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 The
Virginia Commonwealth University Health System/Medical College
of Virginia Hospitals and Physicians, became one of the nation’s
first medical centers to establish a program in human organ
transplantation. VCU Health System’s Transplant Program
continues to be a leader in transplant surgery. The Clinical
Transplant Program originated in 1956, when Dr. David Hume,
a pioneer in the transplant field, was appointed chairman
of the Department of Surgery at the Medical College of Virginia.
David M. Hume M.D. was recruited from Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
in Boston. He initiated the Transplant Program at Medical
College of Virginia Hospital and became Chairman of the Department
of Surgery and Director of Transplantation until his death
in 1973. It is important to note that in 1957, Dr. Hume performed
the first MCV Identical Twin Renal Transplant. In 1954, he
was part of the team of Murray, Merrill, Miller, Hartwell,
and Harrison at Brigham who performed the first identical
twin transplant in the world, and for which Dr. Murray subsequently
won the Nobel Prize.
The Clinical Transplant Program at VCUHS continues to be
one of the leading Transplant Centers in the United States
under the current leadership of Dr. Marc P. Posner, Professor
and Chairman, Division of Transplantation Surgery. Under the
direction of Dr. Posner, the Transplant Surgical Team successfully
performed the procedure referred to by lay press as the “Wenger
procedure” – living unrelated right lobe liver
transplantation from wife to husband. Following the Wengers,
the Transplant Team successfully performed a fourth adult-to-adult
right lobe transfer between two friends. The living unrelated
donor’s historic new procedure-a living unrelated donor
adult-to-adult right lobe liver transplant program has opened
new opportunities for a larger pool of potential donors.
Click here to view our Historical
Timeline.
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