Services

The MNIT uses the latest in science and cutting edge technology to provide services that greatly contribute to organ transplant research, clinical practice and patients' quality of life. The MNIT's unwavering commitment to education and research and development of breakthrough software for clinical and scientific use have effectively broadened the scope for advancements in transplantation.

Research

The MNIT's Research extends far into the reaches of several areas of organ transplantation, with an underlying goal to consistently advance the science and practice of organ transplantation.

Current research studies include:

Alport Syndrome research
Research for the prevention of post-transplant diabetes
End-stage kidney disease antibody and inflammation gene chip research
Multiple clinical research studies

The MNIT research can be divided broadly into three areas:

Studies of the diseases that lead to end-stage organ failure
Studies of the donor organ and transplant function after transplantation
Studies of the recipient response to transplantation

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Education

The MNIT's Education Department oversees both professional and general public education activities.

General public education activities include:

providing information about transplantation and donation to patients
providing information to the public about ESRD prevention
providing information to the public about organ donation targeting at-risk and underserved populations

Professional education activities include:

participation in numerous regional, national, and international conferences
maintaining a postgraduate Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Fellowship Program approved by the American Society of Transplant Surgeons.
maintaining a Residency Program that has trained 60 urology residents and nephrology fellows from the USC's Keck School of Medicine.