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Transplant Center one of the best in nation

The U-M Health System’s (UMHS) Transplant Center was recognized April 22 by U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson as one of the top transplant hospitals in the country, and the best in Michigan, for its effort to increase the organ donation rate. Thompson honored the Transplant Center, along with Gift of Life Michigan, via a satellite videoconference in Dearborn. In 2003 the Transplant Center and Gift of Life Michigan joined Thompson’s Organ Donation Breakthrough Collaborative to combat the growing disparity between the supply and demand of organs for transplantation in the United States. As a result of this collaboration, the Transplant Center raised the organ donation rate, or conversion rate, at UMHS to 91 percent in the past year, making it the leading transplant center in Michigan.

Overall, the efforts resulted in 97 organs for transplantation: 52 kidneys, 20 livers, seven hearts, 10 lungs, seven pancreases and one small bowel donation. The Organ Donation Breakthrough Collaborative challenged 300 hospitals in the nation with the highest number of eligible/potential donors to increase the donation rate at their institutions to 75 percent by partnering with their local organ procurement organization. In 2003 the Transplant Center performed 29 heart, 15 lung, 86 liver, 200 kidney and 14 pancreas transplants.

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