coordinators, communicating with the donor’s relatives, and coordinating the donor operation.
The number of organ donors dealt with at the NEMC over the last three years:
- 2015 – 12 donors
- 2016 –12 donors
- 2017 - 6 donors
The following individuals assist in preparing documentation
- Riima Niidas – chief specialist, quality systems service
