EMORY TRANSPLANT CENTER HIGHLIGHTS

• In 1966, Emory performed Georgia's first kidney transplant. To date, Emory has performed over 2,900 adult and pediatric kidney transplants.
• Heart transplantation began at Emory in 1985 and is ranked among the top in the nation for patient survival. To date Emory has performed over 700 adult and pediatric heart transplants.
• Emory performed the first liver transplant in the state of Georgia in 1987 and remained the only liver transplant program in the state for over 17 years. The program now accepts both biologically related and emotionally related donors and has performed over 35 living donor transplants.
• In 1988, Emory physicians performed the first heart-lung transplant in Georgia.
• Emory's first kidney-pancreas transplant was performed in 1989. Today, the pancreas transplantation program includes simultaneous kidney/pancreas transplants, pancreas after kidney, and islet transplantation.
• The pediatric liver transplant program began in 1990 and has been consistently in the top five largest pediatric liver transplant programs in the country.
• In 1993, the first lung transplant was performed at Emory. It remains the only lung transplant program in the state of Georgia and to date has performed over 200 adult and pediatric transplants.
• Laparoscopic nephrectomy became available for living kidney donors at Emory in 1999 and is a minimally invasive procedure promoting minimal scaring and a more rapid recovery than traditional surgery. As of January 2008, Emory has performed 793 living donor transplants with over 450 of those being laparoscopic nephrectomies.
• In March 2003, Emory performed the first islet cell transplant in the state of Georgia and is a designated Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Center for Islet Transplantation, one of only a few in the United States.