Comprehensive Care

• One of the shortest lengths of stay among 77 institutions across the country reviewed in the third quarter (July–September 2007) University HealthSystem Consortium Clinical Outcomes Report
• No deaths in the 12 months ending September 2007
• One of the shortest waiting times for organs, according to the Scientific Transplant Registry
• 30- and 90-day graft and patient survival rates for kidney transplants have remained near 100 percent since 2005
• Performed a record number of 192 kidney transplants in 2007 — 10 of those were in combination with another organ
• Both related and unrelated living donor kidney transplantation
• Transplants for highly sensitized patients — those with high levels of antibodies in their blood streams
• Outreach clinics in Columbia, Florence, Greenville and Savannah

Multidisciplinary Team

• Nationally ranked, experienced and dedicated surgeons and nephrologists
• Dedicated nurses and anesthesiologists
• Coordinators who educate and support family members before, after and following the transplant
• Social workers and financial counselors
• Lab and pharmacy experts
• Physical and occupational therapists as well as play therapists for children
• Dietitians