The Emory Transplant Center brings together transplantation programs in heart, lung, liver, kidney, pancreas and islets. The Center's doctors and nurses are committed to improving care and access to those in need of organ transplantation through full-service patient care and support.

The Center is investigating innovative strategies to stop rejection of transplanted organs and free patients from the toxic side effects of daily immunosuppressant medicines.

Press Releases

• Limb Transplant Pioneer Establishing New Program at Emory (2/8/08)
• New Microencapsulation Technology Protects Transplanted Islets From Immune Destruction (11/15/07)
• McKelvey Gives $5.4 Million Gift to Emory University Transplantation Program (9/10/07)
• NIH Kidney Transplant Chief Joins Emory as Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar (6/28/07)

Research, Education and Patient Care Links

• Emory Transplant Center
  
• Department of Surgery, Transplantation Division
  
• United Network for Organ Sharing
• Georgia Transplant Foundation

General Contact Information

Emory Transplant Center
Emory University Hospital
1364 Clifton Road, NE, Box 7
Atlanta, GA 30322
404-712-4444
http://transplant.emory.edu/center/

Media Contact

Holly Korschun
Director of Research Communications
404-727-3990
hkorsch@emory.edu

In 1966, Emory performed Georgia's first kidney transplant and in 2007, performed more than 180 adult and pediatric kidney transplants.

Director

Christian P. Larsen, MD, DPhil
Director
Emory Transplant Center

Biography