| 1985 |
Organ Transplant Program officially formed as a multi-organ program |
| 1985 |
Histocompatibility Laboratories (HLA) established |
| 1986 |
Heart Transplant Program established; Dr. Kent Trinkle performs first orthotopic heart transplant in South Texas |
| 1987 |
Lung Transplant Program founded when Dr. Trinkle performs the first heart/double lung transplant in South Texas |
| 1988 |
Dr. Trinkle transplants a lung to treat emphysema — a North American first |
| 1989 |
First lung transplant worldwide for pulmonary hypertension |
| 1991 |
17-day-old infant becomes youngest to receive new heart |
| 1992 |
Liver Transplant Program founded by Dr. Glenn A. Halff, Director Transplant Center |
| 1993 |
2-day-old infant becomes youngest to undergo surgical aortic valve repair |
| 1995 |
First kidney/pancreas transplant in civilian hospital; the lab initiated molecular HLA typing for more accurate and effective organ allocation |
| 1997 |
First civilian split-liver transplantation in South Texas; first pediatric liver and kidney transplant in South Texas |
| 1999 |
San Antonio’s first laparoscopic donor kidney and liver transplant procedures |
| 1999 |
The Transplant Research Division was established |
| 2000 |
The Pediatric Specialty Clinic was established at University Hospital |
| 2001 |
The Transplant Clinic officially opened at University Hospital |
| 2002 |
The HLA started to use a new flow cytometry test system to help identify patients’ HLA antibodies |
| 2003 |
Alograft Resources Tissue Bank was established at the Transplant Center |
| 2003 |
First Transplant Center satellite clinics open in Corpus Christi, El Paso and McAllen |
| 2005 |
The Transplant Center has performed 2,000 organ transplants; we are actively following over 100 patients in our research studies, and we are proud to be 100+ employees strong! |
| 2006 |
SALT protocol goes into practice |
| 2008 |
300th lung transplant, 1,000th kidney transplant, first paired donation |
