Organ Transplantation Centers
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Matching hearts — and kidneys and lungs
The man died in Pennsylvania. It was a stroke in the middle of the night.
Within hours, the news had traveled across the country. Phones vibrated and pinged and rang. Metallic automated voices gave brief reports. Those receiving the news wasted no time. They were soon poring over the man’s medical history — diabetes, high blood pressure — and studying the function of his heart, his liver, his pancreas, and his lungs. With a few clicks, some would even be able to inspect the glistening surface of his kidneys.
These were transplant surgeons, scrambling to determine whether these organs in Pennsylvania could give their sick patients new life. But part of that work had…
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A simple bureaucratic organ donation fix will save thousands of lives
Research at the University of Pennsylvania, sponsored by Arnold Ventures, an organization we founded, showed that a better-functioning system could mean as many as 28,000 additional lifesaving organ transplants every year. Because the cost of a broken system is in many ways borne by Medicare, the government has every reason to fix it for patients and taxpayers alike.
Travel disruptions challenge global transplant deliveries
According to Dorry Segev, a professor of transplant surgery at Johns Hopkins University, the travel disruption is likely leading to delays, which affects the quality of the kidney and could prompt some patients to postpone the care they need.
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Transplant Centers
Get started by searching for transplant programs. The Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients ( is an ever-expanding national database of transplantation statistics.
Global transplant network
Be The Match® is the hub of a global transplant network that connects 467 leading centers worldwide, including 153 transplant centers in the United States and 34 international transplant centers.
International transplant centers
The National Marrow Donor Program® (NMDP) Network includes many transplant centers located outside the United States.
Kidney Transplant Centers
The listing of top transplant centers in the United States.
