Cedars-Sinai Again Ranked No 1 in 2018 Adult Heart Transplants Skip to main content Close Select your preferred language English عربى 简体中文 繁體中文 فارسي עִברִית 日本語 한국어 Русский Español Tagalog Menu Close Call 1-800-CEDARS-1 toggle search form Close Los Angeles, 12 February 2019 06:00 AM America/Los_Angeles Cedars-Sinai Again Ranked No 1 in 2018 Adult Heart Transplants The Smidt Heart Institute Achievement Is Accompanied by Outstanding Patient Outcomes Cardiothoracic surgeon Fardad Esmailian, MD, on the left, with Jon Kobashigawa, MD, director of heart transplant. Photo by Cedars-Sinai. The Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai once again ranked first in the country for completing more adult heart transplants in 2018 than any other U.S. medical center. The Smidt Heart Institute transplant team completed 122 heart transplants during the calendar year, including two heart and kidney transplants. The year's transplant statistics were compiled by the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), the nonprofit organization that manages the U.S. organ transplant system and collects data on every transplant performed in the nation. "Behind every heart transplant patient is a donor who gave the ultimate gift – life," said Eduardo Marbán, MD, PhD, director of the Smidt Heart Institute. "On average each week, we are able to give two or three patients more time and moments with their families and friends. It's both an honor and privilege we take great pride in." Every year since 2010, the Smidt Heart Institute has performed more adult heart transplants than any other U.S. medical center. Despite Cedars-Sinai's transplant achievements, the need for organs remains great. According to UNOS, more than 114,000 people in the U.S. are waiting to receive a life-saving organ transplant. "No transplant procedure is merely a surgery," said Fardad Esmailian, MD, surgical director of the Heart Transplant Program. "We realize each procedure as a gift of life for the recipient and a selfless act made by a willing donor." " On average each week, we are able to give two or three patients more time and moments with their families and friends. It's both an honor and privilege we take great pride in. Eduardo Marbán, MD, PhD, director, Smidt Heart Institute „ The achievement also is accompanied by outstanding patient outcomes that surpass the national average, as reported recently by the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients. "These prestigious achievements could not happen without the dedication and outstanding care provided by our multidisciplinary team, of surgeons, physicians, pharmacists, nurses and other health professionals," said Jon Kobashigawa, MD, director of the Heart Transplant Program at the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai. "We are grateful for the steadfast trust our patients put in us, knowing our ultimate goal is to provide life-saving, excellent care to every patient we come across." The Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients also recently named Cedars-Sinai's Liver and Transplant Program as having the best one-year survival outcomes of all hospitals in California, with 96 percent of patients surviving beyond the one-year milestone. Cedars-Sinai's Liver Transplant Program is one of only six in the U.S. – and the only program west of Texas -- to receive the SRTR designation of "better than expected" results. "Patients transplanted at Cedars-Sinai can rely on our specialized, compassionate teams who follow each patient through their entire treatment journey," said Andrew Klein, MD, the Esther and Mark Schumann Chair in Surgery and Transplantation Medicine and director of the Cedars-Sinai Transplant Center. "And post-transplant, patients can expect this same level of care for the rest of their life." Read More: Transplant Saves Bishop at the Heart of His Community Contact the Media Team Email: [email protected] Contacts Sally StewartAssociate Director, Media Relations; Editor-in-Chief of the Cedars-Sinai Newsroom sally.stewart@cshs.org Search Our Newsroom Share this release Cedars-Sinai Again Ranked No 1 in 2018 Adult Heart Transplants Share on: Twitter Share on: Facebook Share on: LinkedIn Social media Visit our Facebook page (opens in new window) Follow us on Twitter (opens in new window) Visit our Youtube profile (opens in new window) (opens in new window) Latest news 07 Oct 2022 - HealthDay: Black Women Less Likely to Get Laparoscopic Fibroid Surgeries 07 Oct 2022 - Faculty Publications: Sept. 29-Oct. 6 07 Oct 2022 - Fine-Tuning Organ-Chip Technology 06 Oct 2022 - KCRW: Want New Omicron Booster? Wait at Least 2 Months After Last Shot 05 Oct 2022 - Cedars-Sinai Schedules Free Flu Vaccine Clinics 04 Oct 2022 - Cedars-Sinai Showcases Hispanic and Latinx Art Newsroom Home