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Kidney Transplant Program

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Ranked No. 1 in Nephrology

By U.S. News & World Report

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Access a Team of Multidisciplinary Experts

When considering a pediatric kidney transplant program for your child, you want the best care available. With Texas Children’s, you can rely on it. We’re proud to be recognized as the No. 1 children’s hospital in Nephrology, nationwide, by U.S. News & World Report . As one of the largest pediatric kidney transplant programs in the nation, we’ve performed more than 600 lifesaving kidney transplants since 1988 — including donated and live kidney transplants.

A pediatric kidney transplant is more than one procedure: The process includes everything from evaluation, bridge care while awaiting transplant to postoperative care. You can trust that your child will be cared for by a multidisciplinary team of experts through every step of the process — including transplant surgeons, pediatric nephrologists, transplant coordinators, dietitians, child life specialists and social workers — providing the highest level of support that your family deserves.

We also provide a variety of patient resources to help support you and your family throughout the transplant journey.

Experts in a wide range of disease types

Alports Autoimmune diseases Congenital nephritic syndrome Cystinosis Glomerulnephritis Obstructive uropathy Oxaluria Polycystic kidney disease Prune belly Posterior urethral valves (PUV) Tumors Vesicoureteral reflux (VUR)
Alports Congenital nephritic syndrome Glomerulnephritis Oxaluria Prune belly Tumors Autoimmune diseases Cystinosis Obstructive uropathy Polycystic kidney disease Posterior urethral valves (PUV) Vesicoureteral reflux (VUR)
Alports Congenital nephritic syndrome Glomerulnephritis Oxaluria Prune belly Tumors Autoimmune diseases Cystinosis Obstructive uropathy Polycystic kidney disease Posterior urethral valves (PUV) Vesicoureteral reflux (VUR)
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Our approach to care A bridge to successful transplants

If your child needs a kidney transplant, there is a waiting period while a suitable donor kidney is found. During this time, your child may be started on dialysis. At Texas Children’s, we also offer continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) for children who can’t tolerate standard hemodialysis, with supportive care provided by our Pediatric Dialysis Program. Our team has expertise in performing acute and chronic hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis and plasmapheresis for children of all ages and sizes from infant to adolescent.

Texas Children’s is one of the few pediatric institutions that offers molecular adsorbent recirculating system (MARS) therapy, an albumin/charcoal-based dialysis that requires specialized expertise to provide. Special filters in the MARS machine remove toxins that bind to albumin and other larger proteins that typical kidney dialysis filters can’t remove. This increased level of expertise and experience helps improve patient outcomes.

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