UK Transplant Center – UK HealthCare

Welcome to the UK Transplant Center

The UK Transplant Center specializes in the transplantation of all major solid organs, including the heart, lung, kidney, pancreas and liver. The UK Markey Cancer Center performs bone marrow transplants.

The UK Transplant Center has been providing transplantation services by highly qualified transplantation teams since 1964, now performing more than 130 transplants each year. Our physicians are dedicated and highly trained in each of the organ transplants. We offer patients comprehensive, compassionate care throughout the transplant process.
UK Transplant Center in the News
UK HealthCare Hosting Annual Health Conference for Women ◄

UK HealthCare will present its fifth annual "Women, It’s About You" conference Saturday, June 1, 2013, from 7 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. at Embassy Suites in Lexington.

UK Patients' Body Mapping Exhibit to be Featured at Downtown Gallery Hop ◄

Several UK HealthCare transplant recipients will attend this season's downtown Gallery Hop in Lexington to showcase the work they created during a "body mapping" workshop earlier this year.

Lexington Man Who Had Heart Removed Waits Patiently for Donor ◄

Lexington native Rick Elliott, only the second Kentucky patient to receive the SynCardia Total Artificial Heart as a bridge to transplant, reflects back on a year of waiting for an appropriate donor heart to come along.

UK to Unveil Body Mapping Exhibit on Feb. 8 ◄

Dr. Michael Karpf and the UK Arts in HealthCare program are partnering with Dean Michael Tick from the UK College of Fine Arts, the UK School of Art and Visual Studies, Kentucky Organ Donor Affiliates, the Ruth Hunt Wood Foundation and the Art2Be organization to hold a body mapping workshop Feb. 4-8. Artwork from the workshop will be displayed in a special exhibit in Pavilion A starting Friday, Feb. 8.

'UK at the Half' Features UK HealthCare's Transplant Program ◄

"UK at the Half" airs during halftime of UK football and basketball games broadcast on the radio.
Living donors save lives

You can save a life with a living donor kidney transplant.

View the living kidney donation brochure (1.9 Mb PDF).
Donate Life license plate for Kentucky

New License Plate Promotes Organ Donation

Help Louisville’s Second Chance at Life organization get a donor awareness license plate in Kentucky. 900 signed forms are required from Kentuckians who will commit to buying the plates.

Download application form for a license plate to support organ donation awareness. (PDF, 97 KB)
Donate Life

More than 600 Kentuckians are currently awaiting a life-saving organ transplant. A single donor may benefit up to 50 people by donating organs as well as tissues. Kentucky Organ Donor Affiliates and other members of the Donate Life Kentucky Coalition ask you to register today.

Visit Donate Life Kentucky to register as an organ donor or print and fill out this form. (PDF, 124 KB)
Organ Failure and Transplantation Network

UK Transplant Center created the Organ Failure and Transplantation Network with the goal of working with local physicians to provide the latest advancements in the treatment of end stage kidney failure.
Learn more >
For Health Care Providers

If you are a health care provider and would like to refer a patient to the UK HealthCare Transplant Center, please call one of the numbers below or refer a patient using the fax referral forms below. As a referring health care provider, you are a crucial resource for patients who might need organ transplantation. We strive to facilitate your referral of patients to the UK HealthCare Transplant Center and will communicate with you about the status of the patients you entrust to our care during all of the transplantation phases.

Kidney and pancreas referrals
Toll-free: 1-866-474-6544
Local: 859-323-6544
View kidney/pancreas fax referral form (PDF, 147 Kb)

Liver referrals
Toll-free: 1-888-808-3212
Local: 859-323-8500
View liver fax referral form (PDF, 151 Kb)

Heart and lung referrals
Toll-free: 1-800-456-5287
Local: 859-323-4620
View heart transplant referral form (PDF, 116 Kb)
View lung transplant referral form (PDF, 116 Kb)

View our transplant clinical research information or transplant patient volumes online.

Transplant

Patient Information
Appointments and information:
859-323-1691 or
1-866-285-4337 toll free
Fax: 859-323-1700
E-mail: transplant@email.uky.edu

UK Transplant Center:
UK Albert B. Chandler Hospital
4th floor, room C416
800 Rose Street
Lexington, KY 40536-0293
Directions >
Outreach Locations

UK Transplant & Specialty Clinic*
Medical Plaza East
3 Audubon Plaza Drive, Suite 150
Louisville, KY 40217
Directions »
*University of Kentucky Hospital clinic

Tri-State Gastroenterology Associates
425 Centre View Blvd.
Crestview Hills, KY 41017
Directions »
Charles Hoopes, MD, Heart & Lung Transplantation Director (PDF 134 KB)
Kidney donors do fine; no long-term issues

Donating a kidney doesn't appear to have any long-term health consequences for the donor, a reassuring study shows. >
Patient Stories

UK Transplant Center received a unique thank-you note from a transplant patient. Read about this and other patient stories.>
Making a Difference

“I was at the end of my rope. It’s a blessing to know that the donor’s family, through their pain, found a reason to let me live.”
– Amelia Brown, Patient
Read Amelia's story > (1.2MB PDF)

Hear a short message about organ donation

Read a transcript of the message about organ donation