Our team of professionals is widely recognized for their expertise and innovation.
The program has consistently maintained a high volume of adult, pediatric and living-donor kidney transplants and has patient survival rates that exceed the national average. Patients have three kidney transplant options at The Nebraska Medical Center. These include living-related, living non-related and non-living donors.

Numerous physicians and medical professionals will be involved in your care to ensure you receive the most comprehensive and innovative treatments possible. Our multidisciplinary transplant team includes transplant surgeons, staff physicians, consulting physicians, nursing staff, clinical nurse coordinators, social workers, child life specialists, psychologists, psychiatrists, pharmacologists, financial counselors, pastoral services, patient relations coordinators and others who are trained and dedicated to providing extraordinary service to you and your family.

This team provides long-term care and constant follow up to post-transplant patients. Ongoing research in pre- and post-transplant issues includes multiple clinical trials and research into the latest and most innovative transplant procedures providing patients access to the newest treatment options.

As a transplant patient, you will receive care at The Nebraska Medical Center’s Multi-Organ Transplant Clinic which is located on the second floor of The Lied Transplant Center. This clinic brings all solid organ transplant specialties to one location for both the pre-transplant process and the post-transplant follow-up care.

Self-Referral Process
Patients can be referred to the Kidney Transplant Center for transplant consideration from several sources: self-referral, physicians, dialysis centers, social workers, family and insurance carriers. A referral can be made to the transplant nurse coordinators who will be happy to answer your questions and provide information. Please call 402-552-2440 to speak with a transplant nurse coordinator.

Cooperative Care
While transplant procedures take place in the hospital, a patient can move to The Lied Transplant Center for recovery and to participate in Cooperative Care once they are ambulatory, or able to move around. Cooperative care is a revolutionary approach that allows patients and their care partners to play an active role in the treatment and recovery process following transplantation, cancer care and treatment of other illnesses.

Care partners, usually a family member or friend, assist in all aspects of the recovery process including administering medications, monitoring health changes, attending informational classes and more. The cooperative care environment allows patients and care partners to learn the skills they will need when they return home. Care partners and patients stay in a comfortable home-like setting that includes a private bedroom, bathroom, living room, kitchenette and two TV/VCRs.