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Why choose us

As the largest and most experienced transplant program in the nation, more people turn to us for a second chance.

NewYork-Presbyterian is an international leader specializing in heart, lung, liver, kidney, intestine, and pancreas surgeries. With two renowned medical institutions — NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center — we have performed more than 20,000 transplant surgeries in the United States.*

For patients facing advanced or complex organ disease, transplant surgery offers a vital pathway to overcoming organ failure. As the nation's largest transplant program*, more patients trust us to help reclaim the lives they’ve always imagined.

*OPTN, October 2024

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Heart Transplantation

Intestinal & Ex Vivo Transplantation

Liver Transplantation

Lung Transplantation

Kidney Transplantation

Pancreas Transplantation

Pediatric Heart Transplantation

Pediatric Liver Transplantation

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Our approach to care

When you or a loved one seeks care for an advanced or complex disease in a major organ, our multidisciplinary team will determine if an organ transplant is the best next step for you.

At NewYork-Presbyterian, each patient receives personalized care from specialists in advanced organ failure management.

Teams of transplant specialists

Each patient's transplant team includes a transplant coordinator to manage all care, transplant surgeons, medical doctors with expertise in the organ being transplanted, nurses, dietitians, social workers, financial counselors, and other healthcare professionals with the compassion and skills to coordinate the many facets of transplant care.

Excellence in heart transplantation

The Heart Failure and Transplantation Program at NewYork-Presbyterian is the second largest program in the country, performing more than 3,000 transplant*, so far, since UNOS started tracking in 1988. Our heart transplant program has significant efforts to widen the availability of organs and make transplantation an option for people who might otherwise be denied treatment.

Leaders in liver transplantation

At NewYork-Presbyterian, we perform the most liver transplants in the Northeast and have one of the largest living donor liver transplant programs in North America.* Our surgeons developed robotic surgery protocols for liver cancer surgery, living donor liver surgery and liver transplantation, expanding the benefit of a minimally invasive approach to all patients.

Pioneering pancreas transplantation

NewYork-Presbyterian has the largest pancreas transplantation programs in New York State, caring for patients with the most complex medical and surgical challenges. We offer this option in combination with kidney transplantation, enabling the transplanted pancreas to protect the new kidney from the damage caused by diabetes.

Specialists and subspecialists in every area

NewYork-Presbyterian is known worldwide as a leading provider of health care for advanced organ failure. Due to our affiliation with two leading medical centers, we can address all of your healthcare needs, such as co-existing conditions like heart disease and diabetes, and connect you with the specialists you need to meet those needs.

Organ donation

Every day, transplants bring renewed life to patients. A single donor can save up to eight lives through organ donation, restore sight in two people through cornea donation, and heal up to 75 others through tissue donation. In addition, living donor transplant outcomes are better than those of deceased donors.

Special support for living donors

The donation of kidneys and liver tissue from living donors has made kidney and liver transplantation possible for many recipients who might not otherwise be able to receive these organs. NewYork-Presbyterian has prominent living donor kidney and liver transplant programs featuring dedicated teams and support services just for donors.

3,000+ heart transplants

NewYork-Presbyterian has performed more than 3,000 heart transplants, far exceeding other hospitals.*

1,500+ lung transplants

NewYork-Presbyterian has performed over 1,500 lung transplants with five-year and 10-year survival rates that exceed the national average.*

500+ living donor liver transplants

One of the only centers in the nation offering robotic donor surgery to all living liver donors.*

* OPTN, 2024

Our team

Patients travel from across the country and around the world to seek care from our world-renowned doctors. Our teams have performed over 20,000 transplants since our programs began. Patients seek us out for our depth of experience and ability to bring together world-class doctors across multiple specialties to address the complex care needs of organ failure.

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Learn more about our living donor program.

Becoming a living donor means you give a patient the chance to get transplanted sooner, and typically, to also have better outcomes.

Advances in Transplant

Due to their experience and expertise, the transplant physicians at NewYork-Presbyterian can confidently care for some of the most complex transplants, including multi-organ transplants. Patients come to us from across the country and around the world for better outcomes and innovative procedures that allow for quicker access to transplants and also quicker recovery.

Clinical Trials

At NewYork-Presbyterian, clinical trials are conducted by physicians through their academic positions at the hospital's affiliated medical colleges: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and Weill Cornell Medicine. This research ensures our patients have access to the latest medical innovations and treatments.

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"I’m living out dreams I never knew I had."

Kelsey grew up in Wisconsin and lived with pulmonary arterial hypertension-a rare disease causing high blood pressure in her lungs’ arteries. When other transplant centers wouldn’t take her case due to its complexity, Kelsey found hope at NewYork-Presbyterian. After a double-lung transplant, she’s living in New York City and working in research for the disease that impacted her for years.

"The level of attention and collaboration between my doctors made me feel like my life was treasured and I mattered."

Richard is a New York City lawyer and opera singer, but his full life was put on hold by chronic liver disease. He received more than a liver transplant at NewYork-Presbyterian - he found a supportive care team and community of fellow transplant recipients. Now, he’s giving back in honor of his donor by helping the needy and appreciating the chance to sing once again.

“I’m back to my regular self. I feel free.”

Rachel struggled to get through the everyday with familial cardiomyopathy, a disease that affected her heart muscles and left her feeling weak and out of breath. Rachel’s NewYork-Presbyterian team helped stabilize her heart and found her a transplant heart in only five days. Now, nobody can stop her from getting up and dancing.

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