Transplant

Mission of the Transplant Division

• Provide testing, treatment and medical and surgical monitoring for patients undergoing solid organ transplants (liver, kidney, pancreas, pancreatic islet, small intestine, multi-organ transplants).
• As part of the Western Switzerland University Transplant Center, provide monitoring of heart and lung transplant patients from Geneva who have been operated at the CHUV.
• Master technical competency in liver, kidney, pancreas, pancreatic islet, small intestine and multi-organ transplants, in collaboration with the Visceral Surgery Division.
• Host the local Transplant Coordination Center.
• Participate in several transplant registers at the Swiss and European level, and also in Swiss Transplant Cohort studies.
• Participate in organ harvesting and transplantation for pediatric recipients who are operated at the Children's Hospital.
• Participate in the GRAGIL Network for pancreatic islet transplantation, with the new Cell Therapy Laboratory.