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Program Milestones

  • June 1967: UVA's kidney transplant program begins.
  • April 1988: First pancreatic transplant is performed at UVA, establishing the first pancreatic program in Virginia.
  • January 1989: UVA's heart transplant program begins.
  • September 1989: UVA's liver transplant program begins.
  • June 1990: UVA's lung transplant program begins.
  • December 1992: UVA is certified as a Medicare-approved center for liver transplantation.
  • March 1993: UVA is certified as a Medicare-approved center for heart transplantation.
  • April 1996: UVA's pediatric bone marrow transplant program begins.
  • January 1998: First living donor lung transplant performed at UVA.
  • March 1998: UVA's adult bone marrow transplant program begins.
  • May 1999: First living donor liver transplant performed at UVA.
  • September 1999: 1,000th kidney transplanted at UVA.
  • June 2004: First pancreas islet cell transplant in Virginia performed.
  • June 2006: 1,500th kidney transplanted at UVA.
  • January 2007: UVA lung transplant program achieves the best one-year patient survival rate in the nation.
  • April 2007: UVA’s first intestinal transplant performed.
  • February 2009: 900th liver transplanted at UVA.
  • April 2010: 1000th liver transplanted at UVA.
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