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Why choose Northwestern Medicine for organ transplantation?

The Northwestern Medicine Organ Transplant Center is a leader in research, innovation and patient care in the Midwest. Our teams span the spectrum of basic science, translational and clinical research, and offer novel approaches to immunosuppression, including human clinical trials in immune tolerance, state-of-the-art genomic and proteomic immune monitoring, and health services and outcomes research.

Image of Organ Transplantation Statistics: 9500 lives saved through kidney, liver and pancreas transplants; 17 satellite locations for pre-transplant care; $7 million in federal funding for transplant research; No. 1 largest living donor program in IL; over 90 active clinical trials

Transplantation Programs

African American Transplant Access Program (AATAP)

African American patients are not getting the information or support they need to make it through the transplant process. The African American Transplant Access Program is working tirelessly to change that.

African American Transplant Access Program

Heart Transplantation

Heart transplantation at Northwestern Medicine is performed by highly skilled heart transplantation cardiologists and cardiac surgeons with extensive experience.

Call 312.926.0739 to talk to a heart transplant coordinator today.

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Hispanic Transplant Program (HTP)

The Northwestern Medicine Hispanic Transplant Program offers a culturally sensitive program dedicated to serving Hispanic patients in need of a transplant.

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Kidney Transplantation

The Northwestern Medicine Organ Transplant Center is one of the largest living donor kidney transplant programs in the country.

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Liver Transplantation

The Northwestern Medicine Liver Disease and Transplant Program offers a complete range of medical and surgical interventions to treat patients with complex liver disorders.

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Living Donor Organ Transplantation

The Organ Transplant Center is a leader in living donor transplant surgery.

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Lung Transplantation

Northwestern Medicine physicians combine leading clinical practice with groundbreaking research in the treatment of all types of severe lung disease.

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Pancreas And Islet Cell Transplantation Program

The Pancreas and Islet Cell Transplantation Program provides quality outcomes and innovative care and immunotherapies in the treatment of diabetes.

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Meet the Teams

Our teams span the spectrum of basic science and translational and clinical research, and they offer novel approaches to immunosuppression, including human clinical trials in immune tolerance, state-of-the-art genomic and proteomic immune monitoring, and health services and outcomes research.

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Transplant in the News

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Northwestern Medicine doctor donates kidney to stranger

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Interested in being a living kidney donor?

Start the process by completing a Health History Questionnaire.

Interested in being a living liver donor?

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Transplant Education Videos

Videos and resources about organ transplantation for donors and recipients.

Transplant Education Videos

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COVID-19 Resources

The Northwestern Medicine Transplant team is providing patients with the most up-to-date information on COVID-19.

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Patient Travels Across the World for a Lifesaving Liver Transplant

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Mohamad Alhosani traveled from his home in the United Arab Emirates to receive a liver transplant at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, the first hospital in the world to perform a minimally invasive liver transplant from a living donor. The donor was able to go home in less than three days.

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Northwestern Medicine Organ Transplantation Program: Quality, Innovation, Education

Dr. Satish Nadig discusses how the team from Northwestern Medicine Organ Transplantation Program is dedicated to saving the lives of those suffering from end-stage organ failure by providing patients equitable access to high-quality, leading-edge care.

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Mi cuñada me ha dado vida

Arturo Ramírez sufrió un accidente de auto hace casi tres años, lo que desató los problemas de riñón que empezó a padecer. Necesitaba un trasplante de riñón y fue su cuñada quien se convirtió en su salvadora.

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HealthBeat Articles

Diego Mauricio Avella Patino, MD, meets with a patient at the Northwestern Medicine Hispanic Program at Canning Thoracic Institute.

Hispanic Thoracic and Pulmonology Program: Providing Equitable Care for Lung and Thoracic Diseases

The Northwestern Medicine Hispanic Program at Canning Thoracic Institute provides pulmonology and thoracic care in Spanish.

Double-Lung Transplants on Patients With ‘Flipped Organs’

An innovative surgery for a rare genetic condition saves two patients just weeks apart.

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New Hope in Liver Transplantation

Technology makes more donor livers available, leading to more lives saved.

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