Transplant Services

At UPMC, we have more than 40 years of transplant experience behind us — so that you can have your whole life ahead of you.

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An International Leader in Transplant Care

For people with end-stage organ failure, transplants can be lifesaving.

UPMC has performed more than 20,000 organ transplants since 1981, including:

• Heart.
• Intestinal (small bowel).
• Kidney.
• Liver.
• Lung.
• Pancreas.
• Pediatric.
• Other multi-organ transplants.

As a leader in organ transplantation services, we're dedicated to advancing basic science and clinically applied research. Above all, we commit to providing compassionate and complete transplant care to all who will benefit.

Living donation

For patients in need of liver or kidney transplants, living-donor transplants are a first-line treatment option — not a last resort.

Types of Transplant Surgery Procedures We Offer

• Heart transplant.
• Heart-kidney transplant.
• Heart-liver transplant.
• Heart-liver-kidney transplant.
• Heart-lung transplant.
• Intestinal transplant.
• Kidney transplant.
• Kidney-pancreas transplant.
• Liver transplant.
• Liver-kidney transplant.
• Living-donor kidney transplant.
• Living-donor liver transplant.
• Lung transplant.
• Lung-liver transplant.
• Pancreas transplant.
• Pancreas-after-kidney transplant.

Why Choose UPMC for Organ Transplantation?

Founded in 1981, UPMC Transplant Services:

• Is one of the leading transplant centers in the country and home to some of the world’s foremost transplant experts.
• Has a long history of developing new antirejection therapies, enabling organ recipients to enjoy better health.
• Has helped many people receive the gift of life through living donation through our living-donor liver and kidney transplant programs.