Transplant services

The transplant process is detailed and thorough to ensure your care team receives all of the necessary information about your health, current condition and personal situation. Once approved for a transplant, our team will work together to continually monitor your health throughout the process — from evaluation through post-transplant recovery. The majority of our specialized transplant services are performed at the Methodist Hospital Specialty and Transplant and Methodist Hospital. We also offer evaluations and postoperative checkups at satellite clinics throughout Texas for your convenience.

With the largest heart transplant program in Central and South Texas, our team has performed more than 500 transplants and implanted over 200 assist devices since our program was founded in 1986. Our Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Program, located within Methodist Plaza, not only provides heart transplants to patients with heart failure, but offers education and support services to ensure a healthy life after heart transplant surgery. We offer cardiac rehabilitation services to provide patients with the proper tools to maintain a healthy diet and build an exercise plan.

We support patients with end-stage liver disease and liver failure through our Liver Failure Clinic. Our liver disease transplant program is one of the top programs in the country for transplantation, hepatology and liver disease care. Since 2001, our expert surgeons have performed over 700 transplants. On a percentage basis, we have transplanted more medically urgent patients than any other transplant facility in Texas. Our program is led by a group of physicians with more than 60 years of combined expertise in all aspects of liver disease management, transplant services and procedures. We offer comprehensive treatment programs, educational sessions and more to patients and their families as they navigate the transplant journey.

For patients who meet certain criteria, lung transplantation can potentially extend and improve their quality of your life. The Methodist Hospital Lung Transplant Program is designed to provide each patient with a personalized approach to his or her treatment plan. Our multidisciplinary transplant team comprised of physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, social workers, dietitians and physical therapists supports our patients through every step of their lung transplant journey.

With more than 100 procedures performed, Methodist Hospital Specialty and Transplant has the most preferred transplant and combination kidney-pancreas transplant programs in Texas.  Our dedicated team of clinical research and transplant services experts provides patients access to the newest developments in transplant medications and disease management. Patients in our pancreas transplant program are cared for by the same team that serves our kidney transplant program.

Our specialized transplant services are primarily carried out at Methodist Hospital Specialty and Transplant. According to UNOS, this facility is the nation's number one living kidney donor program, further illustrating our commitment to high-quality transplant care.

We also have satellite clinics throughout the Greater San Antonio area for if you do not live locally. Our satellite clinics are open either on a monthly or bi-monthly basis, and are where you can receive your initial transplant evaluation.

Additionally, if you have received a transplant and are one-year into recovery and in good health, you may have the option to receive follow-up care at a satellite clinic, instead of commuting to San Antonio. Our satellite clinic locations include:

• Methodist Transplant Institute Austin Patient Care Center
• Methodist Transplant Institute Corpus Christi Patient Care Center
• Methodist Transplant Institute El Paso Patient Care Center
• Methodist Transplant Institute Laredo Patient Care Center
• Methodist Transplant Institute Lubbock Patient Care Center
• Methodist Transplant Institute McAllen Patient Care Center
• Methodist Transplant Institute Waco Patient Care Center

Every year, hundreds of lives are saved across the country because of organ transplantation, and many of them right in our backyard. This wouldn't be possible without the selfless sacrifices of individuals willing to share the gift of life. The transplant team at Methodist Healthcare has developed multiple leading transplant programs for recipients in need of kidney, liver, pancreas, heart and even lung transplants. Our nationally recognized transplant programs are only possible because of the countless individuals who choose to donate life by becoming an organ donor. When ordinary people are empowered to do extraordinary things – you give the gift of life. Be the reason behind someone’s tomorrow; become an organ donor.