Penn Liver Transplant Program

The Benefits of Choosing Penn for Liver Transplant

Penn Medicine's liver transplant program offers patients access to the highest quality of care available. We have extensive experience treating patients with end-stage liver disease. Patients and their families can expect excellent results from a program that consistently achieves liver transplant survival rates that exceed national averages.  

The liver transplant program is comprised of:

• A living donor liver program, offering patients an alternative to long waiting periods for a liver
• The most experienced physicians, who have performed over 2,500 liver transplants
• The most progressive care available, anywhere with access to research programs that position Penn at the forefront of new developments in liver transplantation
• Total integration of care from pre-surgery management, through the liver transplant surgery and postoperative care
• Access to multiple organ procedures such as a liver-kidney transplant or a liver-lung transplant

Hospitality

Beyond excellent medical care, Penn offers liver transplant patients and their families the highest level of hospitality, including the Clyde F. Barker Penn Transplant House, a beautiful, modern guest house providing accommodation for patients, their families and caregivers who live a distance from the hospital.

Liver Transplant Program Locations

The liver transplant program is located at the Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Evaluations for liver transplant are also offered at Chester County Hospital and Lancaster General Health. Hepatology consults are offered at Penn Medicine Bucks County and the Penn Medicine practice in Egg Harbor Township.

Pediatric Transplant Care

Pediatric patients benefit from a joint program between the Penn Transplant Institute and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) allowing late adolescent patients to transition their care to an adult facility. Additional partnership exists for healthy adult relatives to donate part of their liver to a child.