Transplant Care

Our USC Transplant Institute doctors offer hope and lifesaving care.

Transplant Care

Our USC Transplant Institute doctors offer hope and lifesaving care.

National Leaders in Organ Transplantation

Our USC Transplant Institute team takes a complete approach to caring for transplant patients and living organ donors. We make sure you have a team of experts on your side every step of the way, from evaluation to recovery.

  • We’ve recruited top surgeons and medical doctors from around the world.
  • Your transplant coordinator will guide you through every step of the process.
  • Our social workers and counselors can help you prepare for the challenges of surgery and recovery.
  • Our critical care experts help ensure a smooth healing process.
  • You also get the benefit of pharmacists, dietitians and nurses with speciality training.

What Is a Living-Donor Kidney Transplant?

What Is a Living-Donor Liver Transplant?

 

Aaron J. Ahearn, MD, PhD

Accepting new patients
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery
Specialties
Transplant Surgery, Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Pancreas Transplant Surgery  View more

Scott M. Atay, MD

Accepting new patients
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery
Specialties
Thoracic Surgery, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Lung Cancer  View more

Craig J. Baker, MD

Accepting new patients
Chief, Division of Cardiac Surgery
Specialties
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiac Surgery, Cardiac Transplant Surgery  View more
Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Specialties
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiac Surgery, Transplant Surgery  View more

Peter Sung Chung, MD

Accepting new patients
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine (Clinician Educator ...
Specialties
Pulmonary Critical Care, Lung Transplant Surgery, Transplant Surgery

Juliet Emamaullee, MD, PhD

Accepting new patients
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery
Specialties
Transplant Surgery, Kidney Transplant Surgery, Liver Transplant Surgery  View more

Kambiz Etesami, MD

Accepting new patients
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery
Specialties
Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Kidney Transplant Surgery, Liver Transplant Surgery  View more

Fernando Fleischman, MD

Accepting new patients
Co-Director, USC Comprehensive Aortic Center
Specialties
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Endovascular Surgery, Cardiac Surgery  View more

Michael W. Fong, MD

Accepting new patients
Specialties
Cardiology, Cardiology , Cardiac Transplantation  View more

Yuri Genyk, MD

Accepting new patients
Co-Director, USC Transplant Institure
Specialties
Transplant Surgery, Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Pancreas Transplant Surgery  View more

Hyosun (helen) Han, MD

Accepting new patients
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Specialties
Hepatology, Transplant Hepatology

Takashi Harano, MD

Accepting new patients
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery
Specialties
Thoracic Surgery, Lung Cancer, Transplant Surgery  View more

Ani Amirian Kardashian, MD

Accepting new patients
Specialties
Hepatology, Transplant Hepatology, Gastroenterology

Navpreet Kaur, MD

Accepting new patients
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery
Specialties
Transplant Surgery, Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Pancreas Transplant Surgery  View more

Saro Khemichian, MD

Accepting new patients
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Specialties
Hepatology, Gastroenterology, Transplant Hepatology

Jim Kim, MD

Accepting new patients
Director, Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation
Specialties
Transplant Surgery, Kidney Transplant Surgery, Pancreas Transplant Surgery  View more

Anthony W. Kim, MD

Accepting new patients
Division Chief, Thoracic Surgery
Specialties
Thoracic Surgery, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Lung Cancer  View more

Brian Kim, MD

Accepting new patients
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
Specialties
Hepatology, Transplant Hepatology

Serge S. Kobsa, MD, PhD

Accepting new patients
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery
Specialties
Cardiac Surgery, Heart Valve Repair, Cardiac Transplant Surgery  View more
Specialties
Hepatology, Transplant Hepatology

Raymond C. Lee, MD

Accepting new patients
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery
Specialties
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiac Surgery, Cardiac Transplant Surgery  View more
Medical Director of Kidney Transplant
Specialties
Nephrology, Transplant Nephrology, Kidney Transplant Surgery
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine (Clinician Educator ...
Specialties
Pulmonary Critical Care, Lung Transplant Surgery, Transplant Surgery
Specialties
Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Advanced Heart Failure  View more

Kruti A. Pandya, MD

Accepting new patients
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Specialties
Cardiology, Cardiology , Cardiac Transplantation  View more

Sanjeet G. Patel, MD, PhD

Accepting new patients
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery
Specialties
Cardiac Transplant Surgery, Cardiac Surgery, Aortic Disease  View more
Specialties
Transplant Surgery, Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery

