About the Institute
The Transplant House
A Haven of Comfort and Community for Patients and Families
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With a third of the institute’s patients coming from more than 50 miles away, the Clyde F. Barker Transplant House meets an urgent need to provide comfortable accommodations and convenient services in a supportive, community setting at nominal cost.
“The support of other people who are going through the transplant experience is incredibly valuable — this is a condition you have for the rest of your life,” says Richard Leighton, liver transplant recipient and chair of the Transplant House Committee. “Thanks to the Transplant House, so much more can be done for these patients and their families.”
Comfort and Convenience in Challenging Times
The Transplant House will be located near the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Designed to meet the unique needs of transplant patients and their families, the house will feature many of the comforts of home:
- Furnished rooms with double beds
- Kitchen facilities
- Computers and Internet access
- Laundry room
- Telephone liaison to the transplant floor
- Comprehensive education center
- Conveniently located near shopping and restaurants
- Continuously running shuttle to the hospital
Clyde F. Barker, MD, performed the first kidney transplant at Penn; established the region’s first comprehensive transplant program, which was the basis for the Penn Transplant Institute; and conducted work in surgical immunology that led to the development of Penn’s islet cell transplantation program.
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Need an appointment? Request one online 24 hours/day, 7 days/week or call 800-789-PENN (7366) to speak to a referral counselor. |
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