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Leading transplant care in Fort Worth

We provide liver, kidney, living donor kidney and pancreas transplants making us the only transplant center in the West Texas region with this capability.

An internationally renowned destination for transplant care and one of the largest in the nation

Baylor Scott & White Annette C. and Harold C. Simmons Transplant Institute at Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center  – Fort Worth and Baylor University Medical Center, part of Baylor Scott & White Health is one of the busiest multi-specialty transplant centers in the world.

We have performed more than 2,500 transplants to date—including more than 665 liver transplants and 1,770 kidney transplants—making us the highest volume transplant center in Fort Worth. We also offer convenient outreach locations in Lubbock and Amarillo for kidney transplant appointments. In addition, we have liver outreach clinics in Amarillo, Lubbock, Grand Prairie, Waco and Odessa for patients with liver conditions such as cirrhosis, hepatitis, and fatty liver disease as well as other complex liver issues including alcohol related liver disease.

The Annette C. and Harold C. Simmons Transplant Institute is home to a highly experienced team of Fort Worth transplant physicians on the medical staff and other clinicians who provide comprehensive transplant services. Our transplant services combine advanced clinical research and innovative approaches to provide quality results and outstanding service to patients and their families.

Leadership

Greg McKenna, MD, FRCS (C), FACS

Dr. McKenna has served as a transplant surgeon with Baylor Sammons Transplant Institute since 2004. During his 19-year tenure, he has been an integral part of growing the Baylor Scott & White All Saints – Fort Worth program since its early stages. Dr. McKenna is currently involved in national transplant committees and councils that design regulatory policies and shape the future of transplantation.

Transplant programs in Fort Worth

At Baylor Scott & White All Saints – Fort Worth, we provide liver, kidney, living donor kidney and pancreas transplants.

Watch the video and hear about our transplant program from our transplant specialists and transplant recipients.

Transplant outreach locations throughout Texas

We offer convenient outreach locations in Lubbock and Amarillo for kidney and liver transplant evaluation and follow-up.

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Our transplant program has been featured in national media

Baylor Scott & White Transplant surgeon named to TIME 100

Giuliano Testa, MD, joined the ranks of the TIME 100 Most Influential People of 2018 as an innovative medical leader whose work is making an impact on the world. Dr. Testa is the chief of abdominal transplantation and principal investigator for the uterus transplant clinical trials at Baylor University Medical Center, part of Baylor Scott & White Health.
Read more about Dr. Testa being named to Time 100

Elementary school parent donates kidney to school receptionist after transplant delay due to coronavirus pandemic

Surgeries and procedures delayed for several weeks due to the COVID-19 pandemic have resumed at places like Baylor Scott & White, completing the journey for a north Texas elementary school receptionist and the parent of a student who agreed to help save her life.
Read about school parent's kidney donation

Eight patients receive life-saving organ transplants in fewer than 48 hours

As Baylor Scott & White Health resumes scheduling surgeries and procedures, the transplant team at Baylor University Medical Center marks a milestone: In one single weekend, a total of eight patients were able to safely receive life-saving organ transplants, thanks to new measures quickly put in place to offer a safe environment for all patients in need of care.
Read about eight life-saving transplants in one weekend

Martial arts helps chaplain thrive after heart transplant

Eric Daniell spent more than a decade ministering to others as a hospital chaplain at the Dallas VA Medical Center. And in his own time of need after a lifesaving heart transplant, it was a veteran who ministered to him, helping Eric restore his body and spirit through a unique form of rehabilitation—martial arts.
Read about a unique form of rehabilitation

Woman is one of 25 in the world to welcome baby after successful uterus transplant

Like most women in their early 20s, Madison Gibbs is healthy, but there's one thing that she's struggled with her entire life. Gibbs, 22, who grew up with a condition called Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser Syndrome or MRKH, was born without a uterus.
Read about successful uterus transplant

With dialysis looming, Kenny's living kidney transplant was the gift of a lifetime

Ja’Niece DeCay promised to love her husband through sickness and in health. What she didn’t realize was that one day she would offer an even greater sacrifice to her husband’s brother—her own kidney.
Read about a life-saving kidney

Uterus transplant recipients meet their donors

For Peyton Meave and Kayla Edwards, pregnancy would have never been possible without another woman’s donation of her uterus. Following transplant surgeries and successful pregnancies, Meave and Edwards got to meet their donors, Elaine Candeloro and Jonna Hawkes.
Watch video of transplant recipients meeting

Islet cell transplant frees teen from life of chronic pain

13-year-old Randy Lopez is no stranger to pain. Ever since he was a toddler, Randy has battled the pain of a genetic disease called chronic pancreatitis—until now. Thanks to a total pancreatectomy with islet cell transplantation, Randy is looking forward to life without pain.
Read Randy's story

Kidney recipient and donor already shared a special connection

Shelly Wheaton's hair appointment with her stylist, Andrea Newsom, takes on a new meaning today. Newsom has done Wheaton’s hair for nearly 20 years. Wheaton was suffering from polycystic kidney disease, or PKD. Tumors were shutting down her kidneys.
Read about shared connection between donor and recipient

FitSTEPS for Life

FitSTEPS for Life is an exercise program developed to tailor exercise to patient’s specific diagnosis and physical capabilities. The program was initially designed for cancer patients. More recently, patients with liver disease were added to this program.

FitSTEPS for Life operates in multiple locations in the Dallas-Fort Worth area including the Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center – Fort Worth. The program permits patients to benefit from a gym-like experience for free.

Affordable temporary housing for transplant patients

Twice Blessed House is dedicated to serving pre- and post-transplant patients and their caregivers by providing a warm family atmosphere and amenities needed for daily living. Twice Blessed House (TBH) offers patients and their caregivers temporary and affordable housing during the entire transplant process.

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Contact us

Fort Worth: 817.922.4650