A San Antonio doctor has successfully summitted Mount Kilimanjaro to raise awareness for organ donation.

Last month, KSAT introduced you to Kelly Hitchman, the director of the University Health Transplant Institute Lab. She is climbing to new heights to raise money and awareness for organ donation.

The University Health Transplant Institute celebrated a major milestone and the team closed out 2023 by performing a total of 70 living kidney donor transplants, making it their highest volume year in its program history.

University Health Transplant Institute now leads the nation in living donor kidney transplants for children.