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Liver Disease & Transplant Clinic
8201 Ewing Halsell Dr., 2nd floor
San Antonio, TX 78229
©2012, Methodist Healthcare System of San Antonio, Ltd., L.L.P.
MEET
THE LIVER
TRANSPLANT
DOCTORS
Other Hospital Facilites
Location
1 Year
Patient survival
3 Year
Patient Survival
Veterans Administration Hospital
Houston
97%
50%
St. Lukes Episcopal
Houston
96%
85%
Methodist Hospital
Houston
94%
84%
Baylor All-Saints
Ft. Worth
91%
82%
Methodist Hospital
Dallas
90%
74%
St. Paul Hospital
Dallas
90%
67%
Baylor University Medical Center
Dallas
89%
80%
National Average
USA
89%
80%
Memorial Hermann
Houston
86%
73%
Medical Branch
Galveston
83%
N/A
University Hospital
San Antonio
83%
79%
Methodist Specialty and
Transplant Hospital in San
Antonio continues to have
the highest one-year liver
transplant patient survival
rate in Texas for more than
four consecutive years.
Juan M. Palma-Vargas, MD
Liver Transplant Program
Transplant/Hepatobiliary/Advanced
Laparoscopic Surgeon
Preston F. Foster, MD, FACS
Liver Disease &
Transplant Program
Surgical Director
Madhavi Rudraraju, MD
Medical Director,
Liver Disease & Transplant Program
Transplant Hepatologist
Victor S. Ostrower, MD
Liver Disease & Transplant Program
Hepatologist/Gastroenterologist
Luke Y. Shen, MD
Liver Disease &
Transplant Program
Transplant Surgeon
80
100
95
90
85
Jan '12
July '11
Jan '11
July '10
Jan '10
July '09
Jan '09
July '08
Jan '08
92.35
87.09
87.29
87.85
88.34
88.6
88.79
88.7
88.9
89.16
%
92.11
94.31
96.61
96.56
95.55
96.0
97.44
97.56
%
Methodist Specialty and Transplant Hospital
National Average
Patient survival based on adult liver transplants between 7/01/2008 - 12/31/2010
Includes 39 liver transplants and four liver/kidney transplants in 2011
No. 1 status is among programs completing 10 or more liver transplants annually.
METHODIST SPECIALTY AND TRANSPLANT
Hospital Average Patient Survival Rate
NOW, WE’RE #1 IN THE NATION
98
%
1 year average
3 year average
87
%
A Campus of Methodist Hospital
210-575-4837
210-575-8480
THE LIVER TRANSPLANT
program
at Methodist Specialty and Transplant
Hospital (MSTH), a campus of Methodist
Hospital, has been recognized as the best
liver transplant program in the country,
based on data recently released by the
Scienti c Registry of Transplant Recipi-
ents (SRTR).
e MSTH program has the best one-
year patient survival rate in the United
States among patients with the most
seriously advanced liver disease, accord-
ing to data from the Organ Procurement
and Transplant Network/SRTR Annual
Data Report. MSTH has a one-year sur-
vival rate of
98
percent compared to the
national average of
89
percent. e rank-
ing is based on comparisons of programs
performing
10
or more adult transplants
annually.
“Key to becoming the top program
in the country is having a hospital and
staff devoted to abdominal transplant
surgeries with both outpatient and in-
patient services,” says
Preston Foster,
MD, FACS,
surgical director of the liver
disease and transplant program of Texas
Transplant Institute, a department of
Methodist Hospital. “Our highly expe-
rienced team of physician specialists,
nurses and care coordinators considers
each patient’s individual needs. We pro-
vide a continuum of care from diagnosis
of liver disease, evaluation for transplant,
transplant surgery and recovery, includ-
ing continued monitoring in our out-
patient clinic.”
NEW LEASE ON LIFE
Philip Ostrander,
54
, bene ted from the outstanding pro-
gram in San Antonio. He has survived
more than eight years with his new liver.
Ostrander developed liver disease as a
result of hepatitis C and cirrhosis of the
liver. Just before anksgiving in
2003
, his
condition began to deteriorate.
“By January
8
, one of the doctors
advised my wife to make funeral ar-
rangements,” says Ostrander. “Luckily,
Dr. Foster said to wait. I was placed on
the liver transplant wait list, and on January
23
I had
my transplant. My transplant gave me a whole new
lease on life.”
SUCCESSFUL TECHNIQUES
eMSTHLiver Transplant
Program began in
2001
and has performed
290
trans-
plants since that time. Liver transplant procedures can
be especially complex because many patients are at life-
threatening stages of liver disease. e San Antonio team
LIVER TRANSPLANT PROGRAM BEST IN NATION
has implemented several techniques that have resulted in
successful outcomes:
Preservation techniques used during transplantation
of the donor liver.
Techniques for the revascularization of the donor liver.
Venous bypass machine used to prevent low blood
pressure and low body temperature during the transplant.
Techniques to reduce the number of immuno-
suppressive drugs a er the transplant.
Multidisciplinary care of patients throughout the
transplant process.
Aggressive treatment to protect donor liver from
hepatitis C.
To read more about the nation’s leading liver trans-
plant program and to view additional patient profiles,
visit
To learn more about the program at MSTH, visit
Our program has the best
one-year patient survival
rate in the United States.
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