Why Children's Mercy

Children’s Mercy Hospital can provide the full spectrum of pediatric subspecialty services required by the liver transplant recipient.

Patient outcomes for the liver transplant program are among the best in the nation, with an actual patient survival rate of 89 percent and graft survival of 83 percent since 1998.

The Children’s Mercy liver transplant team has more than 40 years of experience. Children’s Mercy has made a commitment to offering the highest quality pediatric transplant care, education, research and childhood advocacy.

Multidisciplinary team consisting of transplant physician (pediatric intensivist), pediatric gastroenterologists, pediatric transplant surgeons, transplant coordinator (nurse), pediatric hepatic dietitian, social worker, child life specialist, and developmental specialist.

Participating center in Studies in Pediatric Liver Transplantation (S.P.L.I.T.).