The Miami Transplant Institute Offers the Miracle of Life

Miracles are made daily at the Miami Transplant Institute–an affiliation between Jackson Health System and UHealth—the University of Miami Health System.

As one of the world’s leading transplant centers, we provide children and adults with compassionate, skilled, and experienced care you can trust.

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About Our Transplant Programs

The Miami Transplant Institute offers life-saving transplant, support, and rehabilitation programs to children and adults facing organ failure—backed with the world-class resources of Jackson Health System and the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.

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Kidney Transplant

Saving more lives with our Living Donor Kidney Program and our Paired Kidney Exchange Program.
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Kidney-Pancreas and Pancreas Transplant

If complications from diabetes have led to kidney failure, these complex surgeries can save your life.
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Liver Transplant

Staying in the forefront of transplant medicine with new treatment options for patients of all ages.
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Intestinal Rehabilitation

Our multidisciplinary team saves lives by treating digestive tract disorders without transplants.
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Intestinal or Multivisceral Transplant

National leadership in treating disorders of the abdomen and intestinal tract.
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Heart Transplant or Ventricular Assist Device Program

Our team saves lives by implanting new organs and ventricular assist devices.
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Lung Transplant

Staying in the forefront of transplant medicine with new treatment options for patients of all ages.
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Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Program

Our team saves lives by providing temporary support to failing hearts and lungs.
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A man smiling at the camera, he has on a hat, and is sitting in front of a plate of food and a glass of orange juice

A Lifesaving Double-Lung Transplant Gives Miami Gardens Grandfather a Second Chance at Life

His Transplant Story

Meet Our Skilled Multidisciplinary Team

Our renowned transplantation surgeons and physicians provide life-saving care for even the most complex medical problems.

Our multidisciplinary team has deep experience with a full range of organ transplants, including heart, lung, heart-lung, kidney, pancreas, kidney-pancreas, liver, intestinal, and multivisceral transplants, as well as intestinal rehabilitation, and life-saving support for failing hearts and lungs.

Meet Our Team

See The Lives We’ve Changed

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Woman Suffering From Chronic Kidney Disease and High Antibodies Saved with Kidney Transplant at Miami Transplant Institute

I spent 21 days in the hospital in Atlanta. They placed me on the list again, and I went back on dialysis,” she said. “I spent three more years waiting for another match, but it never came – until a doctor told me to try Miami.

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South Florida native receives life-saving kidney transplant from sister

“Living kidney donation allows for the most successful, immediate transplant outcomes,” said Mariella Ortigosa-Goggins, MD, director of MTI’s living kidney donor program. “Our goal as the largest living donor program in Florida is to provide safe, efficient transplants that change lives for both the donor and recipient.”

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Little Heart, Big Miracle: A Toddler’s Journey to Transplant after Awake ECMO Journey

Once she was resuscitated, Sheli was placed on an extracorporeal membrane oxygenator, or ECMO, which takes over the function of the heart and lungs when the organs can no longer support themselves.

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Man suffering from severe lung scarring for three years receives life-saving double-lung transplant at the Miami Transplant Institute   

Spending time with family, boating, working, and exercise were Gilbert Machado’s favorite pastimes – especially cycling around Miami with his wife of 38 years.

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Novel operation performed by Jackson‘s Lung Center in South Florida helps woman diagnosed with emphysema gain her life back

Sherri DiLorenzo, 65, has lived her life with a cigarette in her hand.

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