U-M Transplant Team
U-M surgeons involved in the transplant
Andrew C. Chang, M.D.
Surgical director of pulmonary transplantation and assistant professor of general thoracic surgery, U-M Medical School
Chang received his medical degree from The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. He completed his residency in general surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. He received an individual National Research Service Award from the National Institutes of Health to study cardiothoracic transplantation.
Chang completed his residency in thoracic surgery at the University of Michigan in 2002 and pursued additional fellowship training at the U-M in both congenital heart surgery and general thoracic surgery before joining the U-M faculty in 2004. His clinical interests encompass all aspects of general thoracic surgery including thoracic oncology, pulmonary transplantation and minimally invasive surgery.
Christine Lau, M.D.
Assistant professor of general thoracic surgery, U-M Medical School
Lau received her medical degree from Dartmouth Medical School in New Hampshire and completed her general surgery residency at Duke University Medical Center in North Carolina. In 2005, she completed her residency in cardiac and thoracic surgery and pursued additional fellowship training in lung transplantation at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri.
Lau joined the U-M faculty in 2005. Her particular interest is in lung transplantation. Lau's publications include more than 30 journal articles and more than 20 book chapters. She also has five patents.
Jeffrey D. Punch, M.D.
Chief of the division of transplantation and associate professor of surgery, U-M Medical School
Punch received his medical degree and completed his general surgery residency at the University of Michigan. He then completed a two year multi-organ transplantation fellowship at the U-M.
Punch performs liver, pancreatic, and kidney transplants in adults and children and performed the first living donor liver transplant procedure in Michigan in 1996. His clinical interests include immunosuppression management of liver transplant recipients, acute liver failure, and liver transplantation in children. In addition to a clinical practice, Punch also runs numerous clinical research studies involving transplant recipients.
