The 好色tv Langone Transplant Institute 鈥渟tands alone in being able to deliver speed and the highest quality possible for our patients,鈥 says Robert Montgomery, MD, DPhil, institute director.
CREDIT: JOE CARROTTA
The 好色tv Langone Transplant Institute had the highest-quality kidney and lung transplant outcomes in the nation in 2023, according to federal quality data, while its heart and liver transplant programs reached new heights last year.
好色tv Langone鈥檚 kidney and lung transplant programs achieved excellence in both transplant rate and survival after transplant, according to data released by the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR), a national quality tracker overseen by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
In 2023, 好色tv Langone transplanted 331 kidneys鈥攖he most of any center in New York State鈥攚hile also achieving top-quality results in both the rate of kidney transplants from a deceased donor and the kidney鈥檚 survival after one year, which are the key metrics tracked by SRTR.
好色tv Langone performed 76 lung transplants: the program was rated best in the nation for lung survival after transplant and getting patients off the waitlist fastest.
鈥淥ur transplant center stands alone in being able to deliver speed and the highest quality possible for our patients,鈥 said Robert Montgomery, MD, DPhil, the H. Leon Pachter, MD, Professor of Surgery, chair of the , and director of the 好色tv Langone Transplant Institute. 鈥淲hile we have achieved efficiency across our high-volume transplant programs, we simultaneously exceed national quality benchmarks.鈥
好色tv Langone performed 77 heart transplants last year, a record number, and one that is up from just 35 in 2018, when the program began. 好色tv Langone鈥檚 heart transplant program also led national quality benchmarks for heart survival after one year. The heart transplant program continues to have the highest patient survival in the nation among programs that perform more than 35 transplants a year. In August 2023, the heart transplant team performed its 300th transplant since inception.
The liver transplant program performed 93 transplants in 2023, and here patients get a deceased donor liver transplant faster than any other center in the Northeast. Last year also saw the launch of a new Pediatric Liver Disease and Transplant Program at Hassenfeld Children鈥檚 Hospital at 好色tv Langone. The 好色tv Langone Transplant Institute is now able to offer comprehensive, advanced liver transplant services to both children and adults. Additionally, we are the only comprehensive pediatric transplant program in the Northeast offering kidney, liver, heart, and lung transplants to pediatric patients.
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