Kidney & Pancreas Transplant Program
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
The UAB Kidney Transplant Program is a leader in both living-donor and deceased-donor procedures. We’ve also taken a lead role in transplants between incompatible donor-recipient pairs and for those with HIV. Average wait times are down across all blood types, thanks to our streamlined evaluation process and efforts to make more donor kidneys available to patients. Our Pancreas Transplant Program is distinguished through pancreas-after-kidney and simultaneous pancreas/kidney transplants in suitable patients. Both programs are widely recognized for major advances in immunosuppression protocols, research, surgical techniques, organ access, and convenient telehealth services.
FEATURED EDUCATION
Geographic Disparities in Transplantation
August 3, 2022
August 2, 2025
Health care professionals
Accreditation Statement: The University of Alabama School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Alabama School of Medicine designates this online enduring material activity for a maximum of 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Pancreas Transplant for Type II Diabetes Mellitus Patients
November 15, 2021
November 14, 2024
Healthcare Professionals
Accreditation Statement: The University of Alabama School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Alabama School of Medicine designates this online enduring material activity for a maximum of 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
UAB Outreach in Kidney and Liver Transplantation
January 15, 2020
January 15, 2023
Healthcare professionals
Accreditation Statement: The University of Alabama School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Alabama School of Medicine designates this online enduring material activity for a maximum of 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Transplant Telehealth (Dr. Kew)
February 19, 2020
February 19, 2023
Healthcare professionals
Accreditation Statement: The University of Alabama School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Alabama School of Medicine designates this online enduring material activity for a maximum of 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Does Age Matter for Kidney Transplants
October 1, 2020
October 1, 2023
Healthcare professionals
Accreditation Statement: The University of Alabama School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Alabama School of Medicine designates this online enduring material activity for a maximum of 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Catastrophic Brain Injury Guidelines & Organ Donor Management
March 18, 2021
March 18, 2024
Health care professionals
Accreditation Statement: The University of Alabama School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Alabama School of Medicine designates this online enduring material activity for a maximum of 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
UAB Transplant: A Tradition of Innovation
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August 16, 2017
Reissue Date: July 23, 2020
July 23, 2023
Healthcare professionals
When to Remove a Transplanted Kidney?
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Nephrologist, transplant surgeons, and primary care professionals
When should a kidney be remove? UAB transplant surgeon, Jayme Locke M.D., discuss when it is appropriate to remove a rejected kidney and the risk factors involved.
Dialysis vs. Transplant: Know Your Options
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Nephrologist, transplant surgeons, and primary care professionals
Transplant verses dialysis is an age old question. Transplant nephrologist, Vineeta Kumar, M.D., discusses the facts and survival rates around these two treatment modalities.
Paired Exchange Program: How it works
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Nephrologist, transplant surgeons, and primary care professionals
Ever wonder how the Paired-Exchange Transplant Program works? Dr. Jayme Locke walks us through how the computer program works, how to categorize patients based on compatibility, and how matches are made.
Paired Exchange Program & Desensitization
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Nephrologist, transplant surgeons, and primary care professionals
Not every program in the country offers incompatitble transplantation leaving a large disenfranchised patient population. Jayme Locke, MD, explains that these highly-sensitized patients can benefit from UAB's incompatible kidney transplant program.
The Incompatible Program: How it works
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Nephrologist, transplant surgeons, and primary care professionals
Blood-group compatibility and histocompatibility must be determined prior to transplant. With a positive cross-match precluding transplantation, transplant nephrologist, Vineeta Kumar MD, explains how these matches are determined and how technology can be used to rectify this incompatible transplant.
Solutions to Donor-Recipient Incompatibility
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Nephrologist, transplant surgeons, and primary care professionals
About 35% of patients that come forward with living donors will be found to be blood-group incompatible, and another 11% are found to be tissue-incompatible with their potential living donor. Transplant surgeon, Jayme Locke MD, discusses solutions such as desensitation for this large patient population.
Overview of Kidney Transplantation Program
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Nephrologist, transplant surgeons, and primary care professionals
The UAB transplant program's primary goal is help patients get transplanted as quickly as possible. Through our expanded programs, patients are offered several transplant options such as living-donor kidney transplant, paired-kidney exchange, and incompatible kidney and desensitization.

