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Dr. Inderbir S. Gill

Dr. Inderbir S. Gill

Chairman of Urology at USC, Executive Director of USC Institute of Urology

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When a diseased bladder is removed, the blood vessels don't have to be preserved. But if a healthy bladder is removed from a deceased donor, those blood vessels must be preserved so they can function for the recipient. That is orders of magnitude more technically challenging.

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The first human bladder transplant

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Co-developer of bladder transplant technique

On May 4, 2025, surgeons at UCLA performed the first successful human bladder transplant. Oscar Larrainzar, a 41-year-old father of four who'd spent seven years on dialysis after losing his bladder and both kidneys to cancer, received both organs in an eight-hour procedure. The kidney started producing urine immediately. Two days after going home, Larrainzar urinated on his own for the first time in seven years.

Updated Jan 7