Achievement Places Children’s in Elite Group of Pediatric Transplant Centers
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(HealthNewsDigest.com) – ATLANTA — Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta recently performed its 1,000th solid organ transplant, making Children’s one of only two hospitals in the Southeast to have achieved this milestone. According to the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), only a handful of hospitals nationwide have performed more than 1,000 pediatric transplants since 1988.
“This is an important milestone for the Children’s Transplant Program,” said Stuart Knechtle, M.D., whose surgical team performed the milestone operation on a liver transplant recipient. Dr. Knechtle serves as the Surgical Director of Children’s Liver Transplant Program and Chief of the Division of Transplant and Professor of Surgery at Emory University School of Medicine. “One thousand transplants have changed the lives of so many children and even more families. We are proud of our nationally recognized transplant program that has provided this specialty care for infants, children and young adults from across the country.”
The Children’s Transplant Program began in 1980 with the inception of the Children’s Kidney Transplant Program, which has since performed more than 450 kidney transplants. The Children’s Heart and Lung Transplant Program began in 1988 and has completed more than 200 heart transplants and four lung transplants. The Children’s Liver Transplant Program was founded in 1990 and has completed more than 300 liver transplants. The Children’s Liver, Heart and Kidney Programs have been recognized among the top pediatric programs in the country by U.S. News & World Report.
For more than 20 years, Children’s has been at the forefront of pediatric transplant care. The Children’s Transplant Program has achieved several groundbreaking accomplishments, including:
Transplanted the world’s youngest (10 days old) and three smallest (2 to 4 pounds) liver transplant recipients*
One of the first pediatric hospitals in the United States to perform three heart transplants in 24 hours
At the forefront of its field with ABO-incompatible liver and heart transplants
Performed more than 450 pediatric kidney transplants, making Children’s one of only a few pediatric hospitals to reach such a milestone
“This achievement puts the Children’s Transplant Program in an elite category of pediatric transplant programs,” said Amy Hauser, Service Line Administrator of the Children’s Transplant Program. “It is a direct result of the dedication, commitment and support of our surgeons, physicians, staff, administration, and especially our patients and families.”
For more information about the Children’s Transplant Program, visit www.choa.org/transplant.
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