--- title: "Transplant services at Sutter Health" description: "Sutter offers transplant services, like heart, liver, kidney, and pancreas, and treats cancer, autoimmune, and blood disorders with stem cells transplants." url: "https://www.sutterhealth.org/services/transplant" --- 1. [Home](https://www.sutterhealth.org/) / 2. [Services](https://www.sutterhealth.org/services) / 3. Transplant services # Transplants With more than five decades of experience, our highly skilled transplant teams perform heart, liver, kidney and pancreas transplants. [Find a transplant specialist](https://www.sutterhealth.org/find-provider-results?facets=%5B%7B%22i%22%3A%22acceptingNewPatients%22%2C%22v%22%3A%5Btrue%5D%7D%2C%7B%22i%22%3A%22c_providerSpecialties.specialty.name%22%2C%22v%22%3A%5B%22Blood+and+Marrow+Transplant%22%2C%22Heart+Transplant%22%2C%22Kidney+Transplant%22%2C%22Liver+Transplant%22%2C%22Transplant+Hepatology%22%5D%7D%5D&limit=10&staticFilters=%5B%7B%22displayName%22%3A%22Sutter+Health+provider%22%2C%22selected%22%3Atrue%2C%22filter%22%3A%7B%22kind%22%3A%22fieldValue%22%2C%22fieldId%22%3A%22c_providerIsSutterHealth%22%2C%22matcher%22%3A%22%24eq%22%2C%22value%22%3Atrue%7D%7D%5D&verticalKey=healthcare_professionals) [Find a Location](https://www.sutterhealth.org/find-location-results?query=%22Transplant+Services%22&verticalKey=healthcare_facilities) Why choose Sutter? Get lifesaving transplant care. Our transplant teams have cared for more than 10,000 patients over the past 50 years. This means when you trust us with your care, you get teams with decades of experience focused on one goal: a healthy transplant for you. From your initial evaluation through post-surgery support, we're committed to providing compassionate care every step of the way. At Sutter, our transplant outcomes consistently exceed expectations, according to the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR). We’re nationally recognized leaders in [liver](https://www.sutterhealth.org/services/liver-transplant) and [kidney](https://www.sutterhealth.org/services/kidney-transplant) transplants, and our [heart transplant](https://www.sutterhealth.org/services/heart-transplants-and-cardiac-assist-devices) programs are certified by both the UNOS Heart Transplant program and the Joint Commission Ventricular Assist Device program. If you need a multi-organ transplant, our specialists will work together to perform heart-kidney, kidney-pancreas and liver-kidney procedures. ### By the numbers ### 800+ heart transplants provided since being the first hospital in Greater Sacramento to perform one. ### 200+ kidney transplants are performed at Sutter annually, earning the Healthgrades distinction as a top nationwide transplant center. ### 1st 6-Way Kidney Transplant swap performed in California using the MatchGrid software. ### 93% 3-year survival rating for patients with primary liver cancer who underwent liver transplantation — among the nation’s highest. ## Need a referral? Chat live with our team Monday through Friday, 8:00 am — 5:00 pm, or call us at [888-834-1788](tel:+18888341788). [Request a referral](https://www.sutterhealth.org/referrals) ## Conditions - [Heart failure](https://www.sutterhealth.org/services/heart-failure) - [Kidney disease](https://www.sutterhealth.org/services/kidney-disease-nephrology) - Kidney/renal failure - [Liver disease](https://www.sutterhealth.org/services/liver-care) ## Treatments - [Heart transplant](https://www.sutterhealth.org/services/heart-transplants-and-cardiac-assist-devices) - [Kidney/pancreas transplant](https://www.sutterhealth.org/services/kidney-transplant) - [Liver transplant](https://www.sutterhealth.org/services/liver-transplant) We’re honored to care for our inspiring patients every day. At Sutter, we bring 50 years of excellence to your lifesaving transplant care.    We’re honored to care for our inspiring patients every day. At Sutter, we bring 50 years of excellence to your lifesaving transplant care.    We’re honored to care for our inspiring patients every day. 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At Sutter, we bring 50 years of excellence to your lifesaving transplant care.    ## Awards and accreditations [View all Awards and accreditations](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/awards?verticalKey=awards&facets=%5B%7B%22i%22%3A%22c_awardServices.name%22%2C%22v%22%3A%5B%22Transplant%22%5D%7D%5D) U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 2021 Platinum Award for Organ Donation Program U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 2020 Platinum Award for Organ Donation Program Cigna LifeSOURCE Multi-Year Recognition Transplant Network Designated Level Cigna LifeSOURCE Multi-Year Recognition Transplant Network Supplemental Level Cigna LifeSOURCE Multi-Year Recognition Transplant Program Silver Level Optum Health Networks Multi-Year Recognition Center of Excellence in Adult Heart, Kidney, Liver and Pancreas Transplant [View all Awards and accreditations](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/awards?verticalKey=awards&facets=%5B%7B%22i%22%3A%22c_awardServices.name%22%2C%22v%22%3A%5B%22Transplant%22%5D%7D%5D) ![adult-and-child-holding-kidney-shaped-paper](https://edge.sitecorecloud.io/sutterhealt962c-sutterhealt8fce-production57cc-4860/media/Project/SutterHealth/SutterHealth/Images/lifestyle/adult-and-child-holding-kidney-shaped-paper.jpg?h=1414&iar=0&w=2121) ## Living kidney donation Your generosity can save a life. Living kidney donations are safe, reduce wait times and improve outcomes for recipients. [Learn about donation](https://www.sutterhealth.org/services/living-kidney-donation) ![adult-and-child-holding-kidney-shaped-paper](https://edge.sitecorecloud.io/sutterhealt962c-sutterhealt8fce-production57cc-4860/media/Project/SutterHealth/SutterHealth/Images/lifestyle/adult-and-child-holding-kidney-shaped-paper.jpg?h=1414&iar=0&w=2121) ![doctor-hugging-smiling-woman-in-office](https://edge.sitecorecloud.io/sutterhealt962c-sutterhealt8fce-production57cc-4860/media/Project/SutterHealth/SutterHealth/Images/people/women/doctor-hugging-smiling-woman-in-office.jpg?h=1561&iar=0&w=1919) ## Transplant