Transplantation is defined as the transfer of organs, tissues, or cells from one person to another or from one area of the body to another, in order to replace a diseased structure and to restore function.
Levine Children's Hospital is home to the only pediatric transplant program in the western half of North Carolina. The transplant team consists of certified clinical transplant coordinators and dedicated transplant surgeons and physicians who together provide comprehensive diagnosis and medical/surgical management for infants, children and adolescents who are undergoing transplant procedures.
The pediatric transplant program also offers personal evaluations with medical social workers and collaboration with a dedicated transplant pharmacist and dieticians. In addition, our solid organ transplant services are approved by Medicare and the United Network for Organ Sharing.
Services available include:
Meet the Members of the Transplant Teams:
Transplant Surgeons
Vincent Casingal, MD
Roger Denny, MD
Lon Eskind, MD
Paul Gores, MD
Daniel H. Hayes, MD
Gastroenterologists and Hepatologist Team
Ricardo Caicedo, MD
Jason Dranove, MD
Vani Gopalareddy, MD
Victor Pineiro, MD
Ryan Schonce, FNP-C
Jerome Menendez, FNP-C
Kidney Team
Susan Massengill, MD
Amanda Dale-Shall, MD
Charles McKay, MD
Jack Weaver, MD
Cardiac Team
Richard Smith, MD
Yuliya Domnina, MD
Larry Watts, MD
Susan Bernardo, RN
Shannon Deluca, RN
Sarah Ayoubi, RN
Kati Robinson, RN
Why Levine Children's Hospital?
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Largest Children's Hospital between Washington DC and Atlanta
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Largest pediatric program in North Carolina and South Carolina in 2008
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One on one transplant coordinator and medical social worker evaluations are conducted
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Our transplant services are approved by Medicare and United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS)
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The program utilizes a dedicated transplant pharmacist
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Program utilizes dedicated child life specialists. The Child Life Specialist collaborates with medical staff and multidisciplinary teams to develop comprehensive plans for psychological programming consistent with each child's chronic medical condition
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Levine Children's Hospital (LCH) has been ranked 14th in the nation for kidney treatment, based on the U.S. News Media Group's 2009 edition of "America's Best Children's Hospitals."
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The program participates in the Organ Donation Breakthrough Collaborative and the Transplantation Breakthrough Collaborative
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Our Liver Transplant Program has a 100% survival rate through July 2009.
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