Rhode Island Hospital Kidney Transplant Center
Message from the Director
We're close, we're caring and we're leading edge.
 by
Anthony P. Monaco, MD
Thank you for your interest in the Kidney Transplant Center at
Rhode Island Hospital.
Founded in 1997, the Kidney Transplant Center at Rhode Island Hospital,
a major teaching hospital of The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, has
rapidly become recognized as one of the most advanced in New England,
with a standard of patient care second to none.
We have assembled one of the most skilled and experienced teams
of transplant surgeons, nephrologists,
and related specialists in the nation. Equally important, we have
created a uniquely personalized and caring environment for patients
undergoing transplantation. Our transplant team emphasizes close
consultation and cooperation with referring nephrologists and primary
care physicians of transplant patient candidates as they progress
from the initial evaluation, transplant work-up, surgical transplantation
and every step of postoperative care and management.
The Rhode Island Hospital transplant team has moved
quickly to the forefront of clinical research in newer, more effective
immunosuppressive agents and reduced immunosuppression protocols—research
that improves transplant success, reduces the likelihood of rejection
and enhances quality of life.
In addition, our team is on the forefront of innovative techniques to promote both living and deceased organ donation. We have been early and consistent advocates for altruistic kidney donation from living donors (nondirected and Good Samaritan), as well as unrelated kidney donation from friends and spouses. In 2007, a record 26 families at Rhode Island Hospital donated the organs from deceased loved ones for transplantation. Rhode Island Hospital is annually in the top three New England hospitals for the recovery of organs from deceased donors. As a result, our patients benefit from reduced waiting time for transplantation compared with other centers in New England nationally.
For many reasons, physicians throughout New England should
consider the availability of kidney transplantation for their patients
at Rhode Island Hospital.
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