The University Health Transplant Institute has performed over 1,700 kidney transplants with positive results.
Since performing South Texas’ first civilian kidney transplant in 1970, University Health Transplant Institute has been a pioneering force in organ transplantation and research for children and adults suffering from organ failure. Our physicians and surgeons use evidence-based practices and a successful multidisciplinary approach with an unyielding commitment to providing patients and their families world-class health care.
Our survival outcomes currently rank best in South Texas. Our objective is to restore optimal health to those suffering from end-stage kidney disease. Compared to dialysis, kidney transplantation is associated with:
We have a vibrant living donor kidney transplant program with options for paired exchange and living donor chains that decrease wait times and improve the quality of life for a maximum number of kidney patients on the wait list.
Submit a patient referral online. To speak to a program manager, call 210-567-5777 or toll-free 1-888-336-9633.
Health care providers looking to transport a patient to University Hospital can do so with one simple phone call:
To transfer an adult patient to University Hospital: 210-358-2500
To transfer a pediatric patient to University Hospital: 1-855-484-7733
Dr. Gregory Abrahamian, surgical director of the renal transplant program, has performed roughly 1,000 transplants since 2000 at University Hospital. He is highly skilled in adult and pediatric kidney and liver transplant surgery.