Evolution of Transplantation at UW
| January 1968 | Dr. Tom Marchioro performs the State of Washington's first kidney transplant |
| November 1985 | Dr. Margaret Allen performs region's first heart transplant |
| July 1989 | Dr. James Perkins establishes UWMC abdominal transplant program, encompassing liver, kidney, and pancreas transplantation |
| January 1990 | Region's first liver transplant performed at UWMC |
| May 1990 | UW surgeons perform region's first pediatric liver transplant at Children's Hospital and Medical Center (CHMC) |
| June 1990 | UWMC's first pancreas transplant (with kidney) |
| January 1991 | UW surgeons perform nation's first combined living-related donor kidney and cadaveric pancreas transplant |
| October 1991 | UWMC's first pancreas-only transplant |
| April 1992 | Drs. Tom Marchioro and Doug Wood perform region's first lung transplant |
| July 1993 | UWMC's first "split liver" transplant |
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October 1994 |
Dr. Mark Lupinetti performs region's first pediatric heart transplant at CHMC |
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October 1994 |
UWMC's first kidney transplant with living donor unrelated to recipient |
| October 1996 | UWMC's first double kidney transplant |
| October 1997 | The UW hosts the International Liver Transplantation Society meeting that attracts over 500 participants from 26 countries. Speakers include Sir Roy Calne and Dr. Tom Starzl, pioneers in liver transplantation. |
| April 1998 | Dr. Lucile Wrenshall performs region's first laparoscopic nephrectomy on a living kidney donor |
| May 1998 | Dr. James Perkins performs the region's first in-situ split liver in a cadaveric donor, yielding two successful liver transplant (one adult and one pediatric) |
| July 1999 | A two-and-a-half year-old boy from Kingston, WA becomes the region's first recipient of a living-related liver transplant in a coordinated surgery performed by transplant teams from UWMC (led by Dr. James Perkins) and Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center (led by Dr. Patrick Healey). The boy's mother was the donor. |
| August 1999 | UWMC performs the 500th liver transplant in program's history. |
| October 2001 | UWMC's first undirected / altruistic living kidney transplant |
| March 2002 | UWMC performs the 700th liver transplant in program's history |