Being first saves lives. Exceptional outcomes and commitment lead to referrals to the Massachusetts General Hospital Transplant Center from around the globe, from physicians and patients alike.
Transplant Innovations Pioneered at Massachusetts General Hospital
For over a quarter of a century, Massachusetts General Hospital has documented its successes—in hundreds of peer-reviewed publications—as an innovator in complex, life-saving techniques that have revolutionized transplant medicine.
| Year | Innovation |
|---|---|
| 1980 | World’s first for clinical use of monoclonal antibody |
| 1983 | New England’s first successful liver transplant |
| 1984 | Founding member of United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) |
| 1986 | New England’s first successful pancreas transplant |
| 1990 | First regional lung transplant program for Medicare |
| 1991 | New England’s first successful small bowel transplant |
| 1993 | New England’s first successful liver/heart transplant |
| 1995 | New England’s first live donor lung transplant program |
| 1998 | New England’s first successful laparoscopic donor nephrectomy |
| 1998 | New England’s first successful clinical trial of tolerance induction for renal allografts in patients with multiple myeloma |
| 1999 | New England’s first successful split-liver transplant |
| 2000 | New England’s first serial heart/autologous stem cell transplantation for cardiac amyloid |
| 2001-02 | First ITN-sponsored clinical tolerance trials for adults |
| 2008 | World's first successful tolerance induction in mismatched renal recipients reported |
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Massachusetts General Hospital is ranked among the top 1% of hospitals nationally, placing #2 in U.S. News & World Report’s 2011-12 America’s Best Hospitals
