Clinical Programs

The Liver Transplant Program functions within the Multi-Organ Transplant (MOT) Program of the University Health Network and the Toronto General Hospital (UHN and TGH) and the Pediatric Academic Multi-Organ Transplant Program (PAMOT) of the Hospital for Sick Children (HSC). The Staff are:

• 6 Hepatologists: Drs. Bhat, Lilly, Tsien, Selzner, Patel, Jaeckl
• 8 Surgeons: Drs. Cattral, Ghanekar, McGilvary, Reichman, Sayed, Sapisochin, Selzner, Shwaartz
• 4-6 Transplant Hepatology Fellows
• 6 Abdominal Organ Transplant Fellows
• 5 Nurse Practitioners
• Junior Resident in General Surgery

The adult program serves approximately 75% of the province of Ontario (13.5M), and most patients from the province of Manitoba, and the pediatric program serves all of Ontario, Manitoba, and ~½ of the Maritimes.

Liver Transplant Volumes: 1985 – 2021

Adult Liver Transplant Service

The adult liver transplant in-patient service is comprised of 5 Nurse Practitioners, one Physician Assistant, the Transplant Hepatologist and Surgeons, the Transplant Hepatology and Surgical Fellows, a PGY1 Resident in General Surgery, and an inpatient service to 30-45 pts. Staff and Fellows are on service for one week at a time; Staff rotates on Friday and Fellows rotate on Mondays. Joint rounds are held at 7am and 3pm daily . The service has 35 – 45 patients including listed, pre-op liver patients, postoperative recipients on the admission of their transplant and late post-transplant patients. Patients are managed with the Intensivists in the closed MedSurg ICU, and by the Transplant team on the Transplant intermediate care ward, and on the Multi-Organ Transplant Unit. The Hepatology & Surgical Fellows take second call.