Pancreas Transplantation

Pancreas transplantation offers hope for people with type 1 diabetes, a disorder that causes the pancreas to stop producing enough insulin.

Appointments: 614-293-4100 Download kidney-pancreas pre-transplant guide

Why choose Ohio State for pancreas transplant?

Expertise: Since our first kidney-pancreas transplant in 1988, we have performed 990 kidney-pancreas transplant surgeries. In addition, we have performed more than 170 pancreas transplants alone. We are also among the busiest kidney-pancreas centers in the world and the only adult transplant center in central Ohio.

Experience: Our Comprehensive Transplant Center has one of the largest organ transplant programs in the nation and is a preferred provider for all major insurance companies. Each year we perform nearly 600 kidney, liver, pancreas, combined kidney-pancreas, heart and lung transplants. Since our program started in 1967, we have performed 13,000 lifesaving organ transplants.

Leading-edge treatments: We are one of the few sites in North America approved to process pancreatic islet cells for transplantation that may cure type 1 diabetes.

Pancreas transplant research: We participate in clinical trials of new immunosuppressive drugs and anti-rejection therapies.

 

Pancreas Transplant Candidates

Pancreas Transplant Candidates

People with type 1 diabetes who do not have kidney disease may be eligible for a pancreas transplant. These candidates are individuals who frequently experience life-threatening hypoglycemic episodes and who have a great deal of difficulty regulating their blood sugars over a long period of time.

People who generally are not candidates include those with metastatic cancer, active infection or severe medical problems.

Our Providers

Amer Rajab, MD, PHD
4.9 out of 5

Amer Rajab, MD, PHD

  • Transplant
  • General Surgery
  • Physician

Clinical Professor of Surgery

Accepting new patients
  • Brain and Spine Hospital
  • Comprehensive Transplant Center in Brain and Spine Hospital
(614) 293-6724
Musab Alebrahim, MD
4.5 out of 5

Musab Alebrahim, MD

  • Transplant
  • Physician

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Accepting new patients
  • Brain and Spine Hospital
  • Comprehensive Transplant Center in Brain and Spine Hospital
(614) 293-6724
Sajed Sarwar, MD

Sajed Sarwar, MD

  • Infectious Disease
  • Physician

Clinical Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine

(614) 293-4854

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