Commentary: Center marks 5,000 life-saving transplants in San Antonio
Dr. Francisco G. Cigarroa, For the Express-News
Jan. 29, 2021
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In Dr. Deborah Levine, right, and Dr. Edward Sako, center, of the University Health lung transplant program, discuss a patient during rounds in November. It’s been 50 years since the first transplant at the University Transplant Center, which recently marked its 5,000th solid organ transplant.Bob Owen /San Antonio Express-News
While 2020 was a difficult year in which COVID-19 claimed the lives of so many, University Transplant Center pushed forward, as generous organ donors allowed us to save lives through the miracle of transplant surgery.