Advocate Christ Ranked Among Top 8 U.S. Hospitals for Best Heart-Transplant Outcomes

OAK LAWN, IL - Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn was ranked one of the top U.S. hospitals and the only Chicago-area hospital cited for best heart-transplant outcomes, according to data collected by the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, as reported by Becker’s Hospital Review.

The Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR,) using data collected from other organizations, assesses outcomes of centers that perform organ transplants. SRTR reports it uses a risk-adjusted assessment to evaluate how often patients are alive with a functioning transplanted organ one year after the transplant and then assigns a score of one (the worst) to five (the best).

“These quality outcomes are the result of teamwork and collaboration between the patient, the patient’s family members, the surgeons, anaesthesiologists, cardiologists, nurses and the entire transplant team,” said Pat Pappas, MD, FACS, FACCP, medical director and heart transplant surgeon, Advocate Heart Institute at Christ Medical Center.

“I am incredibly humbled by the faith and trust our patients have for our multidisciplinary team and their continued fight for life until a heart becomes available,” the heart surgeon added. “We are honored to be part of their journey, before, during and after heart transplantation.”

The recognition places Advocate Christ among the very elite heart transplant centers in the country, the medical center said in a news release.

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