The UAB Medical Center in Birmingham, Alabama, has been a leader in organ transplantation since1968 when the first kidney transplant was preformed here. The program now includes:
- kidney transplantation
- simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantations
- lung transplantation
- liver transplantation
- bone marrow transplantation
- heart t ransplantation
- simultaneous heart-lung transplantation
- cornea and retina of the eye transplantation
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Alabama Transplant Center at UAB taps into the vast resources of the UAB Medical Center, including specialized clinical and surgical research focusing on specific disease processes related to transplantation. This center benefits from the interdisciplinary exchange of information at UAB. Moreover, it is affiliated with similar centers across the country, linking UAB physicians and scientists with their colleagues in other institutions.