With 301 kidney transplants, the program is the largest in Illinois and one of the most active in the country. While it focuses on recruiting highly skilled specialists and educating patients, one of the hallmarks of the program is its emphasis on living donors. Northwestern Memorial has become the largest living donor kidney transplant program in the country, performing 482 living donor kidney transplants over the past three years
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