Emily Boydston Procópio ’06

Emily Boydston Procópio is the nation’s only dedicated Uterus Transplant Coordinator, serving within the Comprehensive Transplant Institute at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital. A registered nurse with more than 13 years of experience, Emily began her career on a thoracic surgery floor at UAB before earning a master’s degree in nursing and certification as a Clinical Nurse Leader. She then spent five years as a lung transplant coordinator, earning her Certified Clinical Transplant Coordinator credential, before joining UAB’s groundbreaking uterus transplant program in 2020. Working alongside the program’s surgeon and a small clinical team, Emily helped build the program from the ground up and has played a central role in guiding patients through the complex, multi-year transplant process. Her work has helped women with absolute uterine factor infertility have the opportunity to carry their own biological children. Emily’s work has been featured in publications in Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica and Science Translational Medicine.