Solid Organ Transplant

The University of Kansas Health System offers the region's largest and most successful solid organ transplant program. Here, you'll receive expert and personalized care from a multidisciplinary team of nationally renowned transplant surgeons and transplant medicine experts in collaboration with other specialists who together address your physical, mental and emotional needs. Our patients experience outcomes that far exceed the national average.

By choosing us for your healthcare, you’ll have access to physicians representing more than 200 medical specialties and services. Our doctors are among the top specialists in their fields. Together, they care for patients, collaborate to find breakthroughs in disease prevention, diagnosis and treatment, and pass along their knowledge to the next generation of healthcare professionals.

At The University of Kansas Health System, we specialize in the diagnosis, treatment and management of liver, kidney, heart, pancreas and blood marrow transplant. Our solid organ transplant program continues to experience significant growth and volume, producing outcomes that exceed regional and national averages. Having performed our first kidney transplant in 1969 and first liver transplant in 1990, we have accumulated unrivaled experience that benefits each new patient who entrusts us with their care.

Our Center for Transplantation is the region’s largest and most successful solid organ transplant program. It houses a multidisciplinary team in a 25,000-square-foot location with 36 exam rooms, a dedicated lab, inviting waiting areas for patients and families and a patient information resource center.

The Center for Transplantation at The University of Kansas Health System offers experience and expertise second to none. Our multidisciplinary experts are passionate about patient-centered care and collaborate across specialties to address patients' physical, mental and emotional needs before, during and after transplant. The approach ensures comprehensive support throughout a patient's transplant journey and helps achieve the best possible result.

A destination for complex care

As the region’s premier academic health system serving the state of Kansas and Kansas City area, we manage the most complex medical and surgical cases and provide leading-edge options with the most advanced expertise.

We offer more options for patients with serious conditions because of our expertise and leadership in medical research and education. Our specialists provide innovative treatments for patients with complex conditions, such as kidney failure/disease, heart failure and pancreatic conditions. Without this level of care, some patients would have no other options available in the region.

We specialize in the diagnosis, treatment and management of the following types of solid organ transplants: