About Us

Children’s established the nation’s first pediatric transplant center in 1981 under the guidance of transplant pioneer Thomas E. Starzl, MD, PhD. The hospital has performed more pediatric transplants than any other pediatric center. Our hospital has performed more pediatric transplants than any other pediatric center. The pediatric transplant program, which achieves patient survival rates that are among the highest in the world, includes:

• Pediatric liver transplant
• Pediatric intestine transplant and pediatric liver-intestine transplant
• Pediatric kidney transplant
• Pediatric heart transplant
• Pediatric lung transplant and pediatric heart-lung transplant
• Pediatric bone marrow transplant (blood and bone marrow transplant)