Brigham and Women’s Hospital is a recognized leader in transplant services, with one of the top cardiac transplant centers in the country. It also is among the top-rated hospitals for lung transplants, bone marrow transplants and kidney transplants. Transplant patients and their families are provided with state-of-the-art evaluation and treatment services.
Just a few of the recent breakthroughs at Brigham and Women’s Hospital include:
- Performing the first four organ transplants from a single donor in New England; two lungs, a heart, and a kidney are simultaneously given to four different recipients by the cardiac, thoracic, and renal transplant services.
- Completing the first operation on a patient with a surgeon directed, computer assisted robot in New England.
Heart Transplant Program
The Heart Transplant program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital is the oldest and largest in New England, with more than 500 heart transplants performed since 1984. In addition to performing the first heart transplant in New England, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Cardiac Surgery division also performed the first heart lung transplant in Massachusetts. Expert, multidisciplinary care is provided in patient screening, pre-operative monitoring, donor procurement, immediate postoperative care and postoperative monitoring.
Lung Transplant Program
The Lung Transplant program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital continues the tradition of excellence in organ transplantation at the hospital. Established in 1990, the Brigham and Women’s Hospital Lung Transplant Team performed both the first adult lung transplant in Massachusetts and the first double lung transplant in New England. Comprehensive care is provided to patients and their families both prior to and after lung transplantation.
Kidney/Pancreas Transplant Program
The Kidney Transplant Program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital is one of the oldest established renal programs in the country. The first identical twin kidney transplant was performed here in 1954 by Dr. Joseph Murray, who was later awarded the Nobel Science Prize for his pioneering work with immunosuppresents. Pre and post kidney transplant care is provided by a multidisciplinary team of specialists. Currently, approximately 50 kidney transplants are performed at Brigham and Women’s Hospital each year.
Bone Marrow Transplant Program
The Dana Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Care Bone Marrow Transplant Program is a joint effort between Dana Farber Cancer Center and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. It was one of the first Bone Marrow Transplant Centers in the world and is now one of the largest and busiest bone marrow transplant programs in the country, performing over 300 bone marrow transplants per year. All types of blood stem cell and marrow grafting are performed — including matched and mismatched transplants from family members or unrelated donors, cord blood transplants, autologous transplants and identical twin transplantation.
The program also provides complete bone marrow transplantation services for patients with non-malignant diseases.
