The high-volume transplant center achieves
better outcomes for patients and more lives saved.
TAMPA,
Fla., June 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Tampa
General Hospital (TGH), the region's only academic health
system, this week celebrates 50 years of the transplant program,
giving life to patients throughout the region and across the
nation.
On June 18, 1974, Tampa General
performed its first kidney transplant. In the five decades since
Tampa General completed its first transplant surgery, surgeons at
the academic health system have been providing patients with the
most advanced, comprehensive, compassionate and personalized care
possible. Tampa General has celebrated many historic milestones and
national accolades for the program, becoming one of the leading
transplant centers in the nation.
"The 50th anniversary is remarkable on its own, but consider the
more than 13,000 lives saved by Tampa General's Transplant
Institute over the last five decades," said John Couris, president and chief executive
officer at Tampa General Hospital. "This anniversary is a tribute
to the providers and their commitment to exceptional care. In the
last few years, we've made tremendous progress in recruiting the
best-in-class surgeons, adopting new technologies and advancing
innovative techniques, and today, we're one of the nation's leading
transplant centers. We're building on the first 50 years to ensure
the next are even better."
To date, Tampa General has performed more than 13,000 transplant
surgeries, a milestone achieved by only a few dozen hospitals
nationwide. In 2023, Tampa General was ranked among the top five
hospitals in the nation for transplants by volume, with 756
performed last year.
"As a national leader in transplant, we possess the proficiency
and capability to manage patients with the most complex health
conditions, and that has led to exceptional patient outcomes," said
Dr. Kiran Dhanireddy, vice president
and chief of the TGH Transplant Institute. "Our 50th year is
an opportunity to reflect on our journey to become a world-class
organization. Our program was founded by innovators, and we
continue to innovate today."
National recognitions earned in 2023 for the TGH Transplant
Institute include:
- #1 living donor kidney transplant program in the state of
Florida for the last five
years
- #2 in the nation for kidney transplants
- #4 transplant center in the nation for all transplants by
volume
- #4 in the nation for liver transplants by volume
Tampa General is the only hospital in West Central Florida to
offer all five organ transplants for adult patients: heart, lung,
liver, kidney and pancreas.
In 2023, Tampa General successfully completed its first living
donor liver transplant, expanding access to patients needing a
liver transplant. Last year, Tampa General completed a total of
five living donor liver transplants.
Through the adoption of technology, Tampa General's Transplant
Institute is able to retrieve organs from a wider geographical area
and ensure optimal organ condition before transplant procedures,
increasing access to donor organs and shortening patient wait
times. According to data from the Scientific Registry of
Transplant Recipients, Tampa General historically has some of the
shortest times to transplant in the country and in Florida.
In 2027, Tampa General's Transplant Institute will move to the
system's brand-new, state-of-the-art Taneja Surgical, Neuroscience
& Transplant Tower, where patients will have access to
best-in-class providers, the latest research therapies and modern
technologies. The tower, which consists of a plaza level and 12
floors, will provide 144 patient beds, 32 operating suites and
expanded intensive care unit (ICU) capacity. In addition, there
will be space for education and training, and sterile processing,
as well as two floors reserved for future growth.
ABOUT TAMPA GENERAL
HOSPITAL
Tampa General Hospital, a 981-bed, not-for-profit,
academic health system, is one of the largest hospitals in America
and delivers world-class care as the region's only center for Level
l trauma and comprehensive burn care. Tampa General Hospital is the
highest-ranked hospital in the market in U.S. News & World
Report's 2023-24 Best Hospitals, with six specialties ranking among
the top 50 best hospital programs in the
United States. Tampa General Hospital has been designated as
a model of excellence by the 2022 Fortune/Merative 100 Top
Hospitals list. The academic health system's commitment to
growing and developing its team members is recognized by two
prestigious Forbes magazine rankings – in the top 100 nationally in
the 2023 America's Best Employers for Women and top 25 in
Florida in the 2023 America's Best
Employers by State. Tampa General is the safety net hospital for
the region, caring for everyone regardless of their ability to pay,
and in fiscal year 2022, provided a net community benefit of
approximately $240.3 million in the
form of health care for underinsured patients, community education,
and financial support to community health organizations in
Tampa Bay. It is one of the
nation's busiest adult solid organ transplant centers and is the
primary teaching hospital for the USF Health Morsani College of
Medicine. With six medical helicopters, Tampa General Hospital
transports critically injured or ill patients from 23 surrounding
counties to receive the advanced care they need. Tampa General
houses a nationally accredited comprehensive stroke center, and its
32-bed Neuroscience, Intensive Care Unit is the largest on the West
Coast of Florida. It also is home to the Muma Children's
Hospital at TGH, the Jennifer Leigh Muma 82-bed neonatal intensive
care unit, and a nationally accredited rehabilitation center. Tampa
General Hospital's footprint includes TGH North which is comprised
of three hospitals and several outpatient locations in Citrus and Hernando counties, 17 Tampa General Medical
Group Primary Care offices, TGH Family Care Center Kennedy, TGH
Outpatient Center, TGH Virtual Health, and 21 TGH Imaging
outpatient radiology centers throughout Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas and Palm
Beach counties. Tampa Bay
area residents also receive world-class care from the TGH
Urgent Care powered by Fast Track network of clinics. To see a
medical care professional live anytime, anywhere on a smartphone,
tablet or computer, visit Virtual Health | Tampa General Hospital
(tgh.org). As one of the largest hospitals in the country,
Tampa General Hospital is the first in Florida to partner with GE Healthcare and open
a clinical command center that provides real-time situational
awareness to improve and better coordinate patient care at a lower
cost. For more information, go to www.tgh.org.
Media Contact:
Amanda
Bevis
(202) 680-9262 (cell)
amanda@redhillsfl.com
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