Duke Receives $12 Million to Improve Long-Term Outcomes for Transplant Patients
National Institutes of Health grant will fund research to develop safer, more effective therapies for patients undergoing organ transplants.
Photo: Dr. Stuart Knechtle, director of the Duke Transplant Center and liver transplant specialist, and Dr. Ahmad Zaaroura, abdominal transplant fellow in surgery
Duke researchers will lead a $12 million, five-year study to test novel therapies that aim to eliminate or minimize the need for life-long immunosuppressive drugs following transplantation.
Dr. Bradley Collins Featured as Speaker at Donate Life NC Event
Dr. Bradley Collins, Associate Professor, Division of Abdominal Transplant Surgery, was a featured speaker at the Donate Life NC event held at the North Carolina State Capital, House of Chambers, on October 2, 2017. This meeting was a celebration to mark the registration of 5 million organ donors by the NC Department of Motor Vehicles. Dr. Collins serves on the Board of Directors of Donate Life NC.
Duke Liver Transplant Program Has Nation’s Best Outcomes
According to newly released data from the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Duke’s transplant center has the nation’s best outcomes for adult liver transplants from deceased donors. The center performed 98 transplants in 2016—the most in North Carolina—and is among the nation’s most efficient centers, moving patients from the waiting list to transplantation more than 2.5 times faster than the national average. Duke’s 1- and 3-year survival rates are also among the best in the United States.
Duke’s Liver Transplant Program Shows Best-in-Nation Results
Duke's liver transplant patients move off the waiting list to transplant more than 2.5 times faster than the national average
Duke University Hospital has the nation’s best outcomes for adult liver transplants from deceased donors, according to data from 2016.
Duke’s transplant center, which in 1986 became the first in North Carolina to provide liver transplants, is among the nation’s most efficient centers. It moves patients from the waiting list to transplant more than 2.5 times faster than the national average.
Duke Faculty Member Wins First Place in Organ Transplantation Publishing Competition
The online medical journal Cureus announced this week that lead author Dr. Aparna Rege, Clinical Associate, Division of Abdominal Transplant Surgery, won a recent publishing competition with a research piece on kidney transplantation. Dr. Rege’s article explores the use of expanded criteria donors and overall donor quality during the last decade in the United States.