DCN Center News

Jefferson Health’s Transplant Institute has been recognized as one of the highest ranked transplant programs in the Philadelphia region, according to a report from the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR).

The Intermountain Transplant Program performed a total of 104 liver, 159 kidney, 29 heart, and eight kidney/pancreas adult transplants last year – the fourth consecutive record-breaking year for the Intermountain Transplant Program. In 2021 the team performed 289 transplants.

During the 2022 calendar year, 262 patients received kidney and/or pancreas transplants at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, which ties the highest annual total, first achieved in 2020.

Through a paired organ exchange and the latest matching technology, Gavin Dahms received a kidney transplant exactly 17 years to the day after his first at M Health Fairview Masonic Children’s Hospital.

Medical City Fort Worth has been named one of America’s 250 Best Hospitals for 2023, according to new research released by Healthgrades, a leading resource for patients. This achievement puts Medical City Fort Worth in the top 5% of hospitals nationwide for overall clinical performance across the most common conditions and procedures.

Heidi Prodoehl might know the inside of Froedtert’s transplant center better than anyone. She has been a transplant nurse at Froedtert for more than a decade, but today, she’s not the one checking the vitals; she’s a patient at her first post-op appointment after getting a kidney transplant.

Heather Schaefer saw a desperate Facebook plea. Six months later, she had two new members of her extended family—and one less kidney. 

The Penn Transplant Institute at Penn Medicine has opened a new Center for Living Donation which will expand Penn’s exceptional care for living donors, helping to maximize the number of lives saved through liver and kidney transplantation.