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Liver transplant
Leading the way to reduce wait times and enhance patient outcomes, we help people with advanced liver disease get a chance for a new beginning.
Revolutionizing liver transplant care
When you're dealing with severe liver disease, you want to know your health is in the right hands. Our transplant team is at the forefront of innovation and care. With our comprehensive model of care, we’ll be there with you every step of the way.
Unmatched expertise
Since 1986, we have performed more than 1,000 kidney transplants and have a 93% survival rate for the first year.
Shorter wait times
By improving our skills to accept all types of organs, we have wait times two months shorter than national averages.
Specialized liver care
Our affiliation with the Liver-Pancreas Center provides state-of-the-art care for people with advanced liver disease conditions.
What sets us apart
Intermountain Health Transplant Program
The Intermountain Health Transplant Program is the most comprehensive adult and pediatric abdominal thoracic and bone marrow transplant program and has Utah's largest organ donor allocation program. Our multidisciplinary care, innovative leadership, and nationally recognized outcomes make our program a pioneer in transplantation.
Patient stories
Carson's Story
In Carson's senior year in high school, his liver was failing, and he needed a transplant. His Aunt, Liz, was tested and matched Carson - so months later, she donated two-thirds of her liver to save her nephew's life.
Patient stories
Kristina and Carrie's Story
When Carrie found out she needed a liver transplant, her co-worker, Kristine, didn’t hesitate to give her a second chance at life.
Donate life
Become a living liver donor
Becoming a living donor is one way to help someone you love or one of the 11,000 people on the waitlist for a liver. Discover what a live liver donation is and learn more about the process for this life-saving gift.
FAQs
Frequently asked questions regarding liver transplants
The liver is an organ on the right side of the abdomen. It filters toxins out of the blood and helps the body filter nutrients. When the liver stops functioning properly, serious health problems result.
Those with serious liver disease can receive treatment to slow their condition's progression and keep them relatively healthy. Still, ultimately, liver failure will take place. Unlike those who suffer from kidney disease, patients with End Stage Liver Disease (E.S.L.D.) have no choice but transplantation if they wish to prolong their lives. There is no way to compensate for lost liver function.
Since the first liver transplants in the 1960s, liver transplantation has become a very successful treatment for E.S.L.D. The advent of immunosuppression medications has drastically increased the transplanted organ's life and decreased rejection episodes, prolonging the recipient's life. Modern surgical procedures and technology have also brought success to liver transplantation. The Intermountain Transplant Center consistently achieves patient and graft survival rates above the national average, with waiting times two months shorter than the national time.