SBHCS Renal and Pancreas Transplant Division— located at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center (NBIMC) and Saint Barnabas Medical Center (SBMC) in Livingston — form one of the largest programs among 240 in the country with more than 250 transplant surgeries performed each year, and more than 4,130 since 1968.
The SBHCS Renal and Pancreas Transplant Division perform more renal transplants than any other facilities in New Jersey, New York, Philadelphia or Boston.
SBHCS began its simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplant program in 1995 at Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, N.J. and its pancreas after kidney transplant program in 2000. More than 90 such surgeries have taken place at Saint Barnabas as of 2004. In 2005, a pancreas transplant program began at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center.
SBHCS is one of a few renal transplant programs in N.J. involved in clinical research trials for patients. SBHCS physicians have actively participated as primary investigators for clinical research trials in new anti-rejection drug therapies since 1993.
New Jersey’s first deceased donor kidney transplant, and living donor transplant surgeries, were performed in 1968 at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center.
In 2005, pancreas transplant program initiated at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center.
New Jersey’s first paired kidney exchange was performed by The Renal and Pancreas Transplant Program at Saint Barnabas Medical Center in 2005.
