Jeffrey D. Punch, M.D. is an Associate Professor and Chief of the Division of Transplantation in the Section of General Surgery. Dr. Punch received his medical degree from the University of Michigan. During his residency he did a Research Fellowship in the laboratory of Dr. Rile Rees at the Ann Arbor Veteran's Hospital studying tissue injury associated with ischemia-reperfusion. Upon completion of his general surgery residency at the University of Michigan, Dr. Punch was appointed as the University of Michigan Transplantation Fellow and Lecturer in Surgery. He completed this two year multi-organ transplantation fellowship in which he was trained to perform kidney, pancreas, and liver transplant procedures. During this time he also completed the University of Michigan Molecular Biology Course. Following the completion of his training, he was certified by the Organ Procurement Organization of Michigan to perform kidney, pancreas, and liver retrieval procedures. He also was board certified in both General Surgery and Surgical Critical Care.

Upon completion of his training Dr. Punch began a surgical practice that consists of liver, pancreatic, and kidney transplantation. He performs these procedures on both adults and children. He has also assumed the role of director of the Liver Transplant program and performed the first living donor liver transplant procedure ever in the state of 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, Dr. Punch also runs numerous clinical research studies involving transplant recipients. Dr. Punch serves on the Liver and Intestinal Committee for the United Network for Organ Sharing and is the Chairman of the Liver Transplant Regional Review Board for Region 10 (Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan).