Transplant Milestones

First kidney transplant performed at UW-Madison

Heart transplant program established

Dr. Folkert Belzer and Robert Hoffman, developers of a kidney preservation machine, come to UW Hospital and Clinics from the University of California at San Francisco

Pancreas transplant program established

Dr. Hans Sollinger develops "Wisconsin Technique" used in pancreas transplantation

Liver transplant program established by Dr. Munci Kalayoglu

Dr. Folkert Belzer and UW Medical School biochemist Dr. James Southard, PhD, develop "UW solution," a cold storage organ solution now used worldwide

Intestinal transplant program established by Dr. Anthony D'Alessandro

 

Multi-organ transplant program established

 

HCFA certifies University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics Organ Procurement Organization (UWHC OPO)

Lung transplant program established

 

First reduced liver transplant performed

 

UNOS certifies multi-organ transplant program

First combined heart/lung transplant performed in Wisconsin

 

2,000^th kidney transplant performed

UW Hospital and Clinics Clinical Trials Department established

1,000^th live donor kidney transplant performed

 

200^th heart transplant performed

 

500^th liver transplant performed

 

First split liver transplant performed

CellCept, studied by Dr. Hans Sollinger, approved by FDA

UW Hospital and Clinics ranked second most active transplant center in the U.S.

 

500^th pancreas transplant performed

UWHC OPO ranked most effective in the United States

 

4000^th kidney transplant performed

6,000^th organ transplant performed

 

William Burlingham, PhD, describes the relationship between chimerism and tolerance in certain transplant recipients

First adult to adult living related liver transplant performed by Dr. Stuart Knechtle

 

Dr. Yolanda Becker and Dr. Hans Sollinger receive funding for xenotransplantation project, allowing the study of the use of animal organs for human transplantation)

UWHC OPO ranked second-largest OPO in the United States with 34 donors/million population

 

First laparoscopic donor nephrectomy performed by Dr. Anthony D'Alessandro

 

Second largest transplant program in the country performing 480 total transplants

 

Transplant division has secured more than $6 million for clinical trials since 1990

 

Islet cell transplantation project initiated

1,000^th liver transplant performed

 

8,000^th transplant performed

500^th heart transplant performed

 

First islet cell transplant performed in Wisconsin

Kidney transplant program ranked the largest program in the nation and the second largest in the world

 

Simulataneous kidney-pancreas transplant program ranked largest in nation

 

First "humanitarian" live donor kidney transplant performed

6000th kidney transplant performed

 

1,000th pancreas transplant performed

 

Initiated new protocol for highly-sensitized and ABO-incompatible living donor kidney, allowing greater number of patients to be eligible for kidney transplants

 

2,000th live donor kidney transplant performed

1,000 heart and lung transplants performed

 

Pancreas transplant performed on the youngest recipient in the world

 

Ranked #1 kidney transplant program in the nation, by volume

 

Ranked #1 kidney/pancreas transplant program in the nation, by volume

OPO receives three HHS national awards honoring their work to improve overall quality, conversion rates, DCD donors and organs transplanted per donor

 

First combined liver/pancreas transplant performed by Dr. Stuart Knechtle

 

Desensitization Program directs first sensitized and ABO incompatible kidney transplant