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Provider Resources for Transplant Patients

Organ Transplant Patient Resources for Health Care Providers

Emory Healthcare ranks among the top 15 transplant programs in the nation. We have completed more than 10,000 transplants to date. Patients come from all over the world for our expertise.

When you refer a patient, we will work closely and collaboratively with you to provide the best care.

Emory Healthcare Link is a secure, web-based portal for doctors. You can see real-time, relevant clinical information across Emory Healthcare.

You can also use it to:

  • Contact Emory Healthcare doctors via In-Basket, Epic's internal communication platform
  • Enter imaging and lab orders
  • Get updates on the status of your referrals
  • Receive a referral from an Emory Healthcare doctor
  • Send a referral to an Emory Healthcare doctor
  • View admission and discharge notifications

Request Emory Healthcare Link Access

If you don’t use Emory Healthcare Link, please see the instructions below about referring a patient.
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Provider Resources

Instructions for Transplant Referrals Without the Use of Emory Healthcare Link

Heart Transplant Referrals

To refer a patient for heart transplant evaluation, call 404-778-5299.

Heart transplant referral form
Completed referral form, a copy of the front and back of the patient's insurance card, and recent history and physical exam and/or office visit notes, or fax the following information to 404-778-5278.
Complete the the heart transplant referral form

Kidney Transplant Referrals 

To refer a patient for kidney transplant evaluation, call 855-366-7989, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 

Pre-kidney transplant referral form 

Completed pre-kidney transplant evaluation referral form and a copy of the front and back of the patient's insurance card, or fax the following information to 404-727-8972.

Completed pre-kidney transplant evaluation referral form
Post-kidney transplant transfer form
To transfer a patient with a functioning kidney transplant for follow-up care, fax the following to 404-727-8972. Completed post-kidney transplant transfer form and the documents requested on page 2 of the form.
Complete post-kidney transplant transfer form
Eligibility criteria for kidney transplant
  • Financial plan for required long-term medications
  • No systemic illness or medical condition that significantly decreases estimated survival
  • Stage 4 (GFR<30ml/min) or greater chronic kidney disease

Liver Transplant Referrals

Indications for liver transplant

  • Acute liver failure
  • Alcoholic liver disease
  • Cholestatic diseases
  • Chronic hepatitis
  • Chronic liver disease
  • Metabolic diseases
  • Primary hepatic tumors
To refer a patient for liver transplant evaluation, call 404-712-2351.

Liver transplant referral form
Completed referral form, a copy of the front and back of the patient's insurance card, and recent history and physical exam and fax the following information to 404-778-5278.
Complete the liver referral form

Lung Transplant Referrals

To refer a patient for lung transplant evaluation, please call 855-366-7989, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Lung transplant referral form
  • Copy of front and back of patient's insurance card
  • Dictated progress notes or history and physical summarizing patient’s course and care
  • Radiologic films and reports
  • Recent pulmonary function testing
  • Signed consent to obtain outside medical records
  • Other information where applicable:
  • Cardiac catheterization reports
  • Notes from other consulting physicians or transplant centers
  • Pathology and operative reports
  • Smoking history and documentation of cessation
Complete the lung transplant referral form
Eligibility criteria for lung transplant
  • Age 16 to 65+ years
  • Body mass index (BMI) >17 and <30
  • Functionally limited (NYHA class III or IV) but ambulatory with rehabilitation potential
  • End-stage lung diseases without adequate response to optimal treatment
  • Predicted two-to-three-year life expectancy of less than 50%

If your patient has contraindications, the transplant pulmonologist will contact you.

Pancreas Transplant Referrals

To refer a patient for pancreas transplant evaluation, fax the following information to 404-727-8972:

Eligibility Criteria for Pancreas Transplant

  • Body mass index (BMI) of 30 kg/m2 or less
  • Financial plan for required long-term medications
  • Insulin-dependent diabetes, regardless of type, typically requires less than 75 units of insulin per day
  • No systemic illness or medical condition that significantly decreases estimated survival
  • Stage 4 (GFR <30 mL/min) or greater chronic renal failure
Pancreas transplant referral form
  • Completed referral form
  • Copy of front and back of patient's insurance card
  • Patient's height and weight
  • Patient’s recent health history and physical exam
Complete the pancreas referral form

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