Program Overview:
- Established in 1984.
- Approved by United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), Medicare and Medicaid.
- Have performed nearly 3,000 kidney transplants to date, comprising the most experience of any transplant program in Texas and establishing the program as the largest and most active in the state. Additionally, the program consistently ranks among the top 20 in the nation for patient volumes.
- Program received a 97.69 percent one-year survival rating for patients receiving their first kidney transplant from January 2006 to June 2008 (source: www.ustransplant.org). This rating is above the national average for all transplant centers in the U.S.
- More than 1,200 live donor kidney transplants performed; more than any other program in Texas.
- Leader in offering solutions for patients with incompatible donors – innovative programs include paired donation, blood type incompatible, and positive crossmatch and sensitized patients.
- First transplant center in Texas to perform a simultaneous paired kidney exchange and a simultaneous three-way paired kidney exchange.
- Most experienced transplant center in Texas with minimally invasive laparoscopic living donor kidney removal.
- Dedicated clinical research program providing patients access to the newest developments in transplant medications and management.
- Pulsatile renal perfusion laboratory for the best possible preservation and utilization of deceased donor kidneys – only renal pulsatile program in the state of Texas, which leads to more successful transplant outcomes.
- Bilingual physicians, clinical and support staff.
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