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Upstate Performs Increasing Number of Transplants
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By Mary Beth Roach
Q: How many organ transplants does Upstate do in a year?
A: Last year, 110; year before that, close to 96.
Q: Why is there an increase?
A: A couple of factors. We’ve implemented different programs to basically improve access to transplantation by utilizing different kind of organs available to us. For example, in the past we didn’t use hepatitis C organs. But now, hepatitis C is easily treatable with medication and you can use those organs. People in other areas of the state of New York or other states are coming to us. We try to make the best of the organs that are available to us, we do more transplants and that’s why the wait time for our program is one of the shortest in the state of New York.
Q: What types of transplants does Upstate do?
A: Currently we’re doing kidney transplant, pancreas transplant and pediatric kidney transplant, both of the deceased donor and the live donor. We also do live donor kidney transplantation. There are 350 patients on the wait list. There are 350 patients on the list at Upstate to receive kidney and