Jonathan A. Praeger, MD

Accepting new patients
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery
Specialties
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiac Surgery, Atrial Fibrillation  View more
Specialties
Transplant Hepatology

Adupa Rao, MD

Accepting new patients
Clinical Associate Professor (Clinician Educator)
Specialties
Pulmonology, Transplant Surgery

Robert R. Selby, MD

Accepting new patients
Chief of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery and Abdominal ...
Specialties
Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Transplant Surgery
Specialties
Nephrology, Transplant Nephrology
Specialties
Nephrology, Transplant Nephrology

Linda S. Sher, MD

Accepting new patients
Division Chief for Clinical Research
Specialties
Transplant Surgery, Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Kidney Transplant Surgery  View more

Hamid Shidban, MD

Accepting new patients
Specialties
Transplant Surgery, Kidney Transplant Surgery, Liver Transplant Surgery
Associate Professor of Medicine
Specialties
Nephrology, Transplant Nephrology, Polycystic Kidney Disease
Specialties
Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Advanced Heart Failure  View more

Vaughn A. Starnes, MD

Accepting new patients
Chair, Department of Surgery
Specialties
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiac Surgery, Cardiac Transplant Surgery  View more

Mark L. Sturdevant, MD

Accepting new patients
Chief, Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery and ...
Specialties
Hepatobiliary, Abdominal Transplant Surgery, Liver Transplant Surgery, Kidney Transplant Surgery  View more

Ajay S. Vaidya, MD

Accepting new patients
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Specialties
Cardiology, Cardiology , Cardiac Transplantation  View more

Santhi Voora, MD

Accepting new patients
Specialties
Nephrology, Transplant Nephrology

Aaron M. Wolfson, MD

Accepting new patients
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
Specialties
Cardiac Transplantation, Advanced Heart Failure, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy  View more

Liyun Yuan, MD

Accepting new patients
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Specialties
Hepatology, Transplant Hepatology, Gastroenterology  View more

Kali Zhou, MD

Accepting new patients
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Specialties
Hepatology, Transplant Hepatology, Gastroenterology

Shannon M. Zielsdorf, MD

Accepting new patients
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery
Specialties
Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Transplant Surgery, Kidney Transplant Surgery  View more

Craig J. Baker, MD

Accepting new patients
Chief, Division of Cardiac Surgery
Specialties
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiac Surgery, Cardiac Transplant Surgery  View more
Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Specialties
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiac Surgery, Transplant Surgery  View more

Fernando Fleischman, MD

Accepting new patients
Co-Director, USC Comprehensive Aortic Center
Specialties
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Endovascular Surgery, Cardiac Surgery  View more

Michael W. Fong, MD

Accepting new patients
Specialties
Cardiology, Cardiology , Cardiac Transplantation  View more

Serge S. Kobsa, MD, PhD

Accepting new patients
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery
Specialties
Cardiac Surgery, Heart Valve Repair, Cardiac Transplant Surgery  View more

Raymond C. Lee, MD

Accepting new patients
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery
Specialties
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiac Surgery, Cardiac Transplant Surgery  View more
Specialties
Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Advanced Heart Failure  View more

Kruti A. Pandya, MD

Accepting new patients
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Specialties
Cardiology, Cardiology , Cardiac Transplantation  View more

Sanjeet G. Patel, MD, PhD

Accepting new patients
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery
Specialties
Cardiac Transplant Surgery, Cardiac Surgery, Aortic Disease  View more

Jonathan A. Praeger, MD

Accepting new patients
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery
Specialties
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiac Surgery, Atrial Fibrillation  View more
Specialties
Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Advanced Heart Failure  View more

Vaughn A. Starnes, MD

Accepting new patients
Chair, Department of Surgery
Specialties
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiac Surgery, Cardiac Transplant Surgery  View more

Ajay S. Vaidya, MD

Accepting new patients
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Specialties
Cardiology, Cardiology , Cardiac Transplantation  View more

Aaron M. Wolfson, MD

Accepting new patients
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
Specialties
Cardiac Transplantation, Advanced Heart Failure, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy  View more

Hyosun (helen) Han, MD

Accepting new patients
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Specialties
Hepatology, Transplant Hepatology

Ani Amirian Kardashian, MD

Accepting new patients
Specialties
Hepatology, Transplant Hepatology, Gastroenterology

Saro Khemichian, MD

Accepting new patients
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Specialties
Hepatology, Gastroenterology, Transplant Hepatology

Brian Kim, MD

Accepting new patients
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
Specialties
Hepatology, Transplant Hepatology
Specialties
Hepatology, Transplant Hepatology

