Transplantation in Arizona

Services

Mayo Clinic offers transplant programs in blood and marrow, heart, kidney/pancreas and liver.

Blood and Marrow

Mayo's Blood and Marrow Transplant program was established in 1993 and was the first in the Phoenix metropolitan area. A six bed, state-of-the-art BMT Unit, located at Mayo Clinic Hospital, continues to provide the highest quality care for patients receiving high dose therapy and hematopoietic stem cell support. In addition, an Outpatient Infusion Center is where many of the pre- and post-transplant evaluations and procedures are performed.

For details about the program, see the blood and marrow transplant treatment section of the site.

Heart Transplant

Mayo Clinic in Arizona was approved for heart transplantation by the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) on Sept. 26, 2005, and officially opened its program at that time. The first heart transplant was performed on Oct. 19, 2005, and the second transplant followed on Oct. 29.

For details about the program, see the heart transplant treatment section of the site.

Kidney/Pancreas Transplant

Mayo Clinic offers both live donor and cadaver kidney transplants. Our Arizona program is modeled on the Mayo Clinic kidney transplant program in Rochester, Minn., which ranks among the top two percent of U.S. kidney transplant programs performing more than 100 transplants per year for graft survival at one, two and three years after transplant.

For details about the program, see the kidney/pancreas transplant treatment section of the site.

Liver Transplant

Mayo Clinic offers both live donor and cadaver liver transplants. More than 300 liver transplants have been performed since the program began full operation in 1999. The state of Arizona's first live donor liver transplant also took place at Mayo Clinic Hospital in April 2001.

Mayo Clinic's Arizona liver transplant program builds on the success of the Mayo Clinic transplant program in Rochester, Minnesota, where more than 1,000 liver transplants have been performed since 1985. The 10-year survival rate for liver transplants performed at Mayo Clinic in Rochester is more than 70 percent, among the highest in the world.

For details about the program, see the liver transplant treatment section of the site.