INNOVATION | to heal patients and give them hope
Donating Organs
Saves Lives
CORNEAL
Selectively replaces the diseased
parts of the cornea. Depending on
the patient’s condition, the success
rate can be more than 90%.
HEART
Removes a damaged or diseased
heart and replaces it with a healthy
donor heart. The overall survival
rate is almost 90% after one year.
LUNG
Helps those whose lungs are no
longer performing their function
of exchanging oxygen and carbon
dioxide. Scott & White is the only
lung transplant program between
Dallas and San Antonio.
KIDNEY AND PANCREAS
Includes kidney, kidney/pancreas
and pancreas-after-kidney
transplants. Donor organs can
come from deceased donors,
live donors, or altruistic donors
(living donors who do not know
the recipient).
BLOOD STEM CELL
Delivers healthy stem cells
into the patient to replace
bone marrow that is either not
working properly or