Dear Friend,

The University Hospital and Medical Center at Stony Brook provides a unique combination of research, teaching and healing. As part of the State University of New York, University Hospital and Medical Center is not only a teaching hospital/medical school but UHMC is home to the only transplantation program on Long Island.

As part of the UHMC mission, we take pride in providing the highest level of care to the widest range of patients possible. Transplantation Services is a key element in our efforts to be a leader in the health care delivery system. Our transplantation team consists of surgeons, nephrologists, coordinators, nurses, laboratory personnel and administrative staff all dedicated to providing the renal patient with quality care.

All members of the team work hard to ensure that the experience at UHMC Transplantation Services is a great one with a great outcome. Our Transplant Surgeons have performed over 500 kidney transplants with a success rate that is equal to the best centers in the nation. Our clinical services is provided by a team of transplant physicians and nephrologists with special interest in the patient.

When you decide to come to University Hospital and Medical Center at Stony Brook for treatment of End- Stage Renal Disease through transplantation, you are assured of receiving top quality care. We are proud of the men and women that have dedicated their professionals lives to this program and we look forward to providing you with a chance to receive a kidney transplant from one of the finest programs in the State of New York.

We hope that you will take the opportunity to meet with the Transplant Team and get to know on a first hand basis the people that can help change your life. We look forward to serving the residents of Long Island for many years to come and to providing the opportunity for individuals with End-Stage Renal Disease to seek out the treatment option of Kidney Transplant at UHMC.

Sincerely,

Wayne C. Waltzer, M.D., FACS
Director of Transplantation Services
Chairman and Professor of Urology