Transplant Center

The Virginia Mason Franciscan Health Transplant Center in Seattle is a leader in kidney and pancreas transplant procedures in the Puget Sound region.

Virginia Mason Franciscan Health is also the first medical center in the Pacific Northwest to earn designation as a Donor Care Network Center of Excellence by the National Kidney Registry. The Donor Care Network is comprised of transplant programs across the United States that have met rigorous standards and are committed to specific actions that support quality clinical outcomes and patient experiences.

We serve a large area, providing transplants for patients in Alaska, Montana, and Washington. Seventy percent of our patients are referred to us from outside the immediate western Washington area. We have designed our program to serve the special needs of patients, families, and referring physicians who live great distances from us.

The mission of the Transplant Center at Virginia Mason Franciscan Health is to focus on each patient as an individual, while retaining superb results and the best long-term outcomes possible. We want to efficiently build a bridge to better health and the highest quality of life for each recipient. Virginia Mason Franciscan Health prides itself in being a national leader in patient safety and integrated health care. We have learned from nearly 40 years of performing transplants at Virginia Mason Franciscan Health that the key to success is helping you learn as much as possible. 

• About Chronic Kidney Disease
• Paths To Transplantation
• How Are Organs Made Available?

• Starting the Transplant Process
• Financial Counseling
• Waiting For Your Transplant
• Living Donation

• The Hospital Stay
• Long Term Health: Guidelines Following Transplant
• Award-Winning Care: Virginia Mason Franciscan Health's Patient Safety Goal

If you have questions, concerns or feedback about your transplant care at Virginia Mason Franciscan Health please contact us.

Below are transplant-related materials for you and your physician.

• Renal and Pancreas Transplant Referral Form
• Planning For Surgery

Below are links to additional transplant-related websites. Use them to learn more about the kidney, pancreas and organ transplants.
*Virginia Mason Franciscan Health is not responsible for the content presented in off-site links.

• United Network for Organ Sharing
• Coalition on Donation
• LifeCenter Northwest for Organ Procurement
• National Kidney Foundation
• National Kidney Register
• TRIO Homepage
• TransWeb