Facts About the Penn Transplant Institute

Penn Transplant Institute:

  • performs more than 400 solid organ transplants annually.
  • performs more deceased donor transplants annually than any other center in the region.
  • survival outcomes in all organ transplants consistently exceed the national average.
  • became the first heart transplant center in the region to be certified for temporary total artificial heart implantation in 2007.
  • is one of the leading transplant centers in the nation researching islet cell transplantation to treat type 1 diabetes.
  • is one of only nine transplant programs in the nation participating in the NIH-sponsored adult-to-adult living liver donor study.
  • has established a joint program with The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia that allows healthy adult relatives to donate organ tissue to children with end-stage kidney and liver disease.

 

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