We’re experts in pediatric liver transplantation
The Transplant Center at University of Minnesota Amplatz Children’s Hospital is especially well known for our transplant success with infants and children. In 1982, a new standard was set at the University of Minnesota with the successful liver transplant of Jamie Fisk, then 11 months old. Now the world’s longest-living pediatric liver recipient, Jamie captured national attention while waiting for transplant. The media attention that was attracted by this little girl led to President Ronald Reagan’s appointment to a national task force that ultimately resulted in passage of the National Organ Transplant Act of 1984. This act established the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN), which makes policy for organ allocation. 

We lead the nation in transplant success
Living-donor liver transplants that are performed at University of Minnesota Amplatz Children’s Hospital have some of the highest success rates in the nation. Living-donor liver transplantation provides patients with another option for transplant and has several advantages over a transplant from a deceased donor – the most important being the ability to avoid a long waiting time. We continue to pursue cutting-edge technology with research on artificial liver support devices, hepatocellular research, split-liver transplantation, and living-donor liver transplantation.