One of the Nations Most Successful Heart Transplant Programs – UTAH Cardiac Transplant Consortium – to Celebrate 30 Years of Saving Lives

WHAT:

The UTAH (Utah Transplant Affiliated Hospitals) Cardiac Transplant Program, one of the nation's foremost collaborative heart transplant programs that is comprised of the heart transplant programs from four Utah hospitals, celebrates 30 years of life-saving care on Friday. 

UTAH Cardiac medical staff from the four hospitals, transplant patients and their families will join together to mark this historic milestone and honor a program that is often cited as a model for other heart transplant programs throughout the nation. 

UTAH Cardiac is a unique cooperative effort between four Salt Lake City-area hospitals – Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute, Primary Children's Hospital, University of Utah Hospital and The George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center. 

Since performing its first heart transplant in 1985, the UTAH Cardiac consortium has performed a total of 1,312 transplants and given thousands of patients a new lease on life. The program has one-year, five-year and 10-year survival rates that exceed national averages and have published studies in more than 250 publications and generated more than $12 million in research funds.

WHEN/WHERE:

11 a.m., Friday, April 22, 2016

Utah State Capitol - Gold Room
350 State Street
Salt Lake City, Utah

WHO:

• Medical staff from Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute, Primary Children's Hospital, University of Utah Hospital and the George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
• Transplant recipients and their families.