Heart Transplant

At UVA, we’ve performed more than 300 heart transplants since 1989, making us the top heart transplant center in Virginia. Our team has expertise in a wide variety of supportive therapies, such as ventricular assist devices (VADs), and is extensively involved with the development and application of heart failure medications and devices.

Our breadth of skills and experience provides care across the spectrum of heart failure management. Our experience extends from the very youngest patients (6 days) to the oldest (73 years). And survival statistics for our heart transplant program meet or exceed national averages.

Commitment and Research

Our primary goal is to improve your quality of life. Many of our patients have participated in our medical and drug studies, including drug studies looking at ways to reduce and manage the effects of organ transplant rejection and reduce complications from those drugs.

Keys to Success

You’ll have a team of doctors, transplant coordinators, social workers, financial counselors and more working to ensure you receive the best care possible. We’ll work with your referring and primary doctor, who is an important member of your transplant team.

Total Heart Transplants Performed Annually

Heart Transplant Graft Survival Ratios

Our Approach

The evaluation process begins with a referral by your doctor. You can initiate the process by contacting our referral coordinator at 800.543.8814.  Find out more about our approach.

A Note to All Patients
The United Network for Organ Sharing provides a toll free patient services line to help transplant candidates, recipients and family members understand organ allocation practices and transplantation data. You may also call this number to discuss a problem you may be experiencing with your transplant center or the transplantation system in general. The toll free patient services line is 888.894.6361.