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Guide to Transplant Centers in the United States
But while all the transplant centers listed by Transplant Week meet UNOS criteria, there are large differences in the total number of transplants these programs perform each year. Some members of the medical community believe that a transplant surgeon -- or transplant center -- that performs a complex procedure more often has better results than one who performs the procedure less frequently.
Transplant Programs by Specialty Not all transplant centers perform a full range of transplant procedures. Some centers, for example, may have a very active kidney transplant program, but no liver program. Other centers may perform a large number of kidney transplants, but perform comparatively few kidney-pancreas transplants. Some members of the medical community believe that the number of transplants performed by an organ-specific program within a transplant center is a more important indicator than the total number of transplants of all organs performed at that center. Click here for a list of approved kidney transplant programs, together with the total number of kidney transplants performed in 2001, the most recent year for which complete data is available. This table also shows total living-donor kidney and total cadaver kidney transplants for each center. Click here for a list of approved pancreas transplant programs, together with the total number of pancreas transplants performed in 2001, the most recent year for which complete data is available. Click here for a list of approved kidney-pancreas transplant programs, together with the total number of kidney-pancreas transplants performed in 2001, the most recent year for which complete data is available. Click here for a list of approved liver transplant programs, together with the total number of liver transplants performed in 2001, the most recent year for which complete data is available. This table also shows total living-donor liver and total cadaver liver transplants for each center.
Click here for a list of approved heart transplant programs, together with the total number of heart transplants performed in 2001, the most recent year for which complete data is available. Click here for a list of approved lung transplant programs, together with the total number of lung transplants performed in 2001, the most recent year for which complete data is available. No data is available breaking out total living-donor lung and total cadaver lung transplants for each center. Click here for a list of approved heart-lung transplant programs, together with the total number of heart-lung transplants performed in 2001, the most recent year for which complete data is available. Click here for a list of approved intestinal transplant programs, together with the total number of intestinal transplants performed in 2001, the most recent year for which complete data is available.. Transplant Centers by State A key consideration for many patients and their families is the location of a transplant center. Thousands of transplant patients -- depending on the type of organ they need, the significant differences in waiting times for organs in various parts of the country, the reputation of a transplant center, the advice of a family physician, or their personal preferences -- choose to have their transplant surgery at a center that requires travel. Because of the complex preoperative, postoperative and follow-up care that a transplant recipient needs, as well as the difficulty in knowing exactly when transplant surgery will take place, selecting a transplant center some distance from home is a major decision. Click here
for a list of transplant programs
organized by state, with the largest programs listed first
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The
approximately 270 transplant centers located across the United
States vary greatly by size. To be a designated organ transplant
center and to have access to donated organs and the system that
matches donors and recipients, a hospital must meet standards
set by the United Network on Organ Sharing (UNOS), the not-for-profit
contractor that runs the Organ Procurement and Transplantation
Network (OPTN) for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
(DHHS). UNOS also sets clinical standards for organ transplant
programs, including specific qualifications for physicians, surgeons
and volume of experience. 
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