Kidney Transplant
at Children’s Medical Center

Why Children's

USNews Best Children’s Hospitals 2010-11 Kidney

Surgeons with the Kidney Transplant Program at Children’s have performed more than 350 pediatric kidney transplants since the program started in 1979.

Program services include:

Evaluation of potential transplant candidates
Evaluation of potential living donors
Transplantation of a deceased donor or living donor kidney
Continued care and management of transplant recipients

Kidney Transplantation at Children’s - 2005 to 2009
	Total Transplants	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005
All Ages	370	27	16	19	18	17
1-5 Years	62	5	1	2	2	2
6-10 Years	97	8	4	2	7	5
11-17 Years	188	13	9	14	8	10
18 and Older	23	1	2	1	1	0