Program Capabilities

The Transplant Center at Medical City:

• Conveniently Located in North Dallas
• Integrated Comprehensive Outpatient Clinic
• Excellent Transplant Coordinator-to-Patient Ratio
• 24-Hour Nurse Coordinator Available for Patient Assistance
• Sophisticated Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU), Medical Surgical Intensive Care Unit (MSICU), Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU)

Heart Failure Management Program:

• Dedicated Advanced Practice Nurse Specialized in End-Stage Heart Disease Management
• Access to National Research Studies
• Cardiac Cath Laboratory with 4 Diagnostic and Interventional Procedural Rooms and Electrophysiology Suite
• Biventricular Pacemakers
• Alternative Surgical Treatments
  • Off-Pump Bypass
  • Minimally Invasive Coronary Artery Bypass
  • Resynchronization Therapy
  • Surgical Ventricular Remodeling
• Cardiac MRI
• Pediatric and Adult Congenital Heart Surgery
• Support Groups for Patient and Family

Heart Transplants:

• Pediatric and Adult Transplants
• Sophisticated Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU)
• Active Participant in National Research Studies
• Medicare and Medicaid Certified
• Designated Center of Excellence for Multiple Insurance Payers

Circulatory Assist Devices:

• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
• Designated Site for Device Implantation as Destination Therapy
• HeartMate (Pneumatic and Electric)
• MicroMed DeBakey Ventricular Assist Device
• Abiomed
• ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation)

Renal/Pancreas Transplants:

• Active Living Donor Program
• Paired Donor Exchange Program
• Awarded the National Kidney Foundation Research Grant
• Pretransplant Weight-Loss Program Integrated with Medical City’s Bariatric Surgery Program

Organ Procurement:

• Member of the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS)
• Partner with Southwest Transplant Alliance – One of the Top Organ Procurement Organizations in the United States

Stem Cell Transplants:

• Accredited by the Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy (FACT) and the American Association of Blood Banks (AABB)
• Pediatric and Adult Stem Cell Transplants
• Allogeneic (Stem Cells from a Donor); Autologous (Stem Cells from Self); and Umbilical Cord Blood Transplants
• 13-Bed Inpatient Unit Equipped with Positive Pressure Air Flow, High-Efficiency Particulate Air Filters ( HEPA) and a Tarn-Pure Water Purifying System
• Designated by the National Marrow Donor Program as both a Transplant Center and Collection Site

Rehabilitation and Support Services:

• Pulmonary and Cardiac Rehabilitation
• Pre- and Postoperative Care
• Outpatient Transtelephonic Exercise Monitoring (TEM)
• The Living Gift Transplant Support Group
• Dedicated Chaplain
• Program-Specific Financial Coordinators