Heart Transplant Program Center
The Emory Center for Heart Transplantation in Atlanta, Georgia ranks among the nation's top heart transplant hospitals. We are a leader in heart transplants and therapies to improve heart failure. Our comprehensive heart transplant services include medical therapy, FDA-regulated investigational drugs and devices, cardiac catheterization, cardiac surgery, and in select patients, heart transplantation. Our Atlanta heart transplant program was established in 1985. Through integration of research, education, and patient care, Emory has established itself as the premier Southeast heart transplant center.
Emory's highly skilled and experienced multidisciplinary team of heart transplant specialists includes cardiologists, heart surgeons, transplant coordinators, a social worker, mental health specialists, a pharmacist, a clinical nutritionist, a physical therapist, a chaplain, staff nurses, and a financial coordinator. Each member of the heart transplant team offers a specialized service in the care of our patients.
Our team is also exceptionally experienced in caring for patients on artificial heart pumps, known as ventricular assist devices (VADs). We are also a national leader in biventricular pacemaker therapy for the treatment of advanced heart failure. With over 700 heart transplants performed by our renowned heart surgeons, you can be sure that if you receive a heart transplant at Emory, you'll get the most innovative and sophisticated care this country has to offer.
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Heart Transplant Program Highlights
Emory performed Georgia's first heart transplant, and with over 700 heart transplants performed by our renowned heart surgeons, you can be sure that if you receive a heart transplant at Emory, you'll get the most innovative and sophisticated care this country has to offer.
Emory's highly skilled and experienced multidisciplinary team includes cardiologists, heart surgeons, transplant coordinators, a social worker, mental health specialists, a pharmacist, a clinical nutritionist, a physical therapist, a chaplain, staff nurses, and a financial coordinator. Each member of the team offers a specialized service in the care of our patients.
Our team is exceptionally experienced in caring for patients on artificial heart pumps, known as ventricular assist devices (VADs). We are also a national leader in biventricular pacemaker therapy for the treatment of advanced heart failure.
