Jeffrey Lowell, MD
Surgical Director of the Liver Care Center
St. Louis Children’s Hospital
- Performed the youngest known liver transplant on a 10-day old infant. Dr. Lowell also was part of one of the first teams to perform a double liver transplant, in which a donor liver was split between two recipients.
- A known expert for national media, Dr. Lowell is an acclaimed pediatric transplant surgeon and advocate for increasing public awareness on organ donation.
- Acts as chief of St. Louis' Metropolitan Medical Response System, dedicated to coordinating the St. Louis region's medical response system in the event of a disaster, works in the St. Louis mayor's office, held a post with the national Homeland Security Department, has trained with the St. Louis Police Department to help with hostage situations and periodically writes for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
- Serves as the chief of pediatric transplantation at St. Louis Children’s Hospital.
- Dr. Lowell also acts as the associate director of abdominal transplantation and teaches surgery and pediatrics at Washington University School of Medicine
Notable Quotes from Dr. Lowell
Dr. Lowell on double liver transplants and the need for more donors:
“Double liver transplants could help reduce the severe shortage of donor livers. We could potentially double the number of livers transplanted. The number of people waiting for liver transplants continues to rise, while the number of donor livers remains stable.”
Dr. Lowell on why he became a transplant surgeon:
“I went into surgery because I like fixing things, but I went into transplantation because I like the immediate gratification of it. We get people who are basically dead when they arrive here, but after a liver or kidney transplant, they are on the road to recovery and typically return home in about four or five days.”