UW Health Transplant Program Reaches a Milestone

Thursday, November 17th, 2022 -- 8:05 AM

(Raymond Neupert, WRN) UW Health’s Transplant Center marks a milestone.

The Transplant Center in Madison has transplanted more than 12,000 kidneys. The UW Health Kidney Transplant Program performed its first adult kidney transplant in 1966, and its first pediatric kidney transplant a year later.

Patients receiving kidney transplants have ranged from less than a year old to more than 80 years old. In 2015, UW Health patients were part of the longest-living kidney donor “chain,” ever, according to Guinness World Records.

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