--- title: Organ Donation: Transplant from HIV Positive Donor Approved description: ohns Hopkins University became the first institution to receive approval to conduct organ transplants from HIV positive donors canonical: https://time.com/4217155/johns-hopkins-transplant-hiv-donor/ author: Justin Worland article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-11T13:18:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T18:33:13.000Z article:section: Health og:title: Organ Donation: Transplant from HIV Positive Donor Approved og:description: ohns Hopkins University became the first institution to receive approval to conduct organ transplants from HIV positive donors og:url: https://time.com/4217155/johns-hopkins-transplant-hiv-donor/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Organ Donation: Transplant from HIV Positive Donor Approved twitter:description: ohns Hopkins University became the first institution to receive approval to conduct organ transplants from HIV positive donors twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # First Hospital Approved to Perform Organ Transplants From HIV Positive Donors  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Updated: Dec 13, 2023 6:33 PM UTCPublished: Feb 11, 2016 1:18 PM UTC  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Updated: Dec 13, 2023 6:33 PM UTCPublished: Feb 11, 2016 1:18 PM UTC Johns Hopkins Hospital became the first institution in the country to receive approval to conduct organ transplants from HIV positive donors to HIV positive patients, the hospital [said this week](http://hub.jhu.edu/2016/02/08/first-hiv-positive-kidney-liver-transplants). “This is an unbelievably exciting day for our hospital and our team, but more importantly for patients living with HIV and end-stage organ disease,” said [Dorry Segev](http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,1101302,00.html), an associate professor of surgery at Johns Hopkins. “For these individuals, this means a new chance at life.” The approval, the first since a [2013 law](https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2013/11/21/hiv-organ-policy-equity-hope-act-now-law) lifted a ban on researching the practice, could save hundreds of lives given the backlog of people in need of an organ. More than 120,000 people are on the waiting list for a transplant in United States, according to Johns Hopkins. The first transplant will occur when patients and donors have been identified. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4217155/johns-hopkins-transplant-hiv-donor/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4217155/johns-hopkins-transplant-hiv-donor/"},"headline":"First Hospital Approved to Perform Organ Transplants From HIV Positive Donors","datePublished":"2016-02-11T13:18:14.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T18:33:13.000Z","description":"The approval could save hundreds of lives","url":"https://time.com/4217155/johns-hopkins-transplant-hiv-donor/","keywords":["HIV/AIDS"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/hivaids/","name":"HIV/AIDS"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4217155/johns-hopkins-transplant-hiv-donor/","name":"First Hospital Approved to Perform Organ Transplants From HIV Positive Donors"}}]}] ```