In 1969, the Lion’s Eye Bank of Washington, Northern Idaho and Alaska was established at the University of…
On Dec. 3, 1967, surgeon Christiaan Barnard performed the first human to human heart transplant in Cape Town,…
On Jan. 15, 1967, Dr. William Lakey performed Alberta’s first organ transplant, a kidney, at the University of…
On Dec. 17, 1966, a pancreas transplant was first completed under the direction of Richard C. Lillehei, William…
On Jan. 16, 1964, a team of doctors led by Dr. James D. Hardy, professor of surgery and…
On Jan. 9, 1962, the Seattle Artificial Kidney Center, now known as the Northwest Kidney Centers opened its…
On Oct. 9, 1959, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) transplanted its first organ, just the 18th successful…
In 1954, The McLaughlin Research Institute began with the arrival of Dr. Ernst Eichwald, recruited as a pathologist…
In 1938, Alexis Carrel and Charles Lindbergh published “The Culture of Organs” that described how to preserve organs…