Contact +32 16 34 87 27 +32 16 34 87 43 transplantatiecoordinatie@uzleuven.be Contact form Address UZ Leuven gasthuisberg campusAbdominal transplantsurgery and coordinationHerestraat 493000 LeuvenDirections and services News and events UZ Leuven celebrates 5,000 kidney transplants 2 February 2022 Mid-January 2022, the 5,000th kidney transplant took place at UZ Leuven. Prof. dr. Dirk Kuypers, head of the nephrology department, looks back on a couple of historic innovations that resulted in the excellence of the Leuven kidney transplant care programme. First lung transplant in Benelux for critically ill COVID-19 patient 4 March 2021 A COVID-19 patient on the intensive care ward with irreparably damaged lungs was given new lungs on 1 Januari 2021 in the UZ Leuven transplant centre. It is the first time in the Benelux that someone on an intensive care COVID-19 ward gets a lung transplant. 4 complex transplants in one day 4 September 2019 On Sunday 1 September 4 complex transplants were performed virtually simultaneously in the UZ Leuven operating wing. An amazing feat, because it was the first time in Belgium that all main transplantable organs of the body were transferred from donor to recipient on the same day. Load more news and events Last edit: 19 June 2023