Giving hope to transplant patients

The University of Alberta Hospital is home to the most complex organ and tissue transplant program in Canada. No other program offers this range of transplant procedures – heart, heart/lung, kidney, liver, small bowel, bone, eye, tissue and islet cells.

The specialized 18-bed, multi-organ transplant unit enables surgeons, physicians, nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, nutritionists, social workers and other specialists to provide complex care before and long after transplant surgery to adult and pediatric patients

Support Transplant Innovation

What if we could . . .

Double or even triple the number of transplantable organs?

Science fiction, right? No, this is real.

Doctors at the University of Alberta Hospital have developed a system that’s transforming the way donor organs are “kept alive” outside the body, giving surgical teams time to fix damaged organs, and make them suitable for transplantation.

Predict the outcomes of transplants before surgery?

Impossible? Not with today’s technology – and the combined expertise and resources of our clinical and research teams.

By virtually cross-matching organ donors with potential recipients, doctors can more accurately predict outcomes – even for the most hard-to-match patients. Next up? Tailoring immunosuppression therapies so each patient gets exactly the support they need to live a healthy, productive life after their transplant.