With some of the best survival rates in the nation, NYU Medical Center gives its transplant patients reason to expect positive outcomes. It offers transplantation of the liver and kidney - including living-donor procedures - as well as pancreas and lung. Since its inception in 1980, more than 600 transplants have been performed, making the transplant team among the most experienced in the world. And through its association with NYU School of Medicine, the Center is dedicated to advancing the field through research, focusing on the following:

• establishing new bridges to transplantation, including liver dialysis and plasma exchange, to improve the health of those awaiting organs;

• developing a cutting-edge treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma;

• developing minimally invasive procedures that make transplantation a safer, less traumatic option; and

• investigating new immunosuppressive medications with fewer and milder side effects.

The liver transplant program at NYU Medical Center ranks first in the nation for 1-year graft survival.

Living-donor transplants of the liver or kidney often provide the healthiest possible organs, as well as the best matches. A major focus of the Transplant Center, living donation is the preferred alternative for many patients (especially those requiring kidney transplants), freeing them from untold months they might otherwise need to wait for a donated organ.

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