Transplant Program

Meet Jaimie D. Nathan, MD

Chief, Abdominal Transplant & Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery

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Transplant Program

Nationwide Children’s offers high-quality, comprehensive transplantation services for children requiring this complex care.

Each of Nationwide Children’s transplant programs is built by a team of nationally-recognized experts who work together to provide individualized care. Transplant teams include experienced surgeons and physicians, as well as transplant coordinators, social workers, dietitians and psychologists who address all the transplant needs of children and families, from evaluation through long-term, post-surgical care.

Our Team

Featured Programs

Patient Stories

Leadership

Abdominal Transplant

Jaimie Nathan, MD
Chief, Abdominal Transplant,
Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery

Hiren Patel

Hiren P. Patel, MD
Medical Director
Kidney Transplant

Amer Rajab

Amer Rajab, MD, PhD
Surgical Director
Kidney Transplant

Nationwide Children's Hospital Medical Professional

Alexander Weymann, MD
Medical Director
Liver Transplant

Blood and Marrow Transplant

Nationwide Children's Hospital Medical Professional

Rolla F. Abu-Arja, MD
Clinical Director
Blood and Marrow Transplant

Jeffery Auletta

Jeffery J. Auletta, MD
Medical Director
Blood and Marrow Transplant

Lung and Heart-Lung Transplant

Nationwide Children's Hospital Medical Professional

Stephen E. Kirkby, MD
Medical Director
Lung and Heart-Lung Transplant

Mark Galantowicz

Mark E. Galantowicz, MD
Surgical Director
Lung and Heart-Lung Transplant

Heart Transplant

Patrick McConnell, MD
Surgical Director
Heart Transplant

Nationwide Children's Hospital Medical Professional

Deipanjan Nandi, MD, MSc
Medical Director
Heart Transplant

Featured Transplant Programs

Kidney Transplant Program

Our program serves children and adolescents in need of a kidney transplant due to birth anomalies, disease processes and acute/chronic kidney injury.

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Blood and Marrow Transplantation (BMT)

We use hematopoietic cell transplantation to treat pediatric and young adult malignant and non-malignant disorders. Our specialists optimize treatment and reduce transplant-associated morbidity and mortality through novel therapies.

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Liver Transplant Program

When your child needs a liver transplant, expertise and experience matter. Liver transplantation in children is a highly successful therapy. To maximize success, an individualized approach tailored to each patient is imperative to achieving best outcomes.

Cardiomyopathy, Heart Failure & Heart Transplant Program

We treat patients with heart failure including medical management and mechanical assist devices as a bridge to transplant. We work with patients and families to plan treatment that provides the best possible quality of life.

Lung & Heart-Lung Transplant Program

Our program utilizes a multidisciplinary team of lung transplant and heart-lung transplant experts in the transplantation of children and adults with childhood lung diseases.

Patient Stories

Read Rylee's Story

Name: Rylee C.
Condition(s):

The team at Nationwide Children’s discovered that Rylee's heart was aging too quickly and that she needed a heart transplant.

Read Walker's Story

Name: Walker B.
Condition(s):

During his mother’s 20-week ultrasound Walker's mother learned her baby had hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Within a few days of his birth, Walker would need the first of three open-heart surgeries and eventually, a heart transplant.

Inside the Transplant Program

CESOT

Leading evidence-based transplant care and research to achieve optimal outcomes for adult and pediatric transplant recipients.