Established in 1968, the pioneer spirit has sustained the transplant program for almost 40 years, motivating unique and advanced procedures that stand as landmarks in the history of transplantation.
• First living donor kidney-pancreas transplant in Illinois (1997) • First adult-to-adult living donor liver transplant in US (1998) • First coronary artery bypass and liver transplant in the same setting (1998) • First adult living donor bowel transplant in Illinois (1998) • First robotic donor nephrectomy for living donor kidney transplant in the world (2000) • First liver and small bowel transplants from same living donor into same recipient worldwide (2004) • First combined living donor liver-bowel transplant in the world (2005) • First robotic hepatectomy in the US (2005) • First paired donation in Illinois for ABO incompatible kidney transplant (2006) • First robotic donor pancreatectomy for living donor pancreas transplant in the world (2006) • Largest experience in Illinois with ABO Incompatible and Cross Match Positive in living donor kidney transplant • Largest living donor intestinal transplant program worldwide • One of two programs worldwide offering living donors for the abdominal organs: kidney liver, pancreas, intestine, combined liver/bowel, combined kidney/pancreas • Only program offering combined living donor transplant from parent to child less than five years of age • First Phase 3 trial in Islet Transplant in the United States
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