Seattle Children’s Reaches a Medical Milestone: Its 250th Living Donor Kidney Transplant Surgery

UW Surgery Admin
Seattle Children’s performs a complex transplant surgery involving two sisters and the gift of life. SEATTLE, WA. — Seattle Children’s is honored to announce that it recently performed its 250th living donor kidney transplant surgery. Like the first transplant surgery performed at Children’s more than 30 years ago, the milestone surgery involved two sisters. In September 2025, a team of surgeons, nurses, coordinators, intensive care providers and staff, led by Surgeon-In-Chief and Kidney...