Liyun Yuan, MD

Accepting new patients
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Specialties
Hepatology, Transplant Hepatology, Gastroenterology  View more

Kali Zhou, MD

Accepting new patients
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Specialties
Hepatology, Transplant Hepatology, Gastroenterology
Specialties
Transplant Hepatology
Medical Director of Kidney Transplant
Specialties
Nephrology, Transplant Nephrology, Kidney Transplant Surgery
Specialties
Nephrology, Transplant Nephrology
Specialties
Nephrology, Transplant Nephrology
Associate Professor of Medicine
Specialties
Nephrology, Transplant Nephrology, Polycystic Kidney Disease

Santhi Voora, MD

Accepting new patients
Specialties
Nephrology, Transplant Nephrology

Aaron J. Ahearn, MD, PhD

Accepting new patients
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery
Specialties
Transplant Surgery, Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Pancreas Transplant Surgery  View more

Scott M. Atay, MD

Accepting new patients
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery
Specialties
Thoracic Surgery, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Lung Cancer  View more
Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Specialties
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiac Surgery, Transplant Surgery  View more

Peter Sung Chung, MD

Accepting new patients
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine (Clinician Educator ...
Specialties
Pulmonary Critical Care, Lung Transplant Surgery, Transplant Surgery

Juliet Emamaullee, MD, PhD

Accepting new patients
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery
Specialties
Transplant Surgery, Kidney Transplant Surgery, Liver Transplant Surgery  View more

Kambiz Etesami, MD

Accepting new patients
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery
Specialties
Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Kidney Transplant Surgery, Liver Transplant Surgery  View more

Yuri Genyk, MD

Accepting new patients
Co-Director, USC Transplant Institure
Specialties
Transplant Surgery, Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Pancreas Transplant Surgery  View more

Takashi Harano, MD

Accepting new patients
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery
Specialties
Thoracic Surgery, Lung Cancer, Transplant Surgery  View more

Navpreet Kaur, MD

Accepting new patients
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery
Specialties
Transplant Surgery, Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Pancreas Transplant Surgery  View more

Jim Kim, MD

Accepting new patients
Director, Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation
Specialties
Transplant Surgery, Kidney Transplant Surgery, Pancreas Transplant Surgery  View more

Anthony W. Kim, MD

Accepting new patients
Division Chief, Thoracic Surgery
Specialties
Thoracic Surgery, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Lung Cancer  View more
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine (Clinician Educator ...
Specialties
Pulmonary Critical Care, Lung Transplant Surgery, Transplant Surgery
Specialties
Transplant Surgery, Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery

Adupa Rao, MD

Accepting new patients
Clinical Associate Professor (Clinician Educator)
Specialties
Pulmonology, Transplant Surgery

Robert R. Selby, MD

Accepting new patients
Chief of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery and Abdominal ...
Specialties
Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Transplant Surgery

Linda S. Sher, MD

Accepting new patients
Division Chief for Clinical Research
Specialties
Transplant Surgery, Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Kidney Transplant Surgery  View more

Hamid Shidban, MD

Accepting new patients
Specialties
Transplant Surgery, Kidney Transplant Surgery, Liver Transplant Surgery

Mark L. Sturdevant, MD

Accepting new patients
Chief, Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery and ...
Specialties
Hepatobiliary, Abdominal Transplant Surgery, Liver Transplant Surgery, Kidney Transplant Surgery  View more

Shannon M. Zielsdorf, MD

Accepting new patients
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery
Specialties
Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Transplant Surgery, Kidney Transplant Surgery  View more

A Life-Saving Donation

Patient Story

There are no words to convey all the gratitude I feel for Rosie.

Read Rosie and Walter’s Story

A Life-Saving Donation

Patient Story

There are no words to convey all the gratitude I feel for Rosie.

#1

Living-donor liver transplantation program in Southern California

1

Only transfusion-free liver transplant program in western U.S.

30%

Shorter stays for adult liver transplants

#1

In pediatric kidney transplants in U.S. for 2020

Why Choose Us for Your Organ Transplantation

Each of our programs is a part of the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), which allows us to offer every patient the best chance to receive new organs.

Anthem has designated our adult heart transplant program as a Center of Medical Excellence.

Our 1-year kidney transplant survival rates are among the highest in the Los Angeles area.

Our liver transplant program received a Center of Medical Excellence designation from Anthem.

Our lung transplant program received a Center of Medical Excellence designation from Anthem.

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