Since 1967, The Ohio State University Comprehensive Transplant Center has served as central Ohio’s only multi-organ transplant center, providing specialized expertise for patients with complex transplant needs.
For patients who may be eligible for an organ transplant, timely referral is essential. Early evaluation helps preserve the opportunity for surgery when it’s still a realistic option.
Referring early allows our specialists to evaluate patients sooner in the organ disease process and help determine whether transplant should remain part of the care plan.
Even if a patient is not yet ready for transplant, our team can help identify bridge-to-transplant options, assess when transplant may become appropriate, clarify the likely timeline and define the next steps needed to optimize the patient for surgery.
We view referring providers as trusted partners in specialized transplant care. By working together early, we can help preserve treatment options and support the long-term health and well-being of your patients.
Kidney Transplant Referrals
When should a patient be referred for a potential kidney transplant?
Refer if patients meet these criteria:
- CKD stage 4 or 5
- GFR < 20
- Type I DM with renal failure
- BMI < 45
- No active malignancies
To refer a patient or for more information, call 614-293-4100, option 3.
Kidney Transplant Referral Form
Please include this patient information with your referral for a kidney transplant:
- Demographics
- Insurance
- Chest X-ray
- EKG within past 12 months
- Kidney biopsy (if done)
- Vaccinations (Hepatitis B, pneumonia, influenza)
- Most recent TB test
- Cardiac testing (if diabetic or over the age of 55)
- Cardiology notes (if applicable)
- Colonoscopy report with pathology
- Any lower extremity vascular studies
- Dental clearance
- HCFA 2728
- Pap smear and mammogram (women)
- Prostate exam (men)
Kidney-Pancreas Transplant Referrals
When should a patient be referred for a potential kidney/pancreas transplant?
Refer if patients meet these criteria:
- Kidney failure
- Insulin-dependent diabetes
- BMI < 32
- Demonstration of intensive efforts to manage diabetes in close cooperation with a diabetes care team (meeting at least one of the following):
- ≥ 3 self-monitored blood glucose (SMBG) a day
- ≥ 2 injections of insulin a day
- Use of an insulin pump
- ≥ 3 contacts with a member of the diabetes care team (physician, diabetes nurse educator and nutritionist) in the last 12 months
To refer a patient or for more information, call 614-293-4100, option 3.
Kidney-Pancreas Referral Form
Please include this patient information with your referral for a kidney/pancreas transplant:
- Demographics
- Insurance
- Chest X-ray
- EKG within past 12 months
- Kidney biopsy (if done)
- Vaccinations (Hepatitis B, pneumonia, influenza)
- Most recent TB test
- Cardiac testing (if diabetic or over the age of 55)
- Cardiology notes (if applicable)
- Colonoscopy report with pathology
- Any lower extremity vascular studies
- Dental clearance
- HCFA 2728
- Pap smear and mammogram (women)
- Prostate exam (men)
Pancreas Transplant Referrals
When should a patient be referred for a potential pancreas transplant? Refer if patients meet these criteria:
- Insulin-dependent diabetes
- BMI < 32
- Stable renal function for at least six months
- Metabolic complications (meeting at least one of the following):
- Reduced hypoglycemia awareness defined as the inability to sense hypoglycemia until blood glucose falls < 54 mg/dl
- > 1 hypoglycemic episode in last 12 months requiring outside help and not explained by a clear precipitant
To refer a patient or for more information, call 614-293-4100, option 3.
Pancreas Transplant Referral Form
Please include this patient information with your referral for a pancreas transplant:
- Demographics
- Insurance
- Chest X-ray
- EKG within past 12 months
- Kidney biopsy (if done)
- Vaccinations (Hepatitis B, pneumonia, influenza)
- Most recent TB test
- Cardiac testing (if diabetic or over the age of 55)
- Cardiology notes (if applicable)
- Colonoscopy report with pathology
- Any lower extremity vascular studies
- Dental clearance
- HCFA 2728
- Pap smear and mammogram (women)
- Prostate exam (men)
Liver Transplant Referrals
All patients with acute and chronic liver disease may be referred to us for a comprehensive evaluation, including the need for a possible liver transplant.
To refer a patient or for more information, call 614-293-4100, option 3.
Liver Transplant Referral Form
Please include this patient information with your referral for a liver transplant:
- History and physical
- Most recent lab results including CBC, CMP, LFTs, PT/INR
- Imaging studies of the liver and/or abdomen
- EGD and colonoscopy results with pathology reports
Heart Transplant Referrals
When should a patient be referred for a potential heart transplant?
Refer if patients meet these criteria:
- Inoperable coronary artery disease/refractory angina
- At NYHA class II or III
- Refractory VT
- EF 30% or less
To refer a patient or for more information, call 614-293-4100, option 1.
Please include this patient information with your referral for a heart transplant:
- Demographics
- Insurance
- Cardiology notes
- Surgical notes
- Social notes
- RHC/LHC
- Cardiac interventions
- VO2
- EKG
- CXR
- RUQ US
- Colonoscopy
- CBC/Coags
- Chemistry/LFTs
- Drug/Nicotine screens
- Lipid panel
- Urine studies
Lung Transplant Referrals
When should a patient be referred for a potential lung transplant?
Refer if patients meet these criteria:
- Progressively disabling cardiopulmonary or pulmonary end-stage lung disease unresponsive to known alternative therapy with a limited survival.
- Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF)
- COPD/Emphysema – Gold Stage IV
- Other end-stage lung diseases with life expectancy of two years or less
To refer a patient or for more information, call 614-293-4100, option 2.
Lung Transplant Referral Form
Please include this patient information with your referral for a lung transplant:
- Demographics
- Insurance
- Height/Weight
- Pulmonary progress notes
- Surgical notes (if done)
- Social notes (if available)
- Recent pulmonary function tests
- Chest CT scans (mail CD if possible)
- Any cardiac testing (echocardiogram, catheterizations)
- Nicotine/Cotinine screens
- Drug screens
- Smoking history – including product type, pack years (ppd x years smoked), e-cigarette, smokeless tobacco use, nicotine product use (gum, patches) and duration of absence
- Routine health screens (if available):
- Colonoscopy
- Dental clearance
- Pap smear and mammogram (women)
- Prostate exam (men)
Pancreatic Auto Islet Transplant Referrals
Patients should be considered for pancreas auto islet transplantation if they have:
- Chronic pancreatitis
- Chronic abdominal pain associated with chronic pancreatitis
- Failed interventions for chronic pancreatitis
- Idiopathic recurrent acute pancreatitis, especially if associated with organ failure
To refer a patient or for more information, call 614-293-4100, option 4.
Please include this patient information with your referral for a pancreatic auto islet transplant:
- Demographics
- Insurance
- Chest X-ray
- EKG within past 12 months
- Kidney biopsy (if done)
- Vaccinations (Hepatitis B, pneumonia, influenza)
- Most recent TB test
- Cardiac testing (if diabetic or over the age of 55)
- Cardiology notes (if applicable)
- Colonoscopy report with pathology
- Any lower extremity vascular studies
- Dental clearance
- HCFA 2728
- Pap smear and mammogram (women)
- Prostate exam (men)