clinical trials Join a clinical trial! Our transplant programs participate in pivotal clinical trials so you can benefit from the latest discoveries in heart, liver and kidney transplant medicine. [View active trials](https://www.sutterhealth.org/research-search-results?facets=%5B%7B%22i%22%3A%22c_researchTopics.name%22%2C%22v%22%3A%5B%22Kidney+Transplant%22%2C%22Liver+Diseases+and+Transplant%22%5D%7D%5D&verticalKey=clinical_trial) ## Sutter's spotlight Health & wellness ### [Understand Your Cancer Risk](https://www.sutterhealth.org/health/understand-your-cancer-risk) You can take some simple steps to lower your risk. Health & wellness ### [Four Health Numbers You Should Know](https://www.sutterhealth.org/health/four-health-numbers-you-should-know) Learn the four basic numbers you should know to assess your health. Health & wellness ### [Boost Your Immune System](https://www.sutterhealth.org/health/boost-your-immune-system) Use common-sense tactics, especially a healthy diet, to ward off illness. ## Patient stories [View all stories](https://www.sutterhealth.org/patient-stories) - [Patient story ### Integrated Care Across Our System: Matt’s Story ](https://www.sutterhealth.org/patient-stories/integrated-care-across-our-system-matts-story-2050673193) - [Patient story ### Patient Says Thanks to Docs Who Gave Him Pep Talks, ‘Best Heart’ ](https://www.sutterhealth.org/patient-stories/patient-says-thanks-to-docs-who-gave-him-pep-talks-best-heart-2023563926) - [Patient story ### Second Transplant Brings Hope and Energy Back to Young Mom ](https://www.sutterhealth.org/patient-stories/second-transplant-brings-hope-and-energy-back-to-young-mom-2023453255) [View all stories](https://www.sutterhealth.org/patient-stories) ## A new path forward Discover transplant care at Sutter, focused on treatment, recovery and long-term health. 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never seen before in my life, actually,\nand I've gone through a lot of medical stuff.\nThey told me you're approved for a heart transplant.\nAnd then three days after that, I\nwas told tonight is the night that you're\ngoing to get your heart.\nIt's a pretty amazing feeling.\nI think my heart rate went even faster.\n\nThe second I woke up after surgery,\nI felt like I had lungs again.\nThey just filled up.\nBefore, it was like I had to force the air in.\nAfter the surgery, all I had to do\nwas let the air in It was pretty amazing.\nI really didn't fully even come close to understanding\nhow many people knew me or cared about me.\nI would have died without doctors and friends and family\nand taking care of me.\nCancer, diabetes, and then heart failure-- this\nis my second or third lease on life, you know?\nI want more out of life now.\nIt's time.\nLife's too short.\n\nMy name is Mitch Peterson, and I was number 500 heart transplant\nat CPMC."} ``` ```json 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them to school in the morning.\nAnd when I pick them up from school, they run into my arms\nand give me a hug--\njust the most rewarding feeling, something\nI wouldn't have been able to have\nif it wasn't for organ donation.\nThe nurses and doctors at Sutter were amazing.\nThey made us feel like family.\nThey took their time talking to us,\nand it just made me feel like I was in really good hands.\nI knew that I could trust them.\nI had always had that little pink dot on my license,\nbut it wasn't until I received a transplant that it really\nhit home which is what has inspired me\nto do so much volunteer work.\nAnd talking to people about organ donation\nis just my way of saying thank you--\nthank you to the people at Sutter\nand California Pacific Medical Center and the American Liver\nFoundation.\nAnd most of all, thank you to my donor family.\nIt's going to make me cry.\nYou guys really made me feel special and unique,\nand you really gave me the gift of life.\nSo I'm forever 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STEVE KATZNELSON: Mr. Roberts was incredibly driven.\nI think some transplant programs might not have accepted him\nas a potential recipient because he is a little bit older\nand he had some pretty bad heart disease.\nWe saw him initially in our evaluation clinic in Roseville,\nwhich covers patients in the whole Sacramento area.\nHe went on the waiting list after that.\nJOHN: The day I got a called to get a kidney I answered\nthe phone and the lady on the other end says, John D Roberts?\nI said, yes, ma'am.\nShe said, I'm offering you a kidney.\nI've never jumped up out of the bed that fast.\nDR. KATZNELSON: CPMC has had strong outcomes for kidney\ntransplants for a long time.\nWe have a strong multidisciplinary approach\nto all of our patients, even rounding every day,\nwe have a transplant surgeon, a transplant nephrologist\nlike myself, a transplant physician's assistant,\na nurse coordinator, pharmacy, and nursing, as well as\nsocial workers all seeing the patients together.\nJOHN: I had heard so much about this clinic\nprior to coming here that I knew I was in good hands.\nI'm thankful for the doctors that took care of me\nhere in this hospital.\nThey were just awesome.\nEveryone was just awesome.\nDR. KATZNELSON: So four months out.\nperfect kidney function, very stable and low creatinine.\nJOHN: Here I am with a kidney today,\nand I have freedom to move around.\nI have freedom to plan, to go places,\nto put my grandkids in the motorhome.\nI want to take them cross-country to see\nhistorical parks, and be around for their growing up.\nI'm thankful for that.\nI'm blessed.\n[MUSIC PLAYING]"} ```