Transplant Center
- Locations
- Programs and Clinics
- Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
- Department of Cardiac Surgery
- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
- Division of Hepatobiliary Surgery & Liver Transplantation
- Division of Kidney & Pancreas Transplantation
- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension
- Department of Thoracic Surgery
Vanderbilt Health is a leading provider of organ transplantation in the United States, giving hundreds of people new hope and longer life each year. For more than six decades, the Vanderbilt team has been committed to providing lifesaving transplants to people from all over the world. As Tennessee’s only full-service transplant center, we offer the most advanced care for end-stage organ failure in children and adults. Our transplant specialists also perform lifesaving dual-organ transplants, including heart-kidney, heart-liver, heart-lung, kidney-pancreas and liver-kidney.
Why Choose the Transplant Center at Vanderbilt
- Knowledge and experience
Vanderbilt is one of the largest, most experienced transplant centers in the Southeast in terms of the number of transplants we perform. Our teams have transplanted more than 13,000 solid organs since 1962. We achieved a new record in fiscal year 2024 with 809 transplants performed, giving us a UNOS ranking as the fifth-largest transplant center in the country.
- Superior outcomes
Our outcomes rank among the best in the country. This means our patients often recover faster than the national average, with fewer complications.
- Advanced care
Many medical centers only perform single organ transplants. But our team has the training and resources to perform dual-organ transplants for adults and children facing the failure of more than one organ. That means you receive both organs during the same surgery.
- Innovation
Our researchers not only use the latest research in transplant care, but also pioneer some of the latest innovations. Vanderbilt is one of the leading medical centers using organs from donors with hepatitis C, successfully treating that condition and resulting in shorter waiting times for patients. Vanderbilt researchers also launched the PREDICT program. It uses genetic testing to predict which transplant patients are likely to develop serious side effects from a common anti-rejection drug.
- Latest technology
We use the most advanced technology as part of our care. We’re the only medical center in Tennessee to study the use of a technique called ex-vivo perfusion when transporting livers, hearts and lungs for transplantation. It helps preserve the quality of the organs before they are transplanted into a waiting patient. Vanderbilt was also the first medical center in the state to successfully transplant a total artificial heart.
- Veterans' care
We are one of only a few transplant programs designated by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide organ transplant services to our nation’s veterans.
- Pediatric transplants
Our smallest patients have a dedicated team of specialists who are as knowledgeable as they are comforting. We provide pediatric heart, kidney and liver transplants through Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.
- Coordinated pharmacy services
Our transplant pharmacists offer the highest level of care and expertise for transplant patients. Each transplant pharmacist works directly with doctors and staff to monitor patients' care plans.