Overview
Why Piedmont
Top program in the country
LVADs
Survival rate
2025 highlights
- Transplants performed: 103 (highest in Georgia)
- Top 5 largest heart transplant program in the country by volume
- Median time to transplant: 1.1 months – national average 2.2 months
- Greater than 90% 1-year survival rate – national average 92.16%
- Heart-kidney transplants performed: 15
- Performed Piedmont’s first heart-liver transplant
- LVADs implanted: 149 (largest LVAD implanting program in the country)
- One of the largest and most experienced ECMO programs in the country. The program is certified by DNV and designated a Gold Center of Excellence by ELSO.
- Adult ECMO volume 283 (highest in Georgia) with 30 ECMO bridge to heart transplant
Led by renowned transplant physicians and surgeons, our multidisciplinary team delivers comprehensive care. With decades of collective experience, we provide integrated treatment for advanced heart failure. We focus on promoting long-term health and wellbeing.
Heart Transplant Outcomes
According to the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, we performed more heart transplants than any other local program.
Candidates on our waitlist have lower mortality rates, ensuring they have an improved chance for transplant.
Many patients spend years on the transplant list waiting for a suitable heart. Our program offers the shortest wait times in the region and state—significantly outperforming the national average.
The initial year after transplant is crucial, offering patients a better chance to live into adulthood after a heart transplant. Our heart transplant recipients have the highest one-year survival rate in the state of Georgia.
Extended time on the transplant waitlist significantly increases the risk of death in this critically ill patient population. At our center, heart transplant candidates receive organs more quickly than anywhere else in the region. Patients also receive transplants significantly faster than the national average.
Heart transplant resources
Referrals
To make a referral, you can call 404-605-1964. For patient information, call 404-605-5140. Virtual visits are available.
Advanced Heart Failure Care
Proactive care can transform patient outcomes—don't delay in seeking advanced support. Seek advanced therapies such as LVAD or heart transplantation available at our Samsky Advanced Heart Failure Center.
Patient stories
