Refer a Patient for Liver Transplant

We welcome referrals for any patient who may be a candidate for liver transplant.

Call 773-702-4500

Why refer to UChicago Medicine for liver transplant?

• Internationally recognized expertise: We perform more than 100 liver transplants per year and are well known for expertise in multi-organ transplant, with higher-than-expected transplant rates and reduced mortality rates while on the waiting list.
• Inclusive eligibility criteria: We offer expanded protocols and frequently provide transplants for patients turned down by other centers, including those with complex comorbidities and a recent history of alcohol use.
• Thriving living liver donor program: As one of Illinois’ largest living donor transplant programs, we help patients proactively secure living donors and are committed to safety and excellence in living donor transplant.
• A leader in transplant oncology: Liver cancer patients benefit from coordinated, multidisciplinary care from surgeons, hepatologists, medical and radiation oncologists and interventional radiologists.
• Only Chicago center offering liver dialysis: We offer the Molecular Adsorbent Recirculating System (MARS), an advanced liver dialysis therapy to support patients awaiting transplant.
• Convenient outpatient care: Our liver transplant team offers outpatient care at several locations, including in Chicago, the suburbs, Peoria and Crown Point, IN.
• A history of transplant innovation: In 1989, UChicago Medicine surgeons performed the world’s first living donor liver transplant. Today we continue to conduct groundbreaking research on novel therapies, including one with genetically modified pig livers.