Referral Directory

Physician Contact:

John Andersen, M.D. – Liver Transplant Medical Director
Srinath Chinnakotla, M.D. – Liver Transplant Surgical Director
Dev M. Desai, M.D., Ph.D. - Chief of Pediatric Transplantation
Goran B. Klintmalm, M.D. – Liver Transplant Program Director

Hospital Contact:

John Dickerson, RN – Clinical Manager
Dean Henderson, MHA – Administrative Director
Ashley Sadlon, MHA - Program Manager

Key Contact:

Lisa Cutright, RN, MSN, CTCC - Liver Transplant Pediatric Nurse Practitioner

Phone numbers:

Referrals:                    800-846-6768
Main:                           214-456-8600
Liver Scheduler:          214-456-8600
Fax:                            214-456-8405

Description of services:

The liver transplant program is committed to providing comprehensive and responsive care for children requiring liver transplantation. In order to accommodate the many facets of liver transplant care, including medical and psychosocial factors, the center is composed of a diversified team of pediatric experts, including social workers, dietitians, child life specialists, pharmacists, financial counselors and transplant coordinators.

Common diagnoses we treat:

• Liver failure
• Biliary atresia
• Metabolic liver diseas
• Intrahepatic liver disease
• Alagille syndrome
• Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency
• Chronic acute hepatitis
• Wilson's disease
• Liver tumors
• Cystic fibrosis

Liver transplantation services we offer:

• Deceased donor
• Living donor

Indications for transplantation evaluation:

Chronic liver disease of childhood, including, but not limited to:

• Liver failure
• Biliary atresia
• Metabolic liver disease
• Intrahepatic liver disease
• Alagille syndrome
• Alpha-1 artitrypsin deficiency
• Chronic acute hepatitis
• Wilson's disease
• Liver tumors
• Cystic fibrosis

Information for referral sources:

• Pre-authorization is required by all insurance plans. Please call 214-456-8600.
• To avoid unnecessary testing, have the family bring relevant medical records, test results and X-rays to the appointment.
• Services are provided in close cooperation with the patient's referring physician.
• Diagnosis, evaluation and recommended treatment information is provided promptly to the referring physician.

Please provide the following when calling to schedule a patient for a diagnostic evaluation:

• Patient name and date of birth
• Probable diagnosis
• Insurance/referral information
• Physician clinical findings or symptoms which caused the patient to visit physician

Why Children's Medical Center?

• The surgeons on the medical staff use techniques such as reduced-size livers, whole livers and split livers to increase access to organs for candidates.
• Our center is fully contained within a children's facility.
• The opportunity for living-related liver transplant can be explored. Children’s and Baylor University Medical Center performed the first living-related liver transplant in North Texas in 2000.
• Continuum of care as the child grows from Children's to Baylor University Medical Center or other adult facility of the patient's choice.

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