At 81, woman is among world’s longest-surviving transplant recipients

Mayo recognizes 60 years of transplant innovation.

Charlotte Markle, 81, is among the world’s longest-surviving kidney transplant recipients. Her transplant at Mayo Clinic was over 57 years ago on March 2, 1966.

It followed Mayo Clinic’s first kidney transplant on Nov. 25, 1963, which was Mayo’s first solid organ transplant of any kind. Charlotte is Mayo’s longest-surviving transplant recipient.

She attributes her place in medical history to her loved ones and her care team.

“I thank my husband and my family and the doctors that I had,” says Charlotte, who is from Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. “Without them, I wouldn’t be doing as well as I am.”
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