Loma Linda University's Transplant Institute is a world-class medical and transplant center. It is the only multi-organ, comprehensive transplant center in the region.
We have a 50-year track record of innovation and serve pediatric and adult patients from southern and central California regions, Las Vegas and beyond. Specializing in the liver, kidney, pancreas, stem cell and heart, the Transplant Institute is committed to excellence through compassionate whole-person care.
Pioneering infant heart transplantation
The biggest contribution Loma Linda University Health has made to the science of organ transplantation brought a global spotlight in 1984, when Leonard Bailey, MD, performed a revolutionary heart transplant on a newborn known as Baby Fae, implanting the heart of a baboon. Fae was the first infant in the world to receive a cross-species heart transplant, making medical history.
An integrated team approach
The Transplant Institute was formalized in 1993 to accommodate the growing need for designated transplant services. Since then, the Transplantation Institute has continued to provide exceptional care to transplant patients in a coordinated team approach that includes doctors, nurses, social workers, pharmacists, dietitians and immunology specialists.