NCH is launching the first heart and kidney transplant program in Lee County, marking a significant step in local healthcare after nearly a decade without a transplant program in the area.
In constructing its new heart and stroke center, NCH identified an opportunity to establish an organ transplant program.
“There are actually a limited number of transplant programs in the state of Florida, and we have recognized that we have been sending a lot of our patients out for advanced heart failure therapies,” said Dr. Robert Cubeddu, president of the NCH Rooney Heart Institute…