Five uterine transplants were completed at Baylor Dallas in 2016 .
Researchers at Baylor Dallas hope that by 2018 , the medical center ’ s first baby born from a transplanted uterus could enter the world . The successful birth would be the outcome of a clinical trial announced in January 2016 by the Baylor Annette C . and Harold C . Simmons Transplant Institute , which aims to give women a new womb and a chance to become pregnant and to carry a child to term .
As part of a national and widely publicized trial , physicians at Baylor Dallas implanted wombs in five women with absolute uterine factor infertility ( AUI ). Living donors provided the uteruses . Three were removed due to poor blood flow . The other two are still viable and have shown no signs of rejection . Trial protocol limits the first phase to 10 donor / recipient pairs , but based on the response of 200 potential recipients and 50 potential donors , many more women could have their chance in future trials .
“ Through the entire process of transplantation , fertilization , prenatal care and delivery , they are all connected as part of this study taking place at Baylor Dallas ,” said Giuliano Testa , MD , principal investigator and surgical chief of abdominal transplantation at Baylor Dallas . “ All of these components are integrated with one goal in mind : helping women who ’ ve been previously unable to have a baby . This is the beginning of what we hope to be a great history for medicine , but it really is only the beginning .”
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES AND EVENTS In April 2016 , Baylor hosted an international conference on Antibody Mediated Rejection in Liver Transplantation , Part II . Speakers and attendees came from around the world to participate in the meeting that was held in Dallas and to enjoy the World Aquarium .
Transplant centers , as well as health care providers around the world , validated Baylor Dallas ’ reputation as a leader in the field by inviting team members to present at several prestigious conferences : ASTS - American Society of Transplant Surgeons , Winter Symposium - Florida ILTS - International Liver Transplantation Society - Korea TTS - The Transplantation Society - Hong Kong IHBP - International Hepatobiliary - Pancreatic Surgery , Symposium - France TTS - Texas Transplantation Society - Fort Worth AASLD - American Association for the Study of Liver Disease - Boston
Baylor Annette C . and Harold C . Simmons Transplant Institute hosted the following symposiums : AMR Symposium ( April 8 – 9 , 2016 ) Donor Advocate ( Nov . 4 , 2016 )
In addition , Baylor Dallas was selected as the 2017 host site for the International Living Donor Liver Study Group , the premier organization for education in living donor transplantation in the world .
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