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Clinical Services (Pediatric Transplant Center):
Why Choose Us?
Why Choose Us? The Pediatric Transplant Center at Children's Hospital Boston is one of the most advanced and comprehensive transplant centers in the country. The Center brings together transplantation programs in heart, kidney, liver, lung, intestine & multivisceral as well as stem cell transplantation. The Center is committed to providing and improving care and access to those in need of organ transplantation, through full-service patient care and support services, as well as groundbreaking research to further the field of transplantation.

"The formation of a unified Pediatric Transplant Center has allowed us to pool common resources creating a much more efficient system. In addition, we have been able to take best practices from each program and apply them across the board. This new infrastructure and collaboration will allow us to continue to provide the best possible pediatric transplant care." -Heung Bae Kim, MD

Transplant Program Total Number of Transplants Performed* Program Start Date
Stem Cell 1,269 1970
Kidney 602 1971
Liver 164 1984
Heart 189 1986
Lung 60 1990
Intestine & Multivisceral 8 2004
*Through April 2008
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