Kidney failure patients face two choices: Live with dialysis or get a kidney transplant. The ideal situation is for patients to avoid dialysis and consider kidney transplant first, which requires a living donor.
The Baylor Scott & White kidney transplant programs combined have performed nearly 7,000 kidney transplants. Every year, 350 kidney patients or more receive the life-saving gift of organ donation and transplant at Baylor University Medical Center, part of Baylor Scot & White Health, Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center—Fort Worth and Baylor Scott & White Medical Center—Temple.
Our kidney transplant program at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas has more than three decades of experience and offers complete services to care for your physical, emotional, mental and spiritual needs.
We’ve invested in technology like robotic surgery to improve care and perform living donor kidney transplants to minimize the time spent waiting for a new kidney. If you have a potential living kidney donor, we can also check compatibility with others across our network to match the right living donors with the right recipients.
Watch an overview video about our kidney transplant program in North Texas
Patients with living donor kidney transplants live longer, recover more quickly and have a better quality of life. The fastest way to receive a kidney transplant is for a family member, friend, co-worker, or altruistic donor to step forward. These donors don’t have to be related or have the same blood type or be of the same race or gender. They simply need to be healthy and willing. Most donors are between the ages of 18 and 65. (Donors older than 65 are considered on a case-by basis.)
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Our large pool of patients and donors provide increased options for living kidney transplant candidates. We assess potential living kidney donors across all of the Baylor Scott & White transplant locations. This allows us to check compatibility with not only a specific recipient, but with multiple living donor transplant candidates. Our goal in doing this is to get the right living donor to the right recipient.
We utilize the newest technology and advanced robotic techniques that make surgery and recovery easier and faster for our donors and recipients.
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Baylor Scott & White’s three transplant locations in Dallas, Fort Worth and Temple and the additional kidney transplant satellite clinics in Amarillo, Lubbock and Longview make kidney transplant accessible for more patients.
Baylor Scott & White Health is ready to walk with you through the transplant journey and help you make the best decisions for you and your family. We provide a guide to kidney transplant that includes a checklist for patients with kidney disease and potential donors that explains the necessary steps to receive a kidney transplant as soon as possible.
Simultaneous kidney and pancreas transplants are performed for patients with either type 1 or type 2 diabetes who qualify. The dual transplant functions better than a kidney alone because the new pancreas protects the transplanted kidney from the harmful effects of diabetes. As a result, the new kidney performs better and longer in the kidney/pancreas transplant recipient.
Many kidney/pancreas transplant recipients are free of diabetes years after their transplant and report a higher quality of life than kidney-alone patients.
Donating a kidney to a friend, family member or other person is a big decision. We strive to provide an excellent donor experience and personalized care to all donors. The dedicated living donor team at Baylor Scott & White Health is available to answer all your questions and guide you through the process.
Potential donors may accompany recipients during kidney transplant orientation.
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