Our Approach to Transplant Care
With a unique ability to address the needs of even the most high-risk patients, Montefiore Einstein Advanced Care offers the renowned excellence of the Montefiore Einstein Center for Transplantation, a national leader and premier destination for adult and pediatric heart, lung, kidney, pancreas and liver transplants. Our team of transplant specialists provides exceptional care, focusing on comprehensive evaluations and postoperative management.
Why Choose Montefiore Einstein?
The Montefiore Einstein Center for Transplantation has the best one-year survival heart transplant outcomes and some of the highest survival rates in the U.S., including 100% survival of live liver donor transplant recipients. Home to the first lung-liver transplant in New York State and one of the few hospitals in the nation to perform dual organ transplants for patients with simultaneous heart, liver, kidney or lung failure, we have one of the longest-running transplant programs in the world.
Montefiore Einstein specializes in cancer-related transplantation, working as a unified team with our Comprehensive Cancer Center, which is among the elite 1% of National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated comprehensive cancer centers in the U.S.
Unparalleled Expertise in Transplant Medicine
Our world-renowned multidisciplinary team of pediatric and adult transplant experts includes hepatobiliary transplant surgeons who are fellowship-trained in advanced liver transplantation techniques, transplant hepatologists, transplant nephrologists, urologists, medical and surgical oncologists, gastroenterologists, transplant immunologists, transplant anesthesiologists, radiologists, pathologists, geneticists, virologists, transplant surgeons, diabetologists, endocrinologists, critical care specialists, psychiatrists, nutritionists, physical and occupational therapists and dedicated transplant coordinators.
Many patients do not have to wait years for a kidney or liver transplant. A healthy family member or friend may be able to donate a kidney or part of their liver safely. Our team guides both the recipient and donor through every step, with safety and support as the top priority. Learn more about how you can become a living donor.
Our Transplant Services at Montefiore Einstein Advanced Care
At Montefiore Einstein Transplant Care, our approach involves comprehensive, multidisciplinary management to ensure the best possible outcomes.
Kidney & Pancreas Transplant Care
Our comprehensive Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Care Program is an internationally recognized leader, providing life-saving treatment to children and adults with end-stage kidney disease. We offer exceptional kidney and pancreas transplant services, including thorough evaluations and postoperative management. Our world-renowned team of nephrologists, along with transplant and surgery specialists, achieves excellent transplantation success rates by using advanced pre- and post-transplant diagnostics, including the latest imaging technologies, to assess donor organs and recipients.
Liver Disease & Transplant Care
From proactive diagnostics and chronic care to innovative treatment plans for those impacted by liver disease, our team of renowned physicians, along with hepatology and surgery specialists, offers a wide range of clinical services focused on lifelong liver health for those with complex liver conditions.
Our Comprehensive Liver Program is a premier destination for transplants in children and adults with acute or chronic liver disease and liver cancer. Our expert specialists use the most advanced pre- and post-transplant diagnostics, including the latest diagnostic imaging technologies, to evaluate donor livers and recipients.
Hepatobiliary diseases include both benign disease and cancers of the liver, bile ducts and pancreas, including complex gallbladder disease. Our team at Montefiore Einstein Advanced Care specializes in hepatobiliary disease and includes partners in hepatology, gastroenterology, and medical oncology.
Because of the multidisciplinary nature of the Hepatobiliary Program, patients with hepatobiliary conditions have access to coordinated care that enables seamless diagnosis and comprehensive treatment plans. We review all cases at weekly team meetings. When surgery is necessary, our nationally known surgical team has advanced training in hepatobiliary surgery, including liver transplantation, pancreatic and liver surgery, complications of gallbladder disease and robotic surgery.
We will coordinate surgical scheduling with our world-renowned surgeons at one of our health system's many locations.
Transplant Conditions We Treat
Kidney & Pancreas
Our transplant nephrologists do not manage chronic kidney disease in place of general nephrology care. Rather, they focus on transplant evaluation, candidacy determination, and post-transplant medical management in close partnership with referring providers.
Kidney Transplant Evaluation
- Advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD stages 4–5)
- End-stage kidney disease (ESKD)
- Patients approaching dialysis or seeking pre-emptive transplantation
- Patients on dialysis interested in kidney transplantation
- Prior kidney transplant recipients with declining graft function
- Patients requiring kidney re-transplantation
Pancreas Transplant Evaluation
- Type 1 diabetes with kidney failure
- Type 1 diabetes with severe hypoglycemia or hypoglycemia unawareness
- Select patients with Type 2 diabetes, based on established clinical criteria
- Candidates for:
- Simultaneous pancreas-kidney (SPK) transplantation
- Pancreas-after-kidney (PAK) transplantation
- Pancreas transplant alone (PTA)
Liver Disease & Transplant Care
Our expert team of hepatologists is uniquely equipped to evaluate, manage and treat advanced liver disease, cirrhosis and liver cancer, as well as provide expert hepatobiliary surgery and post-transplant care for the following conditions affecting the liver, including:
- Autoimmune hepatitis
- Hepatitis A, B and C
- Liver cancer
- Cirrhosis
- Steatotic (fatty) liver disease
- Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD)
- Alcohol-associated liver disease
- Alcohol-associated hepatitis
- Alcohol-associated cirrhosis
- Primary biliary cholangitis
- Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC)
- Wilson disease
- Hereditary hemochromatosis
- Splanchnic thrombosis (blood clot) (SVT)
Our Transplant Care Teams
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Service Types
Aesthetics, Allergy, Asthma & Sinus Care, Behavioral Health, Cardiology, Comprehensive Weight Management, CT Scan, Dermatology, Ear, Nose & Throat (Otorhinolaryngology), Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, General Surgery Consultations, Geriatrics, Immunology, Kidney Care, Kidney Pre- and Post-Transplant Care, Liver Disease, Liver Pre- and Post-Transplant Care, Mammography, MRI, Neurology, Neurosurgery Consultations, Nuclear Medicine, Orthopedics, Pancreas Pre- and Post-Transplant Care, Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Primary Care, Pulmonology, Rheumatology, Ultrasound, X-ray
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Service Types
Aesthetics, Allergy, Asthma & Sinus Care, Behavioral Health, Cardiology, Comprehensive Weight Management, CT Scan, Dermatology, Ear, Nose & Throat (Otorhinolaryngology), Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, General Surgery Consultations, Geriatrics, Immunology, Kidney Care, Kidney Pre- and Post-Transplant Care, Liver Disease, Liver Pre- and Post-Transplant Care, Mammography, MRI, Neurology, Neurosurgery Consultations, Nuclear Medicine, Orthopedics, Pancreas Pre- and Post-Transplant Care, Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Primary Care, Pulmonology, Rheumatology, Ultrasound, X-ray