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| 1954 |
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First successful living-related kidney Transplant |
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Dr. Joseph Murray and Dr. David Hume, Brigham
Hospital, Boston |
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| 1962 |
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First successful cadaveric (deceased) kidney
transplant |
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Dr. Joseph Murray and Dr. David Hume, Brigham
Hospital, Boston |
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| 1963 |
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First successful lung transplant |
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Dr. James Hardy, University of Mississippi Medical
Center, Jackson, MS |
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| 1967 |
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First successful liver transplant |
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Dr. Thomas Starzl, University of Colorado, Denver,
CO |
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| 1967 |
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First Successful Heart Transplant |
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Dr. Christiaan Barnard, Groote Schuur Hospital,
South Africa |
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| 1968 |
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Uniform Anatomical Gift Act – Establishes Uniform Donor Card as a legal document
for anyone 18 years of age or older to legally donate his or her organs
upon death |
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| 1972 |
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End Stage Renal Disease Act (ESRD) paves way
for Medicare Coverage of Renal Dialysis and Kidney Transplants |
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| 1981 |
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First Successful heart/lung Transplant |
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Dr. Norman Shumway, Stanford University Medical
Center, Palo Alto, CA |
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| 1983 |
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FDA approves Cyclosporine, the most successful
anti-rejection medication developed to date |
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| 1984 |
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National Organ Transplant Act (NOTA) establishes nationwide computer registry operated by the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS); authorizes financial support for Organ
Procurement Organizations (OPOs); prohibits buying or selling
of organs in the United States |
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| 1986 |
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Required Request Laws require hospitals to develop
policies to identify patients as potential donors and approach families
about organ donation |
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| 1988 |
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FDA approves Viaspan that greatly extends the
preservation of donated livers |
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| 1988 |
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First successful small intestine transplant |
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| 1989 |
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First successful living-related liver transplant |
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| 1990 |
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First successful living-related lung transplant |
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| 1992 |
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Baboon liver transplanted into man dying of liver
failure |
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| 1998 |
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National Conditions of Participation legislation
enacted; required hospitals to refer all deaths, and imminent deaths,
to the local Organ Procurement Organizations (OPOs) |
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| Also see Our
History |
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