Since our first organ transplant in 1967, our team of experts at Ohio State Wexner Medical Center Comprehensive Transplant Center continue to drive innovation through advanced research and excellent patient care. As central Ohio’s only adult comprehensive transplant center, we perform approximately 600 solid organ transplants each year. Learn more about how Ohio State is leading the way in organ transplantation!
Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center is celebrated 11,000 solid organ transplants in 2021. Less than 10% of adult transplant centers in the United States have achieved this milestone.
This April, 11,500 pinwheels were planted on the front plaza of University Hospital at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center as a sparkling tribute to the power of organ donation and transplantation. Each pinwheel represents a lifesaving organ transplant performed at Ohio State since our first in 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.
There are nearly 14,000 people waiting for a liver transplant but nationally, less than 5 percent of all liver transplants are from a living donor. If you’re considering living liver donation, here’s an overview of the process.
While the steps to sign up to be an organ donor are simple, the scientific process of matching donors and recipients for a transplant is a complex one.
