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Saint Luke’s is a leader in kidney transplantation—performing the first successful kidney transplant in the Kansas City area in 1969 and the first living kidney donation surgery via laparoscopy in the region.

Experts at Saint Luke’s Hospital performed the first liver transplant in Kansas City in 1980, becoming just the third hospital in the U.S. to perform the procedure. Our surgical team includes some of the most experienced physicians in the area.

Patients who receive organs from living donors tend to have better outcomes than those who receive organs from deceased donors. Our living kidney donor experts perform living kidney donor surgeries and offer personalized support and unmatched expertise to donors who consider this selfless act.