About Us

Why Come to Johns Hopkins for a Liver Transplant?

Our team offers: 

  • Excellent one-year adult graft and patient survival outcomes in Maryland based on Scientific Registry for Transplant Recipient data
  • Living donor liver transplantation for adults and children
  • Transplantation for acute liver failure
  • Innovations in treatment of transplantation for hepatitis C and HIV
  • Comprehensive, patient- and family-oriented liver transplant care for children, with the largest pediatric living donor program in Maryland and Washington D.C.
  • Pediatric liver disease and liver transplantation specialists
  • Collaboration with patients through every step of the transplant process

Frequently Asked Questions

Patient Resources

Why Come to Johns Hopkins for a Liver Transplant

Transplant surgeon Benjamin Philosophe, M.D., Ph.D., talks about the complex care required to treat patients for a liver transplantation, our living donor liver transplant program, and our expertise in treating infants and children with liver disease.

Why Come to Johns Hopkins for a Liver Transplant

Liver Transplant: The Surgery, Recovery and Quality of Life | Q&A

Johns Hopkins transplant surgeon Andrew Cameron, MD discusses the liver transplant procedure and recovery, the incision, quality of life after transplant, research and rejection medication.

Liver Transplant The Surgery Recovery and Quality of Life  QA

Am I a Candidate for Liver Transplant? | Q&A

Johns Hopkins transplant surgeon Andrew Cameron, MD discusses eligibility for a liver transplant, donor livers, patients' average age, and other transplant-determining factors.

Am I a Candidate for Liver Transplant  QA