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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.

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 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. 

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.