OCTOBER 2009

1000th Transplant Performed at CHOA

On October 7th, Dr. Stuart Knechtle's surgical team performed a liver transplant at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta (CHOA) that was the hospital's 1,000th solid organ transplant, making CHOA one of only two hospitals in the Southeast to have achieved this milestone. According to the United Network for Organ Sharing, only a handful of hospitals nationwide have performed more than 1,000 pediatric transplants since 1988.

"One thousand transplants have changed the lives of so many children and even more families," says Dr. Knechtle. "We are proud of our nationally recognized transplant program that has provided this specialty care for infants, children, and young adults from across the country."

CHOA's Transplant Program began in 1980 with the inception of the its Kidney Transplant Program, which has since performed more than 450 kidney transplants. CHOA's Heart and Lung Transplant Program began in 1988 and has completed more than 200 heart transplants and four lung transplants. Founded in 1990, CHOA's Liver Transplant Program has completed more than 300 liver transplants. U.S. News & World Report has recognized CHOA's transplant services as being among the top pediatric programs in the country.

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