UCSF Liver Transplant Program


		Liver transplantation is increasingly recognized as optimal therapy for a number of causes of end-stage liver disease. Indications for liver transplant in pediatric patients include among others, bilary atresia, chronic active hepatitis, neonatal hepatitis, and inborn errors of metabolism (such as alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency). Some of the indications in adult patients include chronic active hepatitis, primary biliary cirrhosis, sclerosing cholangitis, and Wilson’s disease. Each patient is evaluated individually to determine if he or she is an appropriate candidate for transplantation. This includes evaluation of other organ systems, as well as assurance that the anatomical conditions necessary for transplantation are met. The care of the transplant recipient is handled by a multidisciplinary team, including transplantation surgeons, gastroenterologists, experts in infectious disease, nephrologists, cardiologists, and staff from nursing, psychiatry, and anesthesiology. This team approach assures that the patient receives optimal therapy during this highly complex procedure during postoperative management.