Liver transplant
A liver transplant is a surgery to treat liver failure. The damaged liver is removed and replaced with a healthy liver from a living or deceased donor.
Liver transplant center in Denver
When you trust your liver transplant care to us, you're getting an entire team of experts working to help you heal.
Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Center is home to highly skilled surgeons, hepatologists and transplant specialists who have performed more than 1,000 transplants. In each one of those procedures, we offered compassionate, individualized care — and that's what you'll get here as well.
Expert advice, available 24/7
Free medical advice is just a phone call away. Our nurses help you understand your symptoms, treatment options and procedures. They will also help you find a provider or specialist and schedule an appointment.
Free medical advice is just a phone call away. Our nurses help you understand your symptoms, treatment options and procedures. They will also help you find a provider or specialist and schedule an appointment.
Related specialties
Learn more about our related specialties.
Liver diseases treated with transplants
The reasons you may need a liver transplant include:
- Alcohol liver disease
- Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency
- Ascites
- Autoimmune hepatitis
- Budd-Chiari syndrome
- Cholangiocarcinoma
- Edema
- Esophageal and gastric varices
- Hepatic encephalopathy
- Hepatitis A
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis C
- Hepatitis D
- Hepatitis E
- Hepatoblastoma
- Hepatocellular carcinoma
- Hereditary hemochromatosis
- Ischemic hepatitis
- Jaundice
- Mesenteric thrombosis
- Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
- Overlap syndromes
- Pancreatic cancer
- Portal vein thrombosis
- Primary biliary cholangitis
- Primary biliary cholangitis
- Primary sclerosing cholangitis
- Wilson disease
Liver transplant services we offer
At our hospital, we understand the importance of developing a supportive relationship with each of our patients. We work to provide you with a detailed understanding of the transplant process and help you feel confident in your care here.
Liver transplant program
We are positioned to help our patients succeed by offering a complete liver transplant surgery program and recovery assistance program. Because of this, we are certified by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) as a liver disease and transplant center with documented successful outcomes that surpass national benchmarks.
Transplant center network
At our Presbyterian/St. Luke’s Medical Center Liver Transplant Center, we partner with a far-reaching network of transplant hospitals to receive organ donations. Our leading surgeons have extensive experience performing living donor liver transplants and our team is expert in treating complex liver disease cases. Our teams effectively resolve complications before, during and after transplant surgery.
Your liver transplant team
Our liver transplant team consists of trained surgeons, hepatologists, gastroenterologists, interventional radiologists and transplant experts. Our doctors have years of experience treating liver conditions and performing liver transplants.
Our fellowship-trained physicians are drawn from medical centers across the country. Our liver transplant doctors' backgrounds include training in high-volume liver transplant facilities, which allows us to bring extensive knowledge and expertise to your care.
Our surgical specialties
Our surgical teams continue to learn and perfect innovative surgical techniques for the liver and pancreas. Our areas of expertise for surgical treatment include:
- Minimally invasive laparoscopic and robot-assisted liver surgery resections
- Microwave ablation procedures
- Radiofrequency ablation
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