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Transplant Program

The Pediatric Kidney Transplant Program at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital (LPCH) is widely recognized as a world pacesetter for pediatric kidney transplantation on the basis of the program's outstanding results, innovative research, faculty and the referral of complex patients from university medical centers through the United States.

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Launched in 1995, the Pediatric Liver Transplant Program at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital (LPCH) has posted one of the highest success rates in the country. To date, the program has performed over 200 pediatric liver transplants — an average of 25 annually — and is currently following over 450 patients, both pre- and posttransplant. Two-thirds of the children transplanted at LPCH are young, under two years old, and small, weighing less than 4.5 pounds.

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Biliary atresia — One of many diseases and conditions that create a need for a liver transplant

The Pediatric Intestinal Transplant Program at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital (LPCH) is the only program in Northern California that performs intestinal transplantation (also called small bowel transplant). The program began in 2001 as part of the Pediatric Liver Transplant Program and was built around a team of surgeons representing more than 25 years of transplant experience.

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Hirschsprung's disease — A disease that can cause short bowel syndrome and the need for an intestinal transplant

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Lucile Packard Children's Hospital is located in Palo Alto, adjacent to Stanford University Hospital, approximately 20 miles north of San Jose, CA and 40 miles south of San Francisco.

Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
725 Welch Road
Palo Alto, California 94304
(650) 497-8000