BSWH Transplant Annual Report 2016 ACHC_639_2017_AnnualReport_JO_PROOF8 | Page 24

ISLE We are the first center in Texas to receive FDA permission to process pancreatic islet cells for transplantation, and the first hospital in the southwest to perform both allo and auto islet cell transplantation from our own lab for type 1 diabetes patients and chronic pancreatitis patients. In 2016, our specialists continued their groundbreaking work. 22