Facts and Figures

In 2020, the Renal and Pancreas Transplant Division at Saint Barnabas Medical Center

• Performed 290 total kidney transplants
  • Saint Barnabas again did more kidney transplants than any center in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania
  • 61% of our recipients were transplanted within 2 years of being put on the waiting list or starting dialysis
• Performed 113 kidney transplants from living donors
  • Saint Barnabas was the 5th largest living donor kidney transplant program in the entire country
  • Saint Barnabas was the largest living donor kidney transplant program in the eastern U.S.
  • 49 of these transplants occurred preemptively, before the recipient started dialysis
  • 80% of these recipients were transplanted within 2 years of being put on the waiting list or starting dialysis
• Performed 177 kidney transplants from deceased donors
  • Performed more deceased donor transplants than any other center in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania

In addition, Saint Barnabas has the best long-term patient outcomes of any kidney transplant center in New Jersey*

• More than 94% of our transplant patients survive at least 3 years
• In addition, more than 90% of our transplants are still functioning after 3 years

*based on U.S. government statistics as of January 2021