Transplant Center

The Nebraska Medical Center offers a wide range of medical and surgical treatment options to patients with kidney disease and/or diabetes. These include:

• Providing comprehensive medical care for adult and pediatric patients with kidney diseases and/or diabetes.

• Pancreas alone transplant for individuals with Type I diabetes and early complications of the disease.

• Pancreas after kidney transplant for patients who have had a previous kidney transplant either from a living donor or a deceased donor.

• Kidney and pancreas transplant for Type I diabetics who have kidney failure.

• Live donation kidney transplants where one of a donor's kidneys is removed and implanted in the patient.

• Deceased donor transplants for patients who don't have a living donor option.

• Antibody reduction consideration for blood type incompatible and cross match incompatible donor/recipient pairs.

• Paired Donation Network membership to facilitate incompatible donor/recipient pairs with other incompatible donor/recipient pairs in hopes of finding a compatible transplant possibility.

• Altruistic/Anonymous Donor options where an individual is willing to donate one of their kidneys to someone they don't know who is waiting for a kidney transplant.

• Inpatient dialysis, and referral to outpatient dialysis facilities when dialysis is needed.