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.