Transplant Center
- Transplant Center Team
- Our Services at the Transplant Center
- Altruistic Kidney Donor Program
- Donor Guide
- Post-Surgery Tips: Weight Loss
- Transplant Center Research Update
- Transplant Success Stories
About the Transplant Center at Rhode Island Hospital
Founded in 1997, the Transplant Center at Rhode Island Hospital has become recognized as one of the most advanced in New England, with a success rate and a standard of patient care second to none.

We have assembled one of the most skilled and experienced teams of transplant surgeons, nephrologists and specialists in the nation.
The transplant program provides the full range of vital services close to home, eliminating extra trips to other hospitals for visits and follow-up care. Our transplant team emphasizes close consultation and cooperation with referring nephrologists and primary care physicians of transplant patient candidates as they progress from the initial evaluation to postoperative care and management.
The Rhode Island Hospital transplant team has moved quickly to the forefront of clinical research in newer, more effective immunosuppressive agents and reduced immunosuppression protocols—research that improves transplant success, reduces the likelihood of rejection and enhances quality of life.
In addition, our team is on the forefront of innovative techniques to promote both living and deceased organ donation. In July 2005, transplant center surgeons performed Rhode Island's first laparoscopic kidney transplant, removing a kidney from a 31-year-old woman and transplanting it to a 17-year-old recipient.
Transplant Center Locations
- Transplant Center
- Pediatric Nephrology and Hypertension, East Providence, RI
- Pediatric Nephrology and Hypertension, Fall River, MA
- Pediatric Nephrology and Hypertension, East Greenwich, RI
- Pediatric Lupus and Vasculitis Clinic
Transplant Center
Ambulatory Patient Center (APC Building)
(directions)
110 Lockwood St., 9th Floor
Providence, RI 02903
Pediatric Nephrology and Hypertension, East Providence, RI
900 Warren Avenue, Suite 201
East Providence, RI 02914
Pediatric Nephrology and Hypertension, Fall River, MA
10 North Main Street
Fall River, MA 02720
Pediatric Nephrology and Hypertension, East Greenwich, RI
Lifespan Ambulatory Care Center
(directions)
1454 South County Trail, Suite 1300
East Greenwich, RI 02818
Pediatric Lupus and Vasculitis Clinic
Hasbro Children's Hospital
(directions)
593 Eddy Street, Lower Level
Providence, RI 02903