UW Medicine Kidney Transplant Program Celebrates 204 Transplants

Wednesday, January 23, 2019

Ramasamy Bakthavatsalam, MBBS

Nicolae Leca, MD

The Kidney Transplant Program at UW Medicine is celebrating the milestone of 204 kidney transplants performed in 2018. This unprecedented achievement is accompanied by the best national outcomes at 3 years post kidney transplantation. These accomplishments identify the UW Kidney Transplant Program as one of the premier kidney transplant programs in the United States which contributes to the United Network for Organ Sharing recognizing the program as a top 10 program nationally. 

We would like to send our appreciation to the hard working, dedicated and enthusiastic transplant team, and to the support of UW Medicine leadership for this amazing achievement. We look forward to many more accomplishments in the future.

Ramasamy Bakthavatsalam, MBBS, Professor of Surgery and Urology, Division of Transplant Surgery
Nicolae Leca, MD, Medical Director of Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation and Clinical Associate Professor of Nephrology
Kay Wicks, Administrator, Department of Surgery