The first liver transplant was performed at INTEGRIS Health on Nov. 9, 1992.
INTEGRIS Health Nazih Zuhdi Transplant Institute is celebrating 30 years of liver transplantation this week. The first liver transplant was performed at INTEGRIS Health on Nov. 9, 1992. Since that date, the institute has conducted more than 1600 liver transplants!
“This is a milestone and reflects the highest level of complexity of care that a health care system can deliver for its patients”, says Vivek Kohli, M.D., Section Chief of Abdominal Transplant at INTEGRIS Health. “It takes a huge team of individuals involved for every transplant performed. NZTI has remained in the forefront with exceptional outcomes for liver transplants, well above the national average. The liver transplant team has established clinical care pathways to help improve patient survivals while they are still awaiting transplants, increased utilization of donor organs, decreased waiting time for liver transplant, and remains at the forefront of medical and surgical care with newer drug therapies, as well as using new technologies such as utilization of perfusion pumps for donor livers.”
Click below to see some of the many lives saved by liver transplantation:
The Liver Program at the INTEGRIS Health Nazih Zuhdi Transplant Institute remains committed to providing the best available care for all aspects of acute and chronic liver diseases: including treatment for hepatitis C, fatty liver disease, alcoholic cirrhosis, liver tumors and management of metabolic, autoimmune and hereditary liver diseases. The program also continues to provide supportive care for patients and their families in all possible ways as they transition through a challenging time in their health and wellbeing.
Patients with liver disease seeking transplant come to the INTEGRIS Health Nazih Zuhdi Transplant Institute from Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico and Missouri. Click here for more information.
