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  5. National Report Gives High Marks to UAMS’ Kidney, Liver Transplant Programs

National Report Gives High Marks to UAMS’ Kidney, Liver Transplant Programs

By Linda Satter

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ kidney and liver transplant programs received high national rankings in biannual data released Jan. 5 by the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients.

The SRTR evaluates the status of the nation’s solid organ transplant system and publicly releases the data every December/January and June/July at the directive of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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The UAMS kidney transplant program received the highest ranking possible from the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients in both the speed of obtaining donor kidneys and patient survivability one year after transplant.

The registry gave the UAMS kidney transplant program five bars – the highest ranking possible – in two categories: the speed of obtaining donor kidneys and patient survivability one year after transplant.

That places UAMS second, based on volumes and outcomes, on a list of national kidney programs with five-tier rankings. Only a handful of transplant centers across the country hold five bars in both categories.

UAMS’ liver transplant program scored four bars in each of the two categories. It is one of only 10 liver transplant centers across the country that scored four bars or higher in both categories.

UAMS Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., called the results “a tremendous accomplishment for both transplant programs, and a great way to start the new year.”

There are 256 kidney transplant programs and 147 liver transplant programs across the country. UAMS’ kidney transplant program has been operating since 1964, while its liver transplant program began in 2005. They are the only kidney and liver transplant programs available in Arkansas.

Each program-specific report is available online at www.srtr.org.

The reports provide information about the candidates awaiting transplants, how quickly they moved up the waiting list, the transplant recipients, the donors and the post-transplant outcomes. They document organ function and survivability one year after each transplant, and compare those results to the expected outcomes. Then the reports compare each program’s overall score against the national average.

UAMS mails reports to every patient in its transplant programs.

Posted by Chris Lesher on January 28, 2021

Filed Under: Department News

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