Welcome to the Methodist J.C. Walter Jr. Transplant Center - Houston, TX
At the Methodist J.C. Walter Jr. Transplant Center, we help patients and their families with the clinical care, resources and support they need to face an organ transplant with confidence—before, during and after their transplants.
One of The Methodist Hospital System’s five centers of excellence and Texas' largest programs. The Methodist J.C. Walter Jr. Transplant Center is one of the most active and most highly respected centers of its kind. It’s also home to some of the nation’s most revered transplant physicians, known around the world as leaders in clinical care and research. For more information, please call 713-441-5451.
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News and Events
50 transplants in April
The Methodist Hospital on record pace to save more lives in 2012 HOUSTON—(May 9, 2012)— Surgeons with the Methodist J.C. Walter Jr. Transplant Center performed 50 transplants in April, putting them on pace to perform more than 500 this year."This sets a record for our center, which is one of the fastest growing transplant programs in the country. This incredible feat has been achieved through the focus of our multidisciplinary team on patient service, innovation and superb quality," said Center director Dr. A. Osama Gaber.
Celebration of national Donate Life Month
April marks the celebration of national Donate Life Month, where we remember the incredible sacrifice families have made by donating their loved ones’ organs to those in need. We also encourage everyone to register to become organ donors—there are currently more than 113,000 people across America waiting on lifesaving organs, and more than 7,000 are right here in Texas.
Houston surgeons perform transplants without transfusions
Shawnetta Parker reacts this month to good news about her recovery from a bloodless lung transplant at Methodist Hospital earlier this year. Parker, a Jehovah's Witness, declined on religious grounds to receive a blood transfusion.
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Contact us
To schedule an appointment, please call 713-441-8900 or toll free 888-393-3986. You can also fax referral information to 713-791-5041. To reach our nurse helpline, please call 713-441-1001.
Methodist J.C. Walter Jr. Transplant Center
6550 Fannin Street, Smith Tower, Suite 1201
Houston, TX 77030
Tel: 713-441-5451
Toll Free Tel: 888-393-3986
Fax: 713-793-1355
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Satellite Clinics
As an extension of the Methodist J.C. Walter Jr. Transplant Canter in the Texas Medical Center, we offer two satellite clinics which offer patients the same high quality of care close to home.
Sugar Land Location:
Medical Office Building (MOB) # 3, Suite 300
16605 Southwest Freeway
Sugar Land, TX 77479
Phone: 281-275-0300
Fax: 281-275-0301
West Houston Location:
18400 Katy Freeway
Medical Office Building, Suite 260
Houston, TX 77094
Phone: 832-522-8250
Fax: 832-522-8251
Lubbock, TX Location:
University Medical Center
602 Indiana Ave.
Lubbock, TX 79415
Phone: 806-761-0710
Fax: 806-761-0711
