GW Hospital soon will be able to perform kidney and pancreas transplants after a local judge overturned an earlier decision that blocked the procedures.

The hospital will aim to perform 81 transplants in the next five years, according to a Washington Business Journal report. Georgetown University Hospital and Washington Hospital Center, the two other hospitals that perform transplants in the the District, performed a combined 288 transplants in 2011.

GW Hospital will now begin the application and certification process. About 2,000 people receive kidney dialysis each year in the District.

“Our hospital is uniquely positioned to provide the comprehensive care and specialty services required to care for transplant surgery patients,” chief executive officer Barry Wolfman said in a release.

A D.C. agency had blocked the for-profit hospital from performing the transplants in May after Medstar Health claimed public health benefits of fewer hospitals taking on a higher volume of cases.

All steps of the donation and transplant process will take place at the hospital, including evaluations and after-care.

“The objective is to ensure ready access to the level of care most appropriate to the patient’s needs within a system of total patient care,” said Dominic Raj, director of the renal disease and hypertension unit.