1984 - Baylor Recruits Dr. Goran Klintmalm

Göran Klintmalm, M.D., Ph.D., grew up near Stockholm, Sweden, and trained in general surgery there. When he became interested in organ transplantation, he came to the U.S. to work with Dr. Thomas Starzl, an eminent surgeon in kidney and liver transplantation. In 1984, Dr. Klintmalm was recruited by Baylor University Medical Center to start what was to become a highly successful transplant program.