liver transplant

February 5, 2024

Vanderbilt performs its first pediatric living donor liver transplant

Young Cameron Campbell recently became the first pediatric patient to receive a living donor liver transplant at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.

By Jessica Pasley
January 31, 2024

Girl’s surgery was 100th pediatric liver transplant at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt

17-year-old Lucy Scherba’s liver transplant represented a new milestone for Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.

By Jessica Pasley
Blane Hollingsworth, PhD, was the first patient at VUMC to undergo a liver transplant under the protocol for cholangiocarcinoma.
October 10, 2023

Multidisciplinary care crucial in guiding Vanderbilt employee’s bile duct cancer journey

Blane Hollingsworth became the first patient at Vanderbilt to undergo a liver transplant under the protocol for cholangiocarcinoma, or bile duct cancer.

By Matt Batcheldor
June 15, 2023

Montenovo named chief of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation

Martin Montenovo, MD, has been named chief of Vanderbilt’s Division of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation in the Department of Surgery.

By Jill Clendening
April 13, 2023

Process rehabilitates donor livers for transplantation

Vanderbilt research demonstrated that injured human donor livers declined for transplant can be recovered by cross-circulation between the human liver and a xenogeneic host, or animal platform.

By Matt Batcheldor
May 25, 2022

Study seeks to improve gender equity for liver transplantation waiting list

Women who need a liver transplant are more likely to spend more time on a waiting list, become too sick for transplant or die compared to men. To improve equity, a recently published Vanderbilt-led study suggests a sex adjustment to criteria for MELD (model for end-stage liver disease), which determines allocation of transplanted livers.

By Matt Batcheldor
May 4, 2022

Liver transplant program marks 30th anniversary

This May, the Vanderbilt Transplant Center is celebrating the 30th anniversary of its first liver transplant.
By Matt Batcheldor
February 24, 2022

Heart/liver transplant gives congenital heart disease patient new hope

Last year, Liz Barnett became one of seven people at Vanderbilt University Medical Center to receive a combined heart/liver transplant in 2021.
By Matt Batcheldor
January 26, 2022

Team seeks to rehab damaged donor livers for transplant

A Vanderbilt team is studying whether injured human donor livers declined for transplant can be recovered by cross-circulation between the human liver and a xenogeneic host.
January 20, 2022

Vanderbilt Transplant Center reached new record in 2021

The Vanderbilt Transplant Center established a new record in calendar year 2021 for total solid organ transplants, performing 645 life-saving procedures among its adult and pediatric organ transplant programs.
By Matt Batcheldor
December 10, 2020

New approach helps conserve blood products for liver transplant patients

Liver transplants have traditionally required a high volume of transfusions of blood products, which comes with several downsides. The products are costly to patients — as high as $15,000 on top of the expense of a transplant. And they are sometimes not well accepted in patients because they degrade over time and are derived from multiple patients.
By Matt Batcheldor
October 15, 2020

Living liver donor program performs first transplant

The Vanderbilt Transplant Center's newly launched living liver donor program allows relatives to donate part of their liver to their loved one, something only possible at select centers in the country.
By Matt Batcheldor
June 8, 2020

Vanderbilt Transplant Center sets monthly record

The Vanderbilt Transplant Center performed 73 transplants in May, setting a Medical Center record for the most transplants in a month. Sixteen of those were heart transplants — also a monthly record — cementing VUMC’s status as the busiest heart transplant center in the country.
By Matt Batcheldor