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Philanthropy FUEL
Read about an area in which Children’ s Hospital Colorado is the First, Unique, Exceptional or Largest( FUEL) of its kind nationally— or globally— and learn how philanthropy can propel these advances even further.
No. 1 in U. S. for Pediatric Living Donor Transplants
Pediatric living donor liver transplants are lifesaving procedures in which a portion of a healthy person’ s liver is transplanted into a child with end-stage liver disease. Because the liver can regenerate, the living donor’ s liver grows back, and the transplanted portion grows to full size in the child.
Children’ s Colorado has the top pediatric living donor liver transplant program in the country based on our transplant volumes and outcomes. Living donor liver transplantation allows our experts to plan children’ s transplants instead of waiting for a liver to become available.
Scheduled surgeries mean the operation can be carefully timed when both donor and recipient are in optimal health. Every moment a child waits for a liver can mean the difference between life and loss, so shorter wait times lead to lower costs and better results by avoiding emergency hospitalizations and other pre-transplant expenses.
With unmatched outcomes, pioneering techniques and a bold vision to eliminate the pediatric liver transplant waitlist, philanthropic investments in this area can help save more lives faster and make it so that no child dies waiting for a liver.
LEADING THE WAY
1 of 6 pediatric centers in U. S. to perform more than 5 living donor liver transplants each year
15 % pediatric liver transplants from living donors nationally
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15 liver transplants in 2025
40 % pediatric liver transplants from living donors at Children’ s Colorado
18 states from which patients traveled to us for a liver transplant in 2024
Region’ s First Pediatric Heart and Liver Dual Organ Transplant
Children’ s Hospital Colorado successfully performed the hospital’ s first-ever heart and liver dual organ transplant, with support from dozens of team members across 25 different multidisciplinary care teams. Only 38 other pediatric heart and liver dual organ transplants have been completed in the United States.
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