Kidney Transplant ServicesThe transplant programs at Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas and Baylor All Saints Medical Center in Fort Worth, together, have performed more than 2600 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 20.3 months at Baylor Dallas and only 15 months at Baylor Fort Worth. The national wait time for a kidney is more than 3 and a half years. 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.
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