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Aurora St. Luke's will perform its landmark 800th heart transplant in 2013. Achieving this milestone establishes St. Luke's transplant program among the top 10% in the nation.

In 2002, Aurora St. Luke's was the first in Wisconsin to use the da Vinci® Surgical System. Since then, St. Luke's has become the 7th largest robotic heart center in the world — and one of the Midwest's most experienced providers of robotic surgery.

Recognized for cardiac and stroke patient care by the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association, St. Luke's is one of only 26 hospitals to receive "Triple Recognition" in 2013 and the only Wisconsin hospital to earn double gold honor.

Aurora St. Luke's was the first in the nation and is the only hospital in Wisconsin with a heart care team on site, 24/7 — 7 days a week, 365 days a year — including an interventional cardiologist and full catheterization lab team.

Aurora St. Luke's 24/7 heart care program's average "door-to-balloon time" is 52 minutes versus the U.S. average from 116 to 198 minutes.

Aurora St. Luke's is the only hospital in Wisconsin that offers the hybrid procedure for complex/chronic atrial fibrillation patients.

Aurora St. Luke's was the first in Wisconsin to use double balloon enteroscopy in the evaluation and treatment of patients suffering from obscure GI bleeding.

Aurora St. Luke's was the first in Wisconsin to offer a minimally invasive bronchial procedure that gives patients long-term control of their asthma.

Aurora St. Luke's was one of the of the first institutions in the world to offer a new skin cancer research study that trains patients' immune systems to kill cancer cells.