Since our transplant program first began in 1967, our team of experts at the Ohio State Comprehensive Transplant Center has continued to drive innovation through advanced research and excellent patient care. As central Ohio’s only adult comprehensive transplant center, we have performed nearly 11,000 solid organ transplants. Learn more about how Ohio State is leading the way in organ transplantation!
Every April the front plaza of University Hospital at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center becomes a sparkling tribute to the power of organ donation and transplantation. This year we will plant 11,000 pinwheels, each representing a lifesaving transplant performed at Ohio State since 1967.
Healthy State Alliance, a collaboration between the Ohio State Wexner Medical Center and Mercy Health, has the resources and technology to tackle the most critical health issues facing local communities, including access to transplant care.
A unique team that just celebrated its first anniversary this January has helped facilitate nearly 550 total transplants at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center’s Comprehensive Transplant Center, making these procedures more efficient and more likely to be successful. Year 2 for Ohio State’s Organ Recovery Team — one of just a handful in the United States — looks even brighter.
If you’re suffering from a failing organ, a transplant can restore your life. Learn more about organ transplant and how long transplant organs last from Ohio State Wexner Medical Center's transplant experts.
More organ transplants were performed last year than ever before, and while the success rate of these lifesaving procedures continues to improve, about one in four patients develops antibodies that can cause rejection, organ failure or even death months or years after surgery. Now, researchers at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center have discovered a new type of immune cell that predicts a transplant patient’s risk of rejection and may lead to therapies that reduce their risk.
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