Transplant Services surgical team are nationally recognized leaders in transplantation surgery. Under the direction of Goran Bo Gustaf Klintmalm, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.S., Chairman and Chief of the Baylor Regional Transplant Institute and the Director of the Dallas Liver Transplant Program, Transplant Services has established a reputation for excellence and innovation in patient care and research.
Transplant Services offers treatments for liver, kidney, pancreas and islet transplant patients.
MD NEWS / Baylor Regional Transplant Institute Reaches National Milestone
In October 2007, officials at Baylor Regional Transplant Institute announced that their programs — located at Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas and Baylor All Saints Medical Center at Fort Worth — performed their 3,000th adult liver transplant. This accomplishment makes Baylor only the third such program in the nation to reach this milestone...... read more
We are proud to share these stellar results with you :
- Twenty-five percent of patients listed for liver transplant in Texas and Oklahoma were listed at Baylor Dallas. In addition, twelve percent of these patients were listed at Baylor All Saints in Fort Worth.
- Median waiting time for a liver transplant at Baylor Dallas is 13.9 months. At Baylor All Saints in the median waiting time is 11.7 months. This far exceeds the national median waiting time of 19.6 months.
- Shorter waiting times result in fewer patients dying while listed for transplant (5.4% at Baylor Dallas, 3.8% at Baylor All Saints versus 7.7% nationally).
- The shorter waiting times and lower death rates most likely result from local OPO performance and the high donor acceptance rate at Baylor. Our acceptance rate is almost 5 times higher than the national average (P<0.01) and has been reported to be the highest in the United States.
- Baylor Dallas' 1 year and 3 year patient survival (90.5% and 83.7%, respectively), exceeds the national survival (86.8% and 78.2%, P=0.02). Baylor All Saints' 3 year patient survival at 85.7% also exceeds the national survival rate.
- Inpatient length of stay at Baylor Dallas is shorter than the national average (9 versus 10 days).
The Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) has just released the 2006 transplant center specific data. The report reveals outstanding results for Baylor University Medical Center and Baylor All Saints liver patients. The following are highlights of the report which are available at www.ustransplant.org.
