As the Di rector of Transplantation Services at University Hospital and Medical Center at Stony Brook, I am pleased to present to you this latest issue of our Transplant News.

Last year was a very busy one for the staff at our center.  Indeed, we did a record number of transplants in 1998.  For the first time in our history we transplanted over 50 kidneys, actually we were able to transplant 56 kidneys to patients on our waiting list.  This makes Stony Brook one of the leading transplant cente rs in our region, and we continue to grow.

It is our intention to continue to grow and to continue to provide the highest quality of services to our clients.  Most of you reading this may have had some contact with our Transplant Coordinators assigned to your centers.  Interestingly we are the only center in the region that provides Transplant Coordinators to meet with dialysis patients in the centers to answer questions regarding kidney transplants and our programs here at University Hos pital and Medical Center.

If you have not already taken advantage of meeting the Coordinator, just ask the dialysis staff to contact them for you and the Coordinator will make arrange