1967
First successful liver
transplant

1981
Starzl joins University of Pittsburgh

1983
FDA approves cyclosporine

1983
First multiple
organ transplant

1984
First heart and liver
transplant

1984
NIH and liver
transplantation

1986
Research on anti-rejection
agent FK-506

1987
First Medicare-approved
liver transplant center

1987
FK-506 more effective than
cyclosporine

1990
Longest surviving multiple organ recipients

1992
Starzl establishes
chimerism theory

1992
Starzl autobiography
published

1994
FDA approves FK-506

1996
Starzl Transplantation
Institute established

1998
1,000 Years, 1,000 People

1999
Starzl most cited scientist in clinical medicine