Dr. Vanessa Lyn Cowan M.D.
Transplant Surgeon
110 FRANCIS STREET BOSTON MA, 02215About
Dr. Vanessa Cowan is a transplant surgeon practicing in BOSTON, MA. Dr. Cowan specializes in organ transplants, and may perform surgeries involved with the transplant of organs such as the kidneys, liver, pancreas, intestines, heart, lungs, tracheal tissue and more. As a transplant surgeon, Dr. Cowan performs long, complex surgeries that might take many hours to complete. Transplant surgeons remove the organ from the donor as well as transplant the organ in the recipient. Dr. Cowan works with transplant physicians, nurses and surgical residents, and is responsible for and complications which may arise during or after surgery.
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