GORAN BO KLINTMALM, MD, PhD: a conversation with the editor

Goran B. Klintmalm, MD, PhD, and William C. Roberts, MD

From the Department of Transplantation Services (Klintmalm) and the Baylor Heart and Vascular Institute (Roberts), Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.

Corresponding author: G?ran B. Klintmalm, MD, PhD, Department of Transplantation Services, Baylor University Medical Center, 3500 Gaston Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75246. (e-mail: gb.klintmalm@BaylorHealth.edu)

Goran Klintmalm was born in Bromma, Sweden, on February 10, 1950, and grew up in the Stockholm area. From the Karolinska Institute he received his bachelor of science degree in June 1971, his doctor of medicine degree in January 1975, and his doctor of philosophy degree in September 1984. He trained in general surgery at hospitals in Stockholm connected with the Karolinska Institute. Early in his career he became interested in organ transplantation. He interrupted his general surgery residency to spend 23 months in Denver and Pittsburgh working with Dr. Thomas Starzl in kidney and liver transplantation. After that 2-year period in the USA, G?ran returned to Stockholm for 3 more years of general surgery training. In August 1984, he was offered the directorship of transplantation services at Baylor University Medical Center and moved to Dallas, where he has been ever since. (BUMC Proceedings 2002;15:289-306)