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Pictured at the naming of the Living Donor Institute are, from left, Stuart Geffner, M.D., Director of Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Surgery, Saint Barnabas Health Care System; Anne Filippone; Lisa Muniz, Dr. Filippone’s daughter; and Shamkant Mulgaonkar, M.D., Chief of the Renal and Pancreas Transplant Division, Saint Barnabas Health Care System. |
Livingston, N.J. -- Recently, Saint Barnabas Medical Center named the Living Donor Institute, part of the Saint Barnabas Renal and Pancreas Transplant Program, in honor of the late Dennis R. Filippone, M.D. Dr. Filippone, an attending physician in surgery at Saint Barnabas for 44 years, was considered a visionary in the field of kidney transplantation.
“The Living Donor Institute is being named for one of New Jersey’s true pioneers in transplantation,” explained Shamkant Mulgaonkar, M.D., Chief of the Renal and Pancreas Transplant Division of Barnabas Health. “New Jersey’s early history with kidney transplantation surgery and the development of the way institutions share organs was largely shaped by the work of Dennis Filippone.”
It was Dr. Filippone who in 1967 performed New Jersey’s first kidney transplant at Saint Barnabas Medical Center. He was also a founding member of New Jersey’s first organ recovery organization, now The New Jersey Sharing Network that serves transplant programs throughout the nation.
Dr. Filippone devoted his entire career to Saint Barnabas Medical Center. All during those years, Saint Barnabas experienced growth in volume and in the introduction of new state-of-the-art surgical procedures. He had the utmost respect for the physicians and staff and great compassion for patients and family members. He was an exceptional physician and an exceptional teacher.
About The Living Donor Institute
The crisis in renal transplantation continues to grow as more patients wait for kidney donation than ever before. In response, the Renal and Pancreas Transplant Division of Barnabas Health created New Jersey’s first and only Living Donor Institute to forge new opportunities for people who want to donate a healthy kidney to someone in need of a transplant.
The Living Donor Institute offers a comprehensive kidney transplant program which includes an increasing number of innovative living donation techniques available at only a few of the world’s leading transplant centers. These techniques present opportunity for those whose medical conditions previously prevented transplantation. Living donation options available through The Living Donor Institute include:
The world-class Renal and Pancreas Transplant Division, with programs at Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, N.J. and Newark Beth Israel Medical Center in Newark N.J., is one of the world's most progressive transplant programs and one of the largest programs among 240 in the United States. In 2010, the Division achieved record-breaking volumes - performing 298 transplants, which included 135 living donor transplants.
To schedule a patient evaluation, become a kidney donor or learn more about The Living Donor Institute, please visit www.transplantkidney.org or Saint Barnabas Medical Center at
1-888-409-4707.
Date: March 31, 2011
Contact: Samantha Anton
Phone: 973-322-5425
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