Waiting List
After all of your information has been reviewed by the Selection Conference and the recommendations have been completed and it has been determined that you are an acceptable candidate, we will be able to pursue the financial approval from your insurance company for authorization for liver transplant. Your insurance company will need to review your records, confirming that you meet criteria for transplant. When we have received authorization from your insurance company and the hospital financial department, we can then proceed to place you on the waiting list. Due to the matching process for the liver, the candidate first on the list is not always the one to receive the transplant. Therefore, we do not number the candidates on the list. We can only tell you when you are getting closer to the top, and estimate when your transplant may occur.
Waiting times
Waiting times depend on your blood type, the severity of your illness, body size and the number of donors available and are therefore difficult to predict. If you have questions regarding your waiting time once you are listed, please talk to your transplant coordinator.
