The transplant programs at Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas and Baylor All Saints Medical Center in Fort Worth, together, have performed  2900 kidney transplants since the kidney transplant program began in 1985.  In the past decade we’ve averaged 190 transplants annually.

According to the United Network for Organ Sharing, the 3 year Patient and Graft Survival rates for both Baylor Dallas and Baylor Fort Worth exceeds the national average.

Kidney Patients awaiting transplant at Baylor spend less time waiting for an organ.  The median time patients spend on the waitlist is 24.5 months at Baylor Dallas and 21.2 months at Baylor Fort Worth. The national wait time for a kidney is more than 4 years.

In addition, transplant candidates have the option of considering a combined kidney/pancreas transplant.  The combined kidney pancreas transplant can be performed for either type I or type II diabetes patients.  Also, diabetic patients who have previously undergone kidney transplantation can receive a pancreas transplant afterward.  This is called pancreas-after-kidney transplantation.  Finally, type I diabetics without any kidney disease may qualify for a pancreas (whole organ) transplant or islet cell transplant.   

Research reveals that pancreas-after-kidney transplant protects the transplanted kidney from the effects of diabetes and kidney transplants last longer when performed in combination with a pancreas transplant.  According to the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) database, pancreas transplants have the best results when combined with a kidney transplant. 

For a more detailed explanation of pancreas transplantation, click the link below Whole-organ pancreas transplantation at Annette C. and Harold C. Simmons Transplant Institute: a chance to cure diabetes

Baylor Dallas and Baylor All Saints Transplant Services provides comprehensive kidney transplant services, including evaluation, living kidney donation coordination, transplant surgery, post-operative care, long-term follow-up care, support groups, housing coordination and financial services.

Baylor Health Center at Lubbock Opens!

Kidney transplant patients in Lubbock and the surrounding area have a new option when it comes to treatment and transplant for kidney failure. They can be evaluated and have their transplant kidney care provided in Lubbock by a transplant nephrologist at the Baylor Health Center at Lubbock.

Located at 3711 22nd Street, Suite B, in the heart of the hospital district, transplant nephrologist Bernard Fischbach, MD is on site every Thursday. The new facility provides local transplant nephrology consultations for kidney transplant candidates. In addition, kidney transplant recipients who receive their organ at Baylor All Saints Medical Center in Fort Worth or at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas can receive their follow-up care at this new facility. In the future full on-site pre-transplant evaluations will also be available in Lubbock.

The Baylor Health Center in Lubbock was established to provide easier access for Lubbock area residents to the Annette C. and Harold C. Simmons Transplant Institute in Dallas and Fort Worth where approximately 200 kidney transplants are performed every year.

Kidney transplant options include:

• Living Donor Kidney Transplants

• Paired Donor Kidney Transplants

• Kidney/Pancreas Transplants

• Deceased Donor Transplants

For appointments in Lubbock call 806-722-0105