In 1997, Dr. Halff teamed with Dr. Francisco Cigarroa to perform the first split-liver transplant in which a liver from an adult donor was shared with a pediatric recipient. Since then, we have performed more than 20 split-liver transplants. In 1999, we performed our first laparoscopic procedure for living-related liver and kidney donors. The J. Kent Trinkle Center for Transplant Sciences occupies the entire 12th floor of University Hospital's west tower. When we built our new 25,000 square-foot unit in 1996, we designed it to meet the special demands and requirements of transplantation.
All patients continue their recovery in private rooms.
This comprehensive transplant unit ensures that your patients receive optimal care because patients and transplant professionals are in a single location rather an dispersed throughout the hospital. We also designed our transplant unit to provide a safer environment for recipients. Researching Today, Delivering Tomorrow Behind the scenes of every transplantation is a core group of professionals who provide the backbone of medical science. With The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio as a partner, our program incorporates the most recent research findings into transplantation care and rehabilitation. For more than 15 years, our program's research staff has been investigating the immune system and how immunosuppressive organisms work in the body.