Since the program opened in 1987, 423 people have received kidney transplants at Charleston Area Medical Center — 99 of which were received from relatives. Just last year, 65 kidneys were transplanted here. The CAMC program has joined forces with the program at West Virginia University to receive special designation from the United Network for Organ Sharing. This designation gives West Virginia kidney patients priority status to be matched and transplanted with kidneys recovered from the state. If no in-state match is found, these organs are then matched with patients in the larger organ procurement service area. The transplant program at CAMC is only part of a larger renal services division which includes an inpatient kidney dialysis unit, home dialysis training and lithotripsy — a procedure which eliminates kidney stones without surgery. The kidney transplant program is located at Charleston Area Medical Center's General Hospital campus. For more information about our kidney transplant program, call (304) 388-7823 or (800) 346-6233.