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Just 14 months after adding a new surgical heart trans-plantation team to its medical staff, Baylor University Medical
Center at Dallas completed its 100th heart transplantation.
Harold C. and Annette C. Simmons
In Memoriam
Harold C. Simmons’ Personal Story
Fueled Passion, Compassion
Baylor Health Care System is deeply saddened at the loss of friend and philanthropist
Harold C. Simmons. His love of family, hard work and philanthropy will live on in the
community and through the numerous lives he touched with his friendship and generosity.
Baylor Health Care System Foundation is fortunate
to have received loyal support from the Simmons family through many philanthropic gifts over the years,
including a $20 million gift in 2010 from Harold and
his wife, Annette, to benefit transplant initiatives at
Baylor. In recognition of this transformational gift,
Baylor renamed the institute the Baylor Annette C. and
Harold C. Simmons Transplant Institute.
“We are honored to not only have Harold’s friendship, but also his name associated with our transplant
institute,” said Rowland K. Robinson, Foundation
president. “His legacy will not soon be forgotten by
Baylor or the many patients and families who will continue to benefit from this remarkable gift. The whole
Baylor community wants to extend our warm, heartfelt love to Annette and the Simmons family.”
Göran Klintmalm, M.D., Ph.D., has led the Baylor
Annette C. and Harold C. Simmons Transplant
Institute as its chairman since its inception in 1984.
Over the past 30 years, the institute has performed
more than 8,000 solid organ transplants, making it one
of the largest multi-specialty transplant centers in the
world. The institute has also trained 35 leading transplant fellows and conducted research that has contributed to now standard transplant-related medication
and practice.
“Harold and Annette Simmons’ generosity has
allowed the Transplant Institute to refine its abilities to
conduct exploratory, cutting-edge research,” said Dr.
Klintmalm. “Their gift will help improve the outcomes
and lives of transplant recipients worldwide through
the research conducted by our investigators.”
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