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Methodist Hospital confirms Jobs' transplant

Confirming the earlier WSJ report, Methodist Le Bonheur Hospital today said that Steve Jobs did, in fact, recieve a liver transplant.  They went on to confirm that he was the sickest patient of his blood type at the time the donor organ became available and that he was recovering well and has an excellent prognosis.

It appears that Jobs OK’ed the press release.

James. D Eason, head of transplants at the hospital is pictured at the right.

The full press release is below:

Steve Jobs Receives Liver Transplant

James D. Eason, M.D., program director at Methodist University Hospital Transplant Institute and chief of transplantation confirmed today, with the patient’s permission, that Steve Jobs received a liver transplant at Methodist University Hospital Transplant Institute in partnership with the University of Tennessee in Memphis. 

Mr. Jobs underwent a complete transplant evaluation and was listed for transplantation for an approved indication in accordance with the Transplant Institute policies and United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) policies. 

He received a liver transplant because he was the patient with the highest MELD score (Model for End-Stage Liver Disease) of his blood type and, therefore, the sickest patient on the waiting list at the time a donor organ became available. Mr. Jobs is now recovering well and has an excellent prognosis.

The Methodist University Hospital Transplant Institute performed 120 liver transplants in 2008 making it one of the ten largest liver transplant centers in the United States. We provide transplants to patients regardless of race, sex, age, financial status, or place of residence. Our one year patient and graft survival rates are among the best in the nation and were a dominant reason in Mr. Jobs’s choice of transplant centers. We respect and protect every patient’s private health information and cannot reveal any further information on the specifics of Mr. Jobs’s case.

 
Posted: June 23, 2009
 
For more information please contact: Ruth Ann Hale

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