Northwestern recently performed its 10,000th abdominal organ transplant, and was the first network in the state to reach that number
Brad Szczecinski, a kidney transplant patient, speaks about Dr. Joseph Leventhal, director of the Living Donor Kidney Transplant Program at Northwestern Medicine, during a news conference on May 15, 2024, commemorating Northwestern becoming the first health system in Illinois to complete 10,000 abdominal organ transplant procedures. Twenty-eight years ago, Brad Szczecinski was at a volleyball tournament in prime physical fitness when he ended up in the emergency room.
The center recently performed its 10,000th abdominal organ transplant and was the first network in the state to reach that number. Northwestern’s transplant program began in 1964 and performed 518 abdominal transplants, the most in its history, in 2023. One major component of Northwestern’s transplant program is its accessibility initiatives, Nadig said. Dr. Juan Carlos Caicedo is the director of Northwestern Medicine’s Hispanic Transplant Program, which was created in 2006.
That is not the only outreach project within Northwestern’s transplant program. Dr. Dinee Simpson directs the center’s African American Transplant Access Program, and said health equity means that everyone has the opportunity to attain their highest level of health.
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