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Discover kidney Transplantation at VCU Health
For 60 years,VCU Health Hume-Lee Transplant Center has improved the quality of life for individuals with kidney disease.
More than 3,400 patients have counted on the experts at VCU Health Hume-Lee Transplant Center to perform their kidney transplants – giving them the chance to lead long, healthy lives.
Kidney transplantation is the most successful treatment option for end-stage renal disease – improving life expectancy for patients when compared to dialysis treatment. We currently perform an average of 150 kidney transplants a year, including transplants for patients with medically complex conditions.
When it's time to get back to the life you love, trust VCU Health Hume-Lee Transplant Center.
First in
second chances.
Leading the way with innovations in transplantation.
VCU Health Hume-Lee Transplant Center performed the first human kidney transplant in Virginia.
Today, we continue the tradition of innovation with advanced treatments and technology such as:
- Desensitization
- ABO Incompatible transplant
- Kidney Exchanges
- Robotic Surgery
Living kidney Donation
The national wait time for a deceased donor kidney transplant can be as long as six years. Living donation eliminates this wait.
Living donation takes place when a person donates a kidney to someone in need of a transplant. The benefits of living kidney donation include:
Eliminates the need to be placed on national waiting list
Significantly better short- and long-term survival rates
Patient may be able to avoid going on dialysis
Surgery can be planned for optimal health and timing for patient
Donors are often a close family member, but can also be a spouse, distant relative, friend and occasionally a good Samaritan unknown to the patient.
to speak to one of our living donor coordinators and learn how to talk to a loved one about this lifesaving process.
An organ transplant
is a life-changing experience.
VCU Health Hume-Lee Transplant Center wants to ease your mind and answer your questions.
For more information, download our informative guide.