--- 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 > Sponsored content. 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Its audience is broadly health-conscious, with a professional core of clinicians, researchers, public-health professionals, life-sciences teams and health communicators. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-health-2026q3/newsletters?i=cb0d7221-712b-4998-840d-b7152452fe45&cr=time-nl-health-2026q3-v1)  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. 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