What you need to know about kidney transplants View the video In the News Philadelphia Magazine Rates Jefferson a Center of Excellence in Kidney Disease Treatment For more information or to schedule an appointment, call 1-800-JEFF-NOW

Cataldo Doria, MD, PhD
Surgical Director
Kidney Transplantation Program
Phone: 215-955-4888

George Francos, MD
Medical Director
Kidney Transplantation Program
Phone: 215-955-7625

Experienced nephrologists (kidney specialists) and transplant surgeons staff Jefferson’s extensive Kidney Transplantation Surgery Program. Our specialists work in close coordination to provide the best team-care possible and to match the right recipient with an available donor organ.

The Kidney Transplantation Team includes

• transplant surgeons
• transplant coordinators
• social workers
• a financial coordinator, and
• other physician specialists

Patients benefit from our Program's multidisciplinary approach by having access to various experts who guide the patients and their families from evaluation through post-operative recovery. We also provide long-term follow-up care through clinic visits and monitored laboratory studies. We believe our detailed follow-up care contributes to the program's high success rate.

Our Team continues to search for new ways to assist patients in seeking a better quality of life through kidney transplant. Find out more about our research.

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Related Links

Center for Diabetic Kidney Disease at Jefferson

Intermediate Dialysis Program at Jefferson

United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS)

Transplant Living: Organ Donation and Transplant Information for Patients