strength in
numbers
What would
happen if we used
a cholesterol drug
to treat chronic
kidney disease?
four
core programs
45 pediatric
PROVIDERS
TRANSPLANT
PROGRAMS
3 pediatric
TRANSPLANT SURGEONS
30
When no other treatment option remains, the Transplant Programs
at Children’s Hospital Colorado work with every medical and surgical
specialty in the hospital to ensure the best transplant outcomes. We treat
patients from infants to adults, and our survival and success rates are
among the best in the nation.
No program in the Rocky Mountain region rivals the magnitude, depth,
and breadth of our 25 years of experience. We performed our 400th
heart transplant in 2014, making us one of only two pediatric transplant
programs in the U.S. to reach this milestone. Our post-transplant hospital
stays are much shorter than national averages, but our commitment to
care is long-term: the best measure of our success is a child’s ongoing
quality of life.
active
research
studies
103
TOTAL TRANSPLANTS
IN 2015
1 of 2
PEDIATRIC TRANSPLANT
PROGRAMS TO REACH
400
heart transplants
program highlights
Heart Transplant Length of Stay*
oo Our Pediatric Kidney Transplant Program coordinates a dedicated
kidney transplant surgeon and transplant nephrologist with a team of
social workers, dieticians, psychologists, infectious disease specialists,
and others all specializing in the transplant process. Our transplant
nephrologists have been involved in a number of national transplant
research initiatives, including studying the effect of immunosuppressive
drugs in renal transplantation.
9.6
28.8
Children's Colorado
National Average
days
days
Kidney Transplant Length of Stay*
oo With a team of seven board-certified pediatric transplant