The Pediatric Liver Transplant Program at WMCHealth’s Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital is the only pediatric liver transplant program between New York City and Rochester, New York.
Our patients have a 100% one-year survival rate following transplants.
Liver transplant and hepatobiliary surgeries address conditions of the liver, pancreas, bile duct and gallbladder. The highly skilled surgeons at WMCHealth’s Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital offer advanced surgical care for these serious conditions in our youngest and most vulnerable patients.
Why Choose Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital?
Our team has access to a comprehensive range of pediatric specialists in one place to provide advanced care close to home. Our experts in hepatology work with other specialists in gastroenterology, cardiology, anesthesiology, interventional radiology, child life services, psychiatry, and more, to provide comprehensive and compassionate care to every child.
Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital has four pediatric-trained liver transplant surgeons. Led by Seigo Nishida, MD, PhD, Chief of Pediatric and Adult Liver Transplantation, and Richard Rosencrantz, MD, Medical Director for Pediatric Liver Transplants, we are United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS)-approved and offer deceased donor, as well as living donor transplantation. We also provide pediatric hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery.
We care for seriously ill infants and children or those who need a high level of monitoring in a specialized inpatient unit. We are the only pediatric liver transplant program between New York City and Rochester, New York, and we are proud to be affiliated with the prestigious Adult Liver Transplant Program at Westchester Medical Center.