Kidney Transplant

Highlights of Our Kidney Transplant Program

• UT Southwestern Medical Center is ranked as one of the nation’s best hospitals for general nephrology and the treatment of chronic kidney diseases, according to U.S. News & World Report for 2019–20.
• Our physicians are experts in living donation, enabling us to provide both donors and recipients with personalized attention to detail in their care, resulting in improved care and outcomes.
• Our experience and expertise results in exceptional patient outcomes – just one of the reasons the program experienced 178% growth from 2017 to 2019.
• Our patients benefit from a short length of stay – with a median of three days in the hospital after surgery – shorter than the national average.
• Our program provides innovative treatments, such as personalized approaches to immunosuppression therapy and leading-edge clinical trials.
• Convenient satellite clinics in Lubbock and Tyler, and expanded use of telemedicine, allows us to deliver transplant care for patients throughout Texas, bringing our expertise closer to your home.
• We take part in a number of clinical trials aimed at improving patient care and outcomes. Clinical trials give patients access to the most promising new treatments before they are available to the public.

Meet Our Kidney Transplant Team

The UT Southwestern kidney transplant program has grown to become one of the most successful programs in the nation. Our one-year renal graft survival rate exceeds 94 percent, according to the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, a statistic that includes challenging cases that UT Southwestern often accepts.