The Transplant Center at Froedtert Hospital offers exceptional care for adults who need heart, lung, kidney, liver and pancreas transplants. Our comprehensive adult transplant programs are certified by Medicare and Medicaid, and offer survival rates that meet or exceed national benchmarks.
Our Transplant Center is a joint program of Children’s Wisconsin and Froedtert Hospital, the academic medical center of the Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin health network, with vital support by Versiti Blood Center of Wisconsin for tissue typing and research initiatives. Representing the most comprehensive pediatric and adult transplant care in Wisconsin, the program is recognized for nationally ranked outcomes, internationally known transplant specialists and end-stage disease management. It is a critical resource for Wisconsin and beyond.
Hope. Healing. Excellence.
Every transplant journey begins with hope – a hope our team guides through clinical excellence, transformative care and compassionate support.
Donate Life: Organ Donation Saves Lives
Did you know, more than 1,500 people in Wisconsin need lifesaving organs? A single donor can save eight lives and change the lives of more than 75 people.
Froedtert & MCW Transplant Center 2025 Accomplishments
Our Transplant Center provides exceptional care and outcomes for adults who need heart, kidney, liver, lung and pancreas transplants. Since performing our first transplant in 1967, our Transplant Program has given more than 6,500 patients a new chance at life.
Live Donor Program for Kidney Transplant
We put a strong clinical emphasis on excellence in live organ donation to make living-donor kidney transplants available to as many recipients as possible.
Patient Support
Your care team members follow you from your first evaluation appointment through your transplant procedure and long into your lifetime of post-transplant care. Learn more about our transplant patient support system.
Transplant Outcomes and Quality
Our solid organ transplant programs provide patients across the region with consistent excellence in transplant survival outcomes that meet or exceed national benchmarks.
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Research & Innovation
Innovative studies conducted in cooperation with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and pharmaceutical companies concentrate on discovering best-practice transplant approaches and long-term survival.
Pediatric Transplant
Children’s Wisconsin has been a pioneer in pediatric heart, liver, kidney and bone marrow transplants for more than three decades now — helping hundreds of children with end-stage diseases survive and thrive.
Welcoming International Patients
U.S. News & World Report rates Froedtert Hospital as high performing in seven adult specialties and 21 procedures and conditions. We are here to help international patients arrange for their care at Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee, Wis.
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