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Transplantation at Jefferson

  • The longest continuously active liver transplantation program in the area and one of the fastest growing. Learn more

  • Jefferson is designated as a kidney transplant center for both live donor and deceased donor kidneys. Learn more

  • Jefferson's one-year transplant survival rate for heart transplants is 96% – exceeding the national average of 87%. Learn more

  • The first Liver Transplant in the Delaware Valley was performed here. Learn more

  • Rated a Top Hospital – Kidney Disease by Philadelphia magazine. Learn more

  • Cardiologists and surgeons at Jefferson have collective lifetime experience with over 1,100 heart transplants. Learn more

If disease or injury has brought you down the path to organ transplantation, your journey will be filled with fear, hope, trust and patience. Today, transplants are more successful than ever before. Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals has established itself as one of the most distinguished multi-organ transplant centers in the Delaware Valley, recognized for excellent patient and organ survival rates.

Today,  we perform over 150 life-changing solid organ transplants per year.

At Jefferson, you can rely on the best in transplantation care, innovation and research. Jefferson's Transplant Programs provide you with a multidisciplinary approach throughout your treatment and follow-up care. The Philadelphia region's best medical specialists and surgeons will assess your condition and prepare a carefully designed treatment plan tailored just for you.

Jefferson is certified by the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) to provide the following transplantations: heart, liver (live and deceased donor), kidney (live and deceased donor) and pancreas. Jefferson also offers dual solid organ transplants: kidney/pancreas, kidney/heart and kidney/liver. For bone marrow and tissue transplantation, Jefferson meets the Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy (FACT) standards.

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Jefferson nephrologists play a significant and personalized role in transplantation and participate in weekly meetings to evaluate transplant candidates based on medical testing, psychological evaluation and the discussion of the benefits and risks of transplantation.

For patients with diabetes, a pancreas transplant is carefully considered with all the latest therapeutic options. Rated as a Center of Excellence for Diabetes by Philadelphia magazine, physicians of Jefferson's Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases provide comprehensive care for patients with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes mellitus, obesity and thyroid nodules and goiters.

Our surgeons perform more than 150 transplants per year, and we maintain an active role with the post-transplant patient. Transplant surgeons at Jefferson are using a new method called "bloodless" liver resection to safely remove up to 75 percent of the largest organ in the human body. The technique is improving patients' odds and cutting recovery time in half.

At the Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Center, our cardiologists and surgeons have collectively performed more than 1,200 lifetime heart transplants.

The Bone Marrow Transplant team at Jefferson delivers the skilled and comprehensive care you need. In fact, Jefferson has become the go-to program to which many physicians send their patients when they don't have another option to offer.