Our mission at the Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Program is to maximize opportunities for transplantation for all patients who seek our care and expertise. We are committed to delivering life-enhancing transplant services with compassion for each patient. Our patients health and safety has and always will be our first priority.
Video Visits with our Providers
- Flexible and convenient access to health care from the comfort of your home.
Spacious Clinic Space
- We are seeing select patients at The David H. Koch Center 9th floor by appointment only in order to abide by social distancing regulations.
COVID-Safe Operating Rooms and Transplant Unit
- When you come in for your transplant, and as you recover, you can feel safe and secure as rigorous cleaning and safety measures are in place.
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Welcome Dr. Dustin Carpenter |
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We are pleased to Welcome our newest Transplant Surgeon to the team,
Dr. Dustin J. Carpenter!
"Transplant surgery encompasses nearly everything I love about medicine. It is such a unique specialty in that it sometimes seems to involve nearly as much medicine as it does surgery, requiring an intimate knowledge of immunology, infectious diseases, and other fields such as oncology in addition to the fine technical details of replacing an organ. There are also complex questions regarding health policy, organ allocation, and governmental regulation. In transplantation, there is so much to know and master that it makes me sure that transplant surgery will keep me motivated for decades to come."
Dustin J. Carpenter is a board-certified surgeon who specializes in liver, kidney, and pancreas transplantation, living donor liver and kidney transplant, laparoscopic donor nephrectomy, and general surgery.
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Patient Highlight: Paul and Yun |
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The Greatest gift from my wife |
"It was about 25 years ago that I saw a bubble in my urine. Shortly after, I began to see a nephrologist to slow down the progression of my newly diagnosed IGA nephropathy. My creatinine was high but stable, however; last fall my creatinine jumped to 4. My nephrologists at the Rogosin Center prepared me that I was going to need dialysis or consider getting a kidney transplant.
I had a discussion with my wife about transplant and without any hesitation, she volunteered to donate her kidney to me. I knew what life might be like going to dialysis every day and I felt so thankful for her brave decision. The only issue was that my blood type was A and she was B. We were not compatible. Thankfully, the NYP/WCM transplant team, helped us enter the National Kidney Registry, paired exchanged program.
Thankfully after only a few months they found the perfect match for me. Once we were notified, the transplant team was very active and kept us informed every step of the way. Everyone from the team was involved: Doctors, Nurses, Social Workers, Pharmacists, and Finance, etc.
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Paul and his wife Yun, a Living Kidney Donor who donated through the Paired Exchange Program. |
Just about all of them visited us in person before or after the surgery to make sure we knew what to expect. The transplant went very smoothly and I was in the hospital for five days. My wife, who donated, was there for only two days. During my recovery period, the entire team was excellent. Today, I feel great. I feel so lucky, happy, and thankful for my wife. I will never forget her sacrifice and I have new perspective of life."
- Paul Han, Transplanted on 8/11/21
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Upcoming Educational Webinar:
NKF BABG: Wednesday, October 6th at 10:00am
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Clinical Study for Kidney Transplant Recipients:
FREEDOM-1 Study
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We are proud to announce that our transplant program will be participating in the FREEDOM-1 Study. This innovative trial will be researching a treatment that could end the need for long-term anti-rejection medications among living-donor kidney transplant recipients. If you are planning to have a transplant at our center, you and your living donor may be qualified to join!
Email Meredith Aull at mea9008@med.cornell.edu if you would like more information about this clinical trial. This research study is approved by the Weill Cornell Medicine Institutional Review Board (Protocol#19-06020335)
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#Laceup for the National Kidney Foundation
New York Walk 2021
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Walk with us and fundraise or support our efforts with a generous donation to improve the lives of kidney patients in our community and across the country.
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Why We Walk: This year, our team has joined others throughout the country to fight against kidney disease. On November 14, 2021 we’ll walk for our loved ones, colleagues or friends who cope with this devastating chronic illness each day – and for those who lost their fight too soon.
Together, we walk to support the life changing work of the National Kidney Foundation:
- To ensure that families will have a place to turn when they need answers.
- To keep up the fight for policy changes to protect kidney patients and living donors.
- To drive innovation in transplantation and get more loved ones off the kidney transplant waitlist.
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1283 York Ave, Floor 9
New York, NY 10065
P: (212) 746-3099 | F: (212) 746-3100 |
E: transplant@med.cornell.edu
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