Mikel Prieto MD FACS
Transplantation
Surgical Director, Pediatric Kidney Transplantation. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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200 1st Street SWRochester, MN 55905
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Summary
- I am a transplant surgeon at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. I perform kidney and pancreas transplants in adults and kidney transplants in children. I am the Surgical Director of the pediatric kidney transplant program. I also perform laparoscopic donor nephrectomies for kidney donation and laparoscopic bilateral nephrectomies of large polycystic kidneys at the time of the kidney transplant.
Education & Training
Lahey ClinicResidency, Surgery, 1995 - 1998
University of MinnesotaFellowship, Transplant Hepatology, 1994 - 1995- University of MinnesotaResidency, Surgery, 1992 - 1994
The University of the Basque Country Faculty of MedicineClass of 1984
Certifications & Licensure
AZ State Medical License 2016 - 2026
MN State Medical License 1995 - 2026
FL State Medical License 2016 - 2025
MA State Medical License 1998 - 2000
American Board of Surgery Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Early Removal of Ureteral Stents When Attached to the Foley Catheter in Living Donor Kidney Transplant Recipients Reduces Urinary Tract Infections.Jenny Lam, Ibrahim Elali, Mohammed Mahgoub, Esma Kesik, Byron Smith
Clinical Transplantation. 2025-10-01 - Validation of the Iwate scoring system for the stratification of laparoscopic liver resections: An international multicenter study.Yufu Peng, Fei Liu, Bo Li, Yonggang Wei, Hwee-Leong Tan
European Journal of Surgical Oncology. 2025-06-01 - Pancreas irradiation for treatment-resistant acute cellular rejection in a severely immunocompromised pancreas-after-kidney transplant recipient-case report.Aleksandra Kukla, Scott C Lester, Anum Iqbal, Raymund R Razonable, Naim Issa
American Journal of Transplantation. 2025-06-01
Press Mentions
Mayo Clinic Surgeon: Living Kidney Donation, Medical Advances Help Patients Avoid DialysisApril 28th, 2025- Transplants at Mayo ClinicJanuary 17th, 2022
- Life-Saving ReunionJuly 15th, 2021
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Professional Memberships
- American Society of Transplant Surgeons - ASTSMember
- America Society of Transplantation - ASTMember
- Western Surgica SocietyMember
- European Society of transplantation - ESOTMember
- Member
Other Languages
- Spanish, French
Industry Relationships
- Chair - Clinical Policy Board, LifeSource (OPO)Chair the Clinical Policy Board of this Midwest high performing OPO.Disclosure: No Disclosures2012 - Present
- Chair - Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Commettee, LifeSource (OPO)Chair the Kidney and Pancreas Transplant CommetteeDisclosure: No Disclosures2008 - Present
External Links
- Preemptive Kidney Transplant https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mks84XYGzWQ&list=PLC2E6BA2FC33A5A61&index=2
- Kidney Paired Donationhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jH_9oN72uE&list=PLC2E6BA2FC33A5A61&index=3
- Living Donor Webinarhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mLsUVfrLsU
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