For Kidney Transplant Physicians
Sutter Transplant and Outpatient Heart Specialty Clinics

Sutter Transplant Services makes it as easy as possible for physicians to refer patients for kidney transplants. The following criteria are used as a basis for selection into the program:

• Diagnosis as an end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patient who has irreversible kidney failure


• Should have a lower urinary tract which does not preclude the ability to establish and maintain external urinary conduit


• Should have acceptable pulmonary system, liver and gastrointestinal function


• Absence of active hepatitis or hepatitis B surface antigen positive


• Absence of active infections


• Absence of cancer within the past two years (non-melanotic skin cancer excluded)


• Absence of HIV, AIDS, and/or AIDS-Related Complex


• Absence of recreational drug use

To refer a patient to the program or to discuss a patient with our transplant team, please call us at (916) 733-8133 or (800) 556-8133or email us. We are happy to send you further information on the program. You may also access our Patient Registration and Referral Intake form {Acrobat PDF}.

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