An integrated, experienced team for complex multi-organ transplants
Every organ transplant requires specialized care. But for people needing two or more organs at once—called dual or multi-organ transplantation—a team with expertise in coordinating this complex process is essential.
If you have advanced or serious disease in more than one organ, our program offers an option to transplant multiple organs during the same procedure or during two surgeries timed closely together. The most common types of multi-organ transplants are heart-kidney and heart-liver.
In some cases, you may find out you need a multi-organ transplant during the evaluation process for a single organ. For example, tests for a heart transplant could show a possible need for a new kidney, as well. Our multi-organ transplant team is ready to help you understand your options and navigate your transplant care.
Why choose us for a multi-organ transplant?
Only about 30-40% of transplant programs in the nation have the capabilities needed to perform multi-organ transplants. Our program has a coordinated team of transplant specialists in place to offer you options often not found at other centers. Our multi-organ transplant program provides:
- Collaboration between the abdominal and heart transplant teams from the start
- Open and honest information about the qualifications, challenges and logistics of receiving multiple organs
- Transplant coordinators to guide you through every step
- Fine-tuned processes and integrated protocols to monitor both organs together
- Multiple areas of expertise to care for physical, emotional, social and financial needs
- Ongoing communication between members of your care team
- Referral center for other transplant programs for complex cases
- Physicians on the medical staff who are actively involved in national transplant organizations, such as the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS)
Frequently asked questions
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.
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.
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.
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.
Contact us
Dallas: 214.820.2050 | Fort Worth: 817.922.4650 | Temple: 254.724.8912
Combined kidney and pancreas transplants
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.