Programs and research
Quality and experience you can trust
On a yearly basis, UW Health consistently performs more transplants than most hospital systems. Our wait times are among the shortest in the region, and our outcomes are excellent. Our transplant teams have the experience you need for the very best results.
We are one of just six centers in the nation — and the only center in Wisconsin — actively transplanting adult and pediatric patients requiring heart, kidney, liver, lung, pancreas, multi-organ or renal autotransplant. Our living donation program is among the nation’s largest and serves living kidney and liver donors. Our organ and tissue donation program is a Health Resources and Services Administration best-practice site and leads the nation in serving deceased organ and tissue donors.
Innovation and research
UW Health is part of an academic medical center. We create and test new ways to help transplant patients live longer and reduce risks for living donors.
Our history is rich in innovations that forever changed the world of transplantation, including the discovery of UW Solution, the first successful cold-storage fluid developed to maintain donated organs during transport to the recipient, used for decades in organ recoveries worldwide; and CellCept, one of the most widely adopted anti-rejection medicines.
Some of our current work includes studying new medicines that reduce the side effects of immunosuppression. We are also looking at ways to improve long-term survival rates for organ transplant patients.
Learn more about our transplant research and clinical trials
Locations
Our locations
We offer pre-and post- transplant surgery services for adults at University Hospital in Madison, Wis., and our team serves pediatric patients at American Family Children’s Hospital in Madison. We also serve pre- and post- transplant patients in Belvidere and Rockford in Illinois; and in Green Bay, Madison, Marshfield, Sparta, Waukesha and Wausau in Wisconsin.
Meet our team
Our expert transplant teams
Our team of transplant experts are known worldwide for their research, innovation and continuous focus on improving patient care. Their work to reduce transplant wait times, lessen the need for immunosuppression and improve transplant outcomes has forever changed the world of transplant and organ donation.
Together with our patients and families, we provide personalized care and education through every step of your donation or transplant journey.
Your transplant care team has expertise in issues specific to transplantation. Our experts include:
Adult and pediatric physician specialists in organ failure and transplant, cardiology, gastroenterology, hepatology, nephrology, pulmonology
Chaplains
Dietitians
Financial counselors
Health psychologists
Nurse practitioners
Physician assistants
Respiratory therapists
Social workers
Transplant pharmacists
Transplant surgeons
Transplant nurse coordinators
Patient and support services
Resources for patients and families
We offer many helpful resources for before and after your transplant.
COVID-19 info for people in need of transplant
COVID-19 continues to be a risk to transplant patients. Please stay current on vaccines. Please note that masking is required in the Pleasant T. Rowland Transplant Clinic and when visiting a transplant patient.