Tens of thousands of adults and children in the U.S. are currently waiting for a kidney transplant. Living organ donation helps close this gap and offers important benefits for transplant recipients, including:

• Better outcomes: Living donor organ recipients have better outcomes and survival rates than those receiving organs from deceased donors.
• Shorter wait times: Living organ donation shortens waitlist times, potentially helping people avoid additional complications of living with organ failure.

What Is Living Kidney Donation?

Living kidney donation gives someone with kidney failure another path...

Our Approach to Kidney Transplant Surgery in Central Massachusetts and Beyond

At UMass Memorial Health, you receive expert, personalized kidney transplant care from an experienced, supportive team. You’ll find:

• Comprehensive, accessible care: We offer one-day evaluations, remote testing and coordinated care to make your experience more convenient.
• Reduced wait times: You have access to advanced donor matching and kidney exchange programs to help you receive a transplant sooner.
• Strong collaboration: We work closely with your doctors and dialysis team to support you throughout your transplant...

Our Approach to Organ Transplantation in Central Massachusetts and Beyond

Your organ transplant journey is unique. At UMass Memorial, your team offers personalized care for you and your family. We understand that the transplant process can feel overwhelming. We help you navigate every step of transplantation and coordinate the details so you can focus on your well-being. Our outcomes rank among the region’s best, so you can move forward with confidence.

Transplants at UMass Memorial

We offer comprehensive care for organ transplant surgery, from advanced surgical techniques and innovative organ...

Skull Base Surgery in Central Massachusetts 

Treating tumors and conditions affecting the base of the skull requires advanced expertise. At UMass Memorial Health, we bring together skilled specialists from a range of disciplines. They manage your care and operate in the most minimally invasive way possible. Our experience and training allow us to take a precise and delicate approach to complex skull base issues.

What Is Skull Base Surgery?

Skull base surgery is a specialized and minimally invasive surgery used to treat conditions associated with the base of the skull. That includes skull base...

Comprehensive Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery in Central Massachusetts and Beyond

At UMass Memorial Health, we understand that how you look can sometimes affect how you feel. Our expert surgeons specialize in plastic and reconstructive surgery. We get to know you and provide customized surgical care in a comfortable setting.

Our Approach to Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

The surgeons at UMass Memorial provide a wide range of care for adult and pediatric patients seeking plastic and reconstructive surgery. Our surgical services include:

• Breast reduction and reconstruction
• Burn reconstruction
• C...

Pediatric Surgery in Central Massachusetts and Beyond

Our board-certified pediatric surgeons have extensive training in the unique needs of growing bodies, including smaller anatomy and complex childhood conditions. We use the latest methods, including minimally invasive techniques that are gentler on young patients. Our depth of experience leads to precise care and excellent outcomes.

Conditions We Treat

Pediatric surgical experts at Children’s Medical Center deliver exceptional care for infants, children and young adults with:

• Emergency conditions such as appendicitis, gall bladder problems
• Cance...

The smallest patients require the most specialized medical care. At UMass Memorial Medical Center, we take care of our pediatric patients with a highly skilled team of experts from our Children’s Medical Center in Worcester.

Children from throughout our health care system have access to the hospital’s pediatric heart services.

Pediatric Heart Care in Central Massachusetts

From birth through young adulthood, we provide preventive heart care as well as inpatient and outpatient services for simple and complex pediatric heart disease. Our team diagnoses and treats heart murmurs, congenital heart...

Whether it is routine or highly specialized eye (ophthalmology) care you need for your child, UMass Memorial Medical Center – Children’s Medical Center in Worcester is your answer. We provide comprehensive ophthalmologic care for infants, children and adolescents.

Pediatric Eye Care in Central Massachusetts

Healthy eyes are a vital element of your child’s development. That’s why we offer you a wide range of diagnostic and therapeutic services to treat pediatric disorders such as hereditary eye diseases, retinal degeneration, functional visual loss and strabismus (abnormal alignment of the eyes)...

If your infant, child or adolescent is living with an endocrine condition, you can count on UMass Memorial Medical Center – