All-female team performs 5000th life-saving organ transplant on teen at University Health Transplant Center
Hayes Atkins, 14, received kidney from his mother
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Hayes Atkins, 14 (University Health)
SAN ANTONIO – University Health Transplant Center is celebrating a remarkable milestone in its 50-year history with its first all-female transplant team.
“It’s a great celebration of our accomplishments,” said Dr. Elizabeth Thomas, one of the surgeons who led the all-women team.
All-female transplant team at University Health (University Health)
Hayes Atkins, a 14-year-old from Austin, was the 5000th patient to receive a life-saving organ transplant at the University Health Transplant Center.
“I’m kind of anxious and kind of nervous,” Hayes said before his surgery.