{"id":5287,"date":"2022-08-18T07:28:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-18T14:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allocare.caredx.com\/?p=5287"},"modified":"2022-08-18T06:31:38","modified_gmt":"2022-08-18T13:31:38","slug":"mass-general-ranked-among-the-top-u-s-heart-transplant-programs-despite-covid-19-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/indexphp\/post\/2022\/08\/18\/mass-general-ranked-among-the-top-u-s-heart-transplant-programs-despite-covid-19-challenges\/","title":{"rendered":"Mass General Ranked Among the Top U.S. Heart Transplant Programs Despite COVID-19 Challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"5287\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>\n<p>In 2021, the MGH Transplant Center completed 43 heart transplants \u2013 the hospital\u2019s third-highest annual transplant volume in the program&#8217;s history despite challenges driven by the COVID-19 pandemic. This success was reflected in this year\u2019s Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients\u2019 list of national transplant program outcomes, with Mass General having one of the best overall performances in the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe transplant program has grown significantly over the past five years,\u201d says Greg Lewis, MD, medical director of the Cardiac Transplantation Program. \u201cWe now perform about 1% of the international volume here at Mass General.\u201d <br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.massgeneral.org\/news\/hotline\/mass-general-ranked-top-us-heart-transplant-program-despite-covid-19-challenges\">Read more from <\/a>Massachusetts General Hospital.<\/p>\n<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"5287\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Loading In 2021, the MGH Transplant Center completed 43 heart transplants \u2013 the hospital\u2019s third-highest annual transplant volume in the program&#8217;s history despite challenges driven by the COVID-19 pandemic. 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