Pediatric Liver Transplant
Since 1992, more than over 100 pediatric patients under age 18 (range: 0– 18 years) have been successfully transplanted. Their diagnoses have included:
- Biliary atresia
- Fulminant hepatic failure
- Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency
- Autoimmune hepatitis
- Primary sclerosing cholangitis
- Hepatitis C
- Cystic fibrosis
- Progressive familial intraphepatic cholestasis (PFIC)
- Alagille’s syndrome
Many advances in the field of pediatric liver transplantation have occurred in the last decade, including immunosuppressive management, expanded donor pools, and living-related donor liver transplantation.
UNC Pediatric Liver Transplant Team
Our dedicated transplant team includes:
- Pediatric gastroenterologists
- Transplant surgeons
- Pediatric liver specialists
- Pediatric infectious disease specialist
- Nurses
- Dieticians
- Social workers
- Teachers
- Psychologists
- Pharmacists
- Support staff
The team’s goal is to provide the best possible pre- and post-transplant care for those children requiring liver transplantation.
