Overview
About our program
If your child needs a liver transplant, you want the best team. Our UW Health Kids liver transplant team includes some of the nation’s most experienced physicians and certified transplant nurse coordinators.
We know that serious health conditions affect the entire family. Our support services will ease your journey. For more than 35 years, we’ve tackled the toughest pediatric liver transplant cases, and our patient outcomes are excellent. Our wait times are shorter than other programs in the region and nation.
We are an official center for the Society of Pediatric Liver Transplantation, a community of health professionals who work to improve pediatric liver transplant outcomes. We are a Center of Excellence for most insurance networks and a certified living liver donor center.
Types of liver transplants
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We offer many helpful resources to help your family before and after your child's transplant.
Meet our team
A highly skilled team
It is important that you are confident that your child is receiving the highest level of care. Our team focuses on excellent communication and will customize care to your child’s specific needs.
Your child’s team includes experts in pediatric hepatology (liver care), living liver donation and liver transplantation. As part of an academic medical center, our research and education are constantly improving care for kids experiencing transplant. We work to make sure your child will have a long and healthy life.
The process
The pediatric liver transplant process
Locations
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Patient stories
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National leaders in transplant care
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