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

Ginny Bumgardner, MD, PHD

Ginny Bumgardner, MD, PHD

  • Transplant
  • Physician

Professor of Surgery

Accepting new patients
  • Brain and Spine Hospital
  • Comprehensive Transplant Center in Brain and Spine Hospital
(614) 293-8746
Courtney Nichols, MD

Courtney Nichols, MD

  • Infectious Disease
  • Physician

Clinical Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine

  • McCampbell Outpatient Care
  • Infectious Disease Care in McCampbell Outpatient Care
(614) 293-4854
Sajed Sarwar, MD

Sajed Sarwar, MD

  • Infectious Disease
  • Physician

Clinical Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine

(614) 293-4854

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