| ISMETT | |
|---|---|
| Region of Sicily and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center | |
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  Location of ISMETT in the Mediterranean | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Via Ernesto Tricomi, 1, Palermo,  Italy |
| Coordinates | 38°06′06″N 13°21′29″E / 38.1016374°N 13.357948°E |
| Organisation | |
| Funding | Public-private partnership |
| Type | Specialist |
| Services | |
| Beds | 70 |
| Speciality | Organ transplantation |
| History | |
| Opened | March 28, 1997 |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.ismett.edu/ |
ISMETT, in Italian, Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad Alta Specializzazione translated as the Mediterranean Institute for Transplantation and Advanced Specialized Therapies, is a center for organ transplantation located in Palermo, Italy. ISMETT was founded in 1997 as a partnership between the Region of Sicily, the Civico and Cervello hospitals in Palermo, and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC).[1]
ISMETT primarily specializes in performing all types of organ transplantations,[2] using both deceased and living donor techniques. ISMETT has 70 beds (14 ICU, 21 in semi-intensive, and 35 inpatient), 7 outpatient beds, 4 operating rooms, a hospital pharmacy and laboratory analysis, infectious diseases and pathology in a facility that covers an area of 130,000-square-foot (12,000 m2).