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Comprehensive Transplant Center
Our annual pinwheel garden represents every life-saving transplant performed at Ohio State since 1967.
Why choose Ohio State for organ transplantation?
Our experience: At The Ohio State University Comprehensive Transplant Center, we have been leaders in organ transplantation for six decades, completing our first procedure in 1967.
What we offer: As a full spectrum, multi-organ adult transplant center, we help people who need heart, lung, liver, kidney and pancreas transplants and perform more than 600 procedures each year.
Our impact: We rank among the nation’s top 20 centers by the number of transplants performed each year and continue to advance the field through research, patient-focused care and more than 20 active clinical trials.
New inpatient transplant floor
In February 2026, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center opened the new University Hospital featuring an entire level dedicated to abdominal transplantation for kidney, liver and pancreas recipients and living donors. The floor includes 60 private universal progressive care rooms designed to support patients throughout their treatment journey, plus a 10-bed intensive care unit for pre- and post-transplant liver patients and post-transplant kidney patients. It also includes two biopsy bays to help detect early kidney transplant rejection, with direct access to an 18-bay dialysis area for convenient, comprehensive care.
Excellence and Experience
At The Ohio State University Comprehensive Transplant Center, we bring decades of experience, advanced research and patient-focused treatment to every step of the transplant journey. Since our first procedure in 1967, we have grown into one of the nation’s leading multi-organ centers, performing more than 600 heart, lung, liver, kidney and pancreas transplants each year.
Transplant Expertise and History
From living donor transplants to multiple organ transplants, learn more about the expertise and history of transplantation accomplishments at Ohio State Wexner Medical Center.Our Pinwheel Garden
Every April to celebrate Donate Life Month, the Buckeye Pinwheel Garden is planted in front of The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center as a sparkling tribute to the power of organ donation and transplantation. Each pinwheel represents a lifesaving organ transplant performed at Ohio State since our first in 1967. In April of 2026, 13,900 pinwheels were planted.
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