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Podcast
Listen to Chintalapati Varma, MD, director of transplantation surgery, explain the advantages of the comprehensive liver, pancreas and kidney transplant services available at Geisinger:
complete services
The United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) (certifies all Geisinger’s transplant services, including dialysis. In turn, Geisinger specialists list waiting patients – both adults and children – with the Gift of Life Donor Program. The Gift of Life is a UNOS-certified program that obtains and delivers organs to transplant centers in Pennsylvania.
Geisinger’s complete transplant services include:
- Pre-transplant testing
- Patient listings
- Transplant surgery
- Medical care after transplant
Transplant Team
Healthcare specialists bring their expertise to the Geisinger transplant team that is among the best in the field. They include:
- Surgeons
- Nephrologists
- Gastroenterologists/hepatologists
- Epidemiologists
- Radiologists
- Cardiologists
- Urologists
- Physician assistants and nurse practitioners
- Anesthesiologists
- Pathologists
- Transplant coordinators
- Dieticians
- Social workers
- Financial counselors
- Administrative assistants
Click for a complete list of physicians and surgeons who are members of Geisinger’s transplant team.
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