Heart Transplant
IU Health provides heart transplant services for adults and children with heart failure or other heart conditions.
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Comprehensive transplant care for life from one of the top ten largest programs in the U.S.
An organ transplant can give you a new lease on life. People come to IU Health from across the region for our highly regarded transplant services:
Our experience and innovation ensure better transplant outcomes. Our living kidney donation program offers education and support throughout the process to individuals who wish to donate a kidney.
IU Health transplant team members work closely with you before, during and after your transplant. We make sure you’re a good transplant candidate and have the necessary support system available to you for a successful transplant. We’re also here to offer support for you and your loved ones. We teach you how to take care of yourself after transplant, and we provide the follow-up care you need for long-term success.
If you decide on transplant, you’ll be assigned a transplant team that includes:
A pre-transplant coordinator will help you along the road to transplant. A post-transplant coordinator will be your lifetime contact for any challenges you face after transplant.
IU Health offers a full range of transplant services for adults and children at IU Health Methodist Hospital, IU Health University Hospital and Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health.
Our experienced expert team offers you the care you need before, during and after transplant, including:
IU Health kidney transplant specialists help adult and pediatric patients with end-stage kidney disease through every stage of the transplant experience. We perform a high volume of kidney transplants and are prepared for any type of case – from the routine to the most complex. Highlights of our kidney program include:
We also have a living kidney donation program for individuals who wish to donate a kidney to someone they know or to someone anonymously.
Pancreas transplantation is an important option if you have type 1 diabetes with existing or impending end-stage kidney disease or poorly controlled glucose levels. IU Health transplant surgeons perform the most complex, challenging pancreas cases. Highlights of our pancreas transplant program include:
IU Health offers end-stage liver disease management and transplant services for adults and children. We collaborate with our IU Health Comprehensive Liver Oncology Program colleagues to assess liver cancer and patients with neuroendocrine cancer for eligibility for transplant.
Highlights of our liver transplant program include:
IU Health is one of the few healthcare systems in the country that performs intestine and multivisceral transplants. A multivisceral transplant is an intestine transplant combined with two or more abdominal organs. You might need this kind of transplant if you have inflammatory bowel disease, short bowel syndrome or necrotizing entercolitis.
Our unparalleled experience, expertise and technologically advanced facilities allow us to perform even the most complicated adult and pediatric intestine transplants. Highlights of our intestine/multivisceral transplant program include:
IU Health provides expert care to adult and pediatric heart transplant patients, as well as to patient with highly challenging heart failure.
Highlights of our heart transplant program include:
The IU Health lung transplant program provides care when you have end-stage lung disease due to diseases such as interstitial lung disease, emphysema, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), cystic fibrosis or pulmonary hypertension.
Highlights of our lung transplant program include:
When you need a transplant, you can expect this general sequence of events:
There are currently 115,000 people waiting for a transplant in the United States. Tragically, about 22 of these patients die each day because the organ they needed wasn't available in time.
There is something we can do to help: One donor can save up to eight lives with organ donation and heal up to 75 people with cornea and tissue donation. Donation can be a light in a dark time for families who have lost a loved one. There is no cost to donation.
Be a Hero—Register Your Donation Decision Today (indianadonornetwork.org)
IU Health transplant team members work closely with you before, during and after your transplant. We make sure you’re a good transplant candidate and have the necessary support system available to you for a successful transplant. We’re also here to offer support for you and your loved ones. We teach you how to take care of yourself after transplant, and we provide the follow-up care you need for long-term success.
If you decide on transplant, you’ll be assigned a transplant team that includes:
A pre-transplant coordinator will help you along the road to transplant. A post-transplant coordinator will be your lifetime contact for any challenges you face after transplant.
IU Health offers a full range of transplant services for adults and children at IU Health Methodist Hospital, IU Health University Hospital and Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health.
Our experienced expert team offers you the care you need before, during and after transplant, including:
IU Health kidney transplant specialists help adult and pediatric patients with end-stage kidney disease through every stage of the transplant experience. We perform a high volume of kidney transplants and are prepared for any type of case – from the routine to the most complex. Highlights of our kidney program include:
We also have a living kidney donation program for individuals who wish to donate a kidney to someone they know or to someone anonymously.
Pancreas transplantation is an important option if you have type 1 diabetes with existing or impending end-stage kidney disease or poorly controlled glucose levels. IU Health transplant surgeons perform the most complex, challenging pancreas cases. Highlights of our pancreas transplant program include:
IU Health offers end-stage liver disease management and transplant services for adults and children. We collaborate with our IU Health Comprehensive Liver Oncology Program colleagues to assess liver cancer and patients with neuroendocrine cancer for eligibility for transplant.
Highlights of our liver transplant program include:
IU Health is one of the few healthcare systems in the country that performs intestine and multivisceral transplants. A multivisceral transplant is an intestine transplant combined with two or more abdominal organs. You might need this kind of transplant if you have inflammatory bowel disease, short bowel syndrome or necrotizing entercolitis.
Our unparalleled experience, expertise and technologically advanced facilities allow us to perform even the most complicated adult and pediatric intestine transplants. Highlights of our intestine/multivisceral transplant program include:
IU Health provides expert care to adult and pediatric heart transplant patients, as well as to patient with highly challenging heart failure.
Highlights of our heart transplant program include:
The IU Health lung transplant program provides care when you have end-stage lung disease due to diseases such as interstitial lung disease, emphysema, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), cystic fibrosis or pulmonary hypertension.
Highlights of our lung transplant program include:
When you need a transplant, you can expect this general sequence of events:
There are currently 115,000 people waiting for a transplant in the United States. Tragically, about 22 of these patients die each day because the organ they needed wasn't available in time.
There is something we can do to help: One donor can save up to eight lives with organ donation and heal up to 75 people with cornea and tissue donation. Donation can be a light in a dark time for families who have lost a loved one. There is no cost to donation.
Be a Hero—Register Your Donation Decision Today (indianadonornetwork.org)
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