UCSF Health’s organ transplant program is one of the largest and most highly regarded in the world. With advances in surgical techniques and improved drug regimens to prevent organ rejection and infection, organ transplantation is now widely recognized as the best treatment for a variety of diseases.
Since our program's founding in the 1960s, it has grown to include transplants of the kidneys, liver, heart, lungs and pancreas. Survival rates for our patients are among the highest in the country, even though we treat some of the most seriously ill patients.
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Awards & recognition
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Best hospital in Northern California
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Kidney transplants performed each year
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in the U.S. for patient survival rates three years after lung transplant
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in the U.S. for number of liver transplants performed
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in the West for number of living donor liver transplants performed

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Kôz Hospitality House
Kôz Hospitality House provides comfortable, reasonably priced accommodations near our Parnassus campus for UCSF patients during their treatment.
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Organ Transplant Support Groups
Our heart, lung and liver transplant groups offer peer-based support for pre- and post -transplant patients, LVAD patients, families and caregivers.
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