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Karen, As long as this type of surgery is experimental (and it is) than it will be a research program. There are some hospitals that do perform a number of surgeries. Here at the Neurosciences Institute we have performed over sixty PD transplants in the last 4 1/2 years. Is your concern about research the "double-blind" component of some studies? Not all surgery centers use a double-blind model. We do not. Carole Hilton Carole Hilton, LCSW Parkinson's Coordinator NPF Patient Services and Outreach Program The Neurosciences Institute, Good Samaritan Hospital 637 S. Lucas, #501 Los Angeles, CA 90017 800-841-8765 [log in to unmask] >---------- >From: Karen Zarkadas[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] >Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 1997 6:14 PM >To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN >Subject: Fetal transplant surgery > >Does anyone know of hospitals that are doing this transplant surgery as a >treatment, not as a research program. I'd heard that there are some >hospitals doing tremendous amounts of these surgeries, but have no idea if >this is fact or fiction. >