Multi-organ Transplant

BC Children’s Hospital’s Multi-organ Transplant (MOT) Program delivers care to children and youth living with a solid organ transplant. We provide pre-transplant assessment, transplant surgery, and post-transplant care and support through to early adulthood.

The Multi-organ Transplant Program provides transplant health care services to children and youth living with a kidney, heart, lung or liver transplant, under one integrated program. We work to improve health and quality of life through evidence-based clinical care, research, education and advocacy.

Our services include:

Pre-transplant assessments
Transplant surgery for kidney and heart transplant recipients
Post-transplant follow-up care until age 19
Transition to adult care
Psychosocial supports

We offer patients and families different opportunities to participate in cutting-edge research, which is critical to continue improving long-term health and wellness after organ transplantation. We also advocate for organ donation and services that will benefit children and youth with organ failure.

We work in partnership with other teams across BC Children’s Hospital, including surgical and medical teams, to deliver the best possible care to patients.

Referral information

Children or youth need a referral from an organ failure specialist to attend this clinic. For more information on the referral process, visit the multi-organ transplant referrals page.

Appointment details

Your child or youth’s first clinic visit will take approximately two hours to complete. A transplant nurse will asses your child. A transplant doctor and other transplant specialists will then see them.

Once the transplant doctor sees your child or youth, they will advise you of your child or youth’s next transplant clinic appointment, and when to complete their next blood-work appointment.

If you need to cancel your child or youth’s appointment, please contact us as soon as possible - at least 48 hours in advance, if you can - so that another patient can use your appointment time.

Follow-up

We schedule follow-up appointments with most patients every three to six months, depending on a child's age. Appointments may be more frequent in the first year following their transplant. We will ask you to arrange a follow-up appointment for your child or youth with our booking clerk before you leave the clinic.

If needed, go to the outpatient pharmacy located on the ground floor of the Ambulatory Care Building to pick up your medications. Remember to order your medications 1-2 weeks before coming to your transplant clinic appointment.

Blood-work appointments

For tests taking place on the day of your child or youth’s clinic visit, arrive at the laboratory on the ground floor of the Ambulatory Care Building between 7:30 and 7:45 a.m.

Tell the receptionist your child or youth is a transplant patient. Ask for your standing orders blood work to be drawn. Your child or youth may also need to give a urine sample.

If your child or youth completes blood work the morning of their appointment, their transplant nurse will call you in the afternoon (after your clinic visit) if we need to make any changes to your child or youth’s medication doses.

Please confirm that you have received the nurse's message by calling the nurse coordinator. See their phone number below.