Nashville is now home to the medical center with the highest number of solid organ transplants in U.S. history

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – Vanderbilt announced on Thursday that its transplant center has made history.

Last year, the Vanderbilt Transplant Center performed 960 solid organ transplants, which Vanderbilt Health said marks “the most ever completed by a single center in U.S. history.”

“This milestone makes us the nation’s largest transplant center by volume,” Vanderbilt Health said on Facebook. “Yet the best headline is about the lives saved: 85 more critically ill patients received a second chance this year compared to last.”…

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