Transplant & Immunology
Transplant & Immunology Surgery
At the Yale New Haven Transplantation Center, physicians offer comprehensive, multidisciplinary care and treatment for patients with end-stage kidney and liver organ failure. We are the largest kidney transplantation program in New England, a pediatric liver transplant program that is nationally recognized in both patient outcomes and number of living donor transplants performed, and the largest living donor kidney transplantation program in New England. A Histocompatibility and Immune Evaluation Laboratory Services provides advanced laboratory and diagnostic services. We are dedicated to the highest level of compassionate and ethical care, as well as the development of new strategies for improving organ implantation and preserving organs through basic science and clinical research.
Our Approach
Our renowned transplant surgeons, hepatologists, nephrologists, nurse practitioners, social workers, and pharmacists work together to address our patients’ needs for managing chronic conditions related to organ disease and end-stage organ failure. A collaborative, multidisciplinary approach generates superior results and provides patients with a comprehensive network for all of their care.
Become a Living Donor
Our Services
Specialized care is offered in the following areas:
- Combined organ transplantation including kidney, kidney/liver, and kidney/heart
- Comprehensive tissue typing and immune evaluation services
- Follow-up and psychosocial support
- Leading-edge treatment options for immunosuppression
- Liver transplantation, including adult-to-adult living donor, pediatric living donor, and other surgeries
- Minimally invasive living-donor kidney surgeries
- Robotic hepatobiliary surgery
- Surgical therapy of diseases of the liver and biliary systems and end-stage kidney and liver disease
- Telemedicine via patient portal
Distinguishing Factors
- First Connecticut institution to provide kidney, liver, and pancreas transplantation services
- First kidney paired exchange in Connecticut
- First split-liver transplant in the state
- Largest internal kidney paired exchange in Connecticut