Infographic: Organ Transplant at UVA

Learn more about organ and tissue donation: Visit the UVA Transplant Center.

Infographic text: UVA’s Transplant Program at 50 Years

Donating a kidney or part of your liver can save someone’s life. And it’s something you can do now, either for a loved one or a stranger.

• We receive over 3,800 organ offers annually
• More than 4,700 patients have been transplanted
• There are currently over 700 patients on our waitlist
• We add more than 300 names to our waitlist each year
• Our transplant center began in the 1960s
• There are 10 transplant programs at UVA:
  • Adult heart
  • Pediatric Heart
  • Adult Liver
  • Pediatric Liver
  • Adult Kidney
  • Pediatric Kidney
  • Pediatric Lung
  • Islet Cell
  • Adult Lung
  • Adult Pancreas
• A kidney has 24-48 hours to be transplanted
• A lung has 6 hours to be transplanted
• A heart has 4 hours to be transplanted
• A liver has 16 hours to be transplanted
• To become an organ donor, visit www.donatelifevirginia.org