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Milestones In The World History Of Transplantation

Year Milestone Location

• 1905 Cornea (eye tissue) New York USA
• 1954 Living related kidney (identical twins) Brigham Hospital, USA
• 1962 First kidney transplant University of Colorado, USA
• 1963 First liver transplant University of Colorado, USA
• 1966 First pancreas transplant University of Minnesota, USA
• 1967 First heart transplant Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA
• 1978 Living related pancreas (mother to child) University of Minnesota, USA
• 1980 Sandoz Pharmaceuticals developed Cycolsporin Anti-rejection medication – pushed success rate from 50% to over 90%
• 1981 First heart/lung transplant Stanford University, USA
• 1987 First segmental liver transplant (for children) Brisbane, AUSTRALIA
• 1989 First successful living-related liver transplant (mother to child) Brisbane, AUSTRALIA
• 1992 First mono-segmental liver transplant (for babies) Brisbane, AUSTRALIA
• 1992 Xenotransplant (Baboon’s liver to human) Pittsburg, USA
• 2002 Liver transplant for youngest child in Australia (24 days) Brisbane, AUSTRALIA
• 2003 Australian first triple transplant (heart, lung, liver) Brisbane, AUSTRALIA
• 2005 Zaidee’s Rainbow Shoelaces launched as our national symbol. 
• 2008 Australia reached 259 soild organ donors for the first time in 40 years of transplant in our history.