University Health Transplant Institute now leads the nation in living donor kidney transplants for children.
“A living donor kidney transplant has a greater chance of functioning extremely well five years later, as compared to deceased. The outcomes are exceptional,” said renowned surgeon Dr. Francisco Cigarroa, who is the director of the UH Transplant Institute.
Seven months into dialysis they joined University Health’s Champion for Life Program, which matches patients with a “champion” who is trained to help find them a living kidney donor. Closing out the year, the team had performed more pediatric kidney transplants with organs from living donors, than any other transplant program in the country.That brings Gwyn joy, considering she met so many of those patients while in treatment.
“Here in San Antonio and in South Texas, we are truly blessed because of the closeness that we have. If I told them ‘thank you’ a thousand times it would just never be enough,” Jeremy said.“We’re putting the show on the road. We presented to Grand Rounds. We presented to other transplant programs at national conferences. We want to tell other transplant centers a better way to do it,” she said.
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