Offering expert care for patients with kidney failure
Kidney failure patients face two choices: Live with dialysis or get a kidney transplant. The ideal situation is for patients to avoid dialysis and consider kidney transplant first, which requires a living donor.
The Baylor Scott & White kidney transplant programs combined have performed nearly 7,000 kidney transplants. Every year, 350 kidney patients or more receive the life-saving gift of organ donation and transplant at Baylor University Medical Center, part of Baylor Scot & White Health, Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center—Fort Worth and Baylor Scott & White Medical Center—Temple.
Dallas
To schedule an appointment with our kidney transplant team, please call 214.820.2050.
Patient forms and resources for kidney transplant
Complete the online kidney transplant application and health history forms below.
Fort Worth
To schedule an appointment with our kidney transplant team, please call 817.922.4650.
Temple
To schedule an appointment with our kidney transplant team, please call 254.724.8912.
What makes Baylor Scott & White different for kidney patients?
Living kidney donor transplant
Patients with living donor kidney transplants live longer, recover more quickly and have a better quality of life. The fastest way to receive a kidney transplant is for a family member, friend, co-worker, or altruistic donor to step forward. These donors don’t have to be related or have the same blood type or be of the same race or gender. They simply need to be healthy and willing. Most donors are between the ages of 18 and 65. (Donors older than 65 are considered on a case-by basis.)
Learn more about living donor transplant
Recipient-donor match opportunities
Our large pool of patients and donors provide increased options for living kidney transplant candidates. We assess potential living kidney donors across all of the Baylor Scott & White transplant locations. This allows us to check compatibility with not only a specific recipient, but with multiple living donor transplant candidates. Our goal in doing this is to get the right living donor to the right recipient.
Robotic techniques
We utilize the newest technology and advanced robotic techniques that make surgery and recovery easier and faster for our donors and recipients.
Learn more about robotic transplantation
Convenient care sites close to you
Baylor Scott & White’s three transplant locations in Dallas, Fort Worth and Temple and the additional kidney transplant satellite clinics in Amarillo, Lubbock and Longview make kidney transplant accessible for more patients.
Baylor Scott & White Pathway to Kidney Transplant
Baylor Scott & White Health is ready to walk with you through the transplant journey and help you make the best decisions for you and your family. We provide a guide to kidney transplant that includes a checklist for patients with kidney disease and potential donors that explains the necessary steps to receive a kidney transplant as soon as possible.
Kidney transplant in North Texas: Expert care for more than 30 years
Our kidney transplant program at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas has more than three decades of experience and offers complete services to care for your physical, emotional, mental and spiritual needs.
We’ve invested in technology like robotic surgery to improve care and perform living donor kidney transplants to minimize the time spent waiting for a new kidney. If you have a potential living kidney donor, we can also check compatibility with others across our network to match the right living donors with the right recipients.
Watch an overview video about our kidney transplant program in North Texas
Combined kidney and pancreas transplant
Simultaneous kidney and pancreas transplants are performed for patients with either type 1 or type 2 diabetes who qualify. The dual transplant functions better than a kidney alone because the new pancreas protects the transplanted kidney from the harmful effects of diabetes. As a result, the new kidney performs better and longer in the kidney/pancreas transplant recipient.
Many kidney/pancreas transplant recipients are free of diabetes years after their transplant and report a higher quality of life than kidney-alone patients.
Living donor kidney transplants
Donating a kidney to a friend, family member or other person is a big decision. We strive to provide an excellent donor experience and personalized care to all donors. The dedicated living donor team at Baylor Scott & White Health is available to answer all your questions and guide you through the process.
Potential donors may accompany recipients during kidney transplant orientation.
Get started:
- Submit questionnaire - Complete our online confidential health history questionnaire for the location where the kidney recipient is being seen.
- Donor review - Your donor information will be reviewed by a living donor coordinator.
- Donor interview - If you are a possible donor, a coordinator will contact you to review the questionnaire and answer any additional questions.
Contact us
Dallas: 214.820.2050 | Fort Worth: 817.922.4650 | Temple: 254.724.8912
Dallas
In North Texas, Baylor University Medical Center, part of Baylor Scott & White Health, in Dallas has one of the busiest multi-specialty organ transplant systems in the world—the Baylor Annette C. and Harold C. Simmons Transplant Institute.
Fort Worth
Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center – Fort Worth is an internationally renowned destination for transplant care and one of the largest in the nation.
Temple
Based at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Temple in Central Texas, our organ transplant teams focus on providing personalized care in a supportive, collaborative environment. Our patient-focused approach to transplant care in Temple makes you part of the team as we work together to help you live a longer, healthier life.
Outreach locations
Teams of physicians, nurses and assistants travel to outreach clinics throughout Texas to deliver world-renowned transplantation medicine to an expanding network of communities. Both initial organ transplant evaluation and post-transplant follow-up appointments are available.
Frequently asked questions about kidney transplant
Online resources
Medical Leadership
Bernard V. Fischbach, MD, CCRP
Nephrology
Medical Director of Kidney Transplantation, Dallas
Angelito F. Yango, MD
Nephrology
Medical Director of Kidney Transplantation, Fort Worth