How to Refer a Patient
There are multiple ways to refer patients to the UAB Medicine Kidney & Pancreas Transplant Program:
- Refer Online: Learn more and sign up for our new referral portal here.
- Referral Form: Complete this online referral form or download a printable PDF version.
- Transplant App: Download the UAB Medicine Transplant app.
- For Urgent Referrals: Please call UAB MIST (Medical Information Service via Telephone) at 1-800-UAB-MIST (1-800-822-6478) or email mist@uabmc.edu. UAB MIST is a toll-free, 24-hour service that connects physicians anywhere in the country with UAB Medicine specialists.
Please call us at (205) 975-9200 with any questions.
Program Highlights
UAB is one of the most active renal transplant centers in the southeast, for both living- donor and deceased-donor procedures, and we are a national leader in kidney transplants for African Americans. We performed our first kidney transplant in 1968, and that number now exceeds 11,425. Our program is widely recognized for major advances in immunosuppression protocols, research, technology, and surgical techniques. Over the past 30 years, UAB has performed some 420 kidney/pancreas and pancreas-only transplants. We are a leader in caring for patients with serious complications related to insulin-dependent diabetes, so we will evaluate potential transplant candidates with type 2 diabetes who are insulin-dependent, in addition to those with type 1.

Clinical Trials
View all ongoing clinical trials at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.