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Liver Transplant Program

The Liver Transplant Program at the University of Kansas Hospital has completed 750 liver transplants since it began in 1990, and is recognized as one of the regional leaders in liver transplantation. The success of the University of Kansas Hospital Liver Transplant Program is due to our integrated, multi-disciplinary team approach to the diagnoses treatment and management of patients with various liver disorders.

KU Transplant Activity*7/1/2008-6/30/200907/01/2009-6/30/2010
Transplants 85 80
Living Donor Transplants 0 1
On Waitlist at Start 70 85
On Waitlist at End 88 119
New Patient Registrations 129 147
Graft Survival 90.13% 86.99%
Patient Survival 94.84% 93.58%

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*Data Collected by the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients

     Last modified: Oct 15, 2012

Transplant Team

Liver Transplant Surgeons
Atta Nawabi, MD
Bashar, Abdulkarim, MD, PhD
Jameson Forster, MD
Tamer Malik, MD

Transplant Physicians
Winston Dunn, MD
Richard Gilroy, MD
Mojtaba Olyaee, MD
Ryan Taylor, MD
Steven Weinman, MD, PhD

Transplant Anesthesia
Jim Kindscher, MD

Transplant Administration
Tracy Giacoma, RN, MBA, MSN
Tham Hoffman, RN, MSN, CCTC, CPTC

Transplant Coordinators
Peggy Higby, RN
Craig Sherman, RN
Jennifer Smothers, RN
Brandy Weaver, RN
Dusti Wilson, RN