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Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation

Our Results

The Weill Cornell Transplant Program is incredibly proud that our transplant outcomes are excellent and believe these results are a direct result of our dedication to providing the best patient care possible.

Below you can see how our patient and graft survival rates and transplant waiting times compare to the national expectations. For more detailed information about our outcomes and how they compare to other transplant centers, please visit the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients website.

Figure 1: Patient Survival after Kidney Transplant at Weill Cornell. This graphic shows that at 3 years after kidney transplant, our patients have a higher survival rate than is expected based on national experience (93.7% compared to an expected survival of 90.1%).

Figure 2: Patient Survival in Recipients of a Deceased Donor Kidney Transplant at Weill Cornell. This graphic shows that at 3 years after kidney transplant, patients who receive a deceased donor kidney transplant at Weill Cornell have significantly better survival than is expected based on national experience (92.3% compared to an expected survival of 87.2%).

Figure 3: Patient Survival in Recipients of a Living Donor Kidney Transplant at Weill Cornell. This graphic shows that at 3 years after kidney transplant, patients who receive a living donor kidney transplant at Weill Cornell have similar survival compared to the expected survival based on national experience (96.2% compared to an expected survival of 95.2%).

Figure 4: Graft Survival after Kidney Transplant at Weill Cornell. This graphic shows that at 3 years after kidney transplant, our patients (living and deceased donor kidney transplant recipients) have better kidney graft survival than is expected based on national experience (85.5% compared to an expected survival of 81.3%).

Figure 5: Graft Survival in Recipients of a Deceased Donor Kidney Transplant at Weill Cornell. This graphic shows that at 3 years after kidney transplant, patients who receive a deceased donor kidney transplant at Weill Cornell have better kidney graft survival than is expected based on national experience (83.6% compared to an expected survival of 76.3%).

Figure 6: Graft Survival in Recipients of a Living Donor Kidney Transplant at Weill Cornell. This graphic shows that at 3 years after kidney transplant, patients who receive a living donor kidney transplant at Weill Cornell have similar kidney graft survival compared to the expected survival based on national experience (89.0% compared to an expected survival of 90.5%).

Figure 7: Average Time for 50% of Patients to Receive a Kidney Transplant. Because of the innovative strategies that Weill Cornell employs to achieve our mission of maximizing transplant opportunities for our patients, the waiting time for a kidney transplant (combination of both living and deceased donor transplants) is much shorter at Cornell compared to other local, regional, and national transplant programs (time for 50% of patients on the waitlist to be transplanted: 29 months at Weill Cornell compared to 64 months in the NY metropolitan area, 54 months in the region, and 48 months throughout the United States).

Figure 8: Percent of Patients Transplanted by 3 Years on the Wait List According to Blood Type. For patients that received a deceased donor transplant at Weill Cornell, the above graphic shows the percent of patients transplanted after waiting for three years (61% of patients with blood type A (compared to 38% across the nation); 18% of patients with blood type B (compared to 23% across the nation); 90% of patients with blood type AB (compared to 51% across the nation); 35% of patients with blood type O (compared to 25% across the nation)).

For the data presented above, 1-year data reflects patients transplanted between 7/1/2007 and 12/31/2009. 3-year data reflects patients transplanted between 1/1/2005 and 6/30/2007.

All data is from the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) under contract with the Health Resources and Service Administration (HRSA).

Based on data available as of 10/31/2010. Release at srtr.org on 1/11/2011.