Hospital confirms Steve Jobs transplant

It was widely reported that Jobs returned to work at Apple’s Cupertino, Calif. headquarters this week.

James D. Eason, M.D., program director at Methodist University Hospital Transplant Institute and chief of transplantation confirmed today, with the patient’s permission, that Steve Jobs received a liver transplant at Methodist University Hospital Transplant Institute in partnership with the University of Tennessee in Memphis.

Mr. Jobs underwent a complete transplant evaluation and was listed for transplantation for an approved indication in accordance with the Transplant Institute policies and United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) policies.

The hospital where Steve Jobs received a liver transplant issued a press release tonight, confirming - with Jobs permission - the transplant. The hospital said Jobs received the transplant because was the sickest patient on the waiting list at the time a donor organ became available. But more importantly, the statement noted that Jobs is “recovering well and has an excellent prognosis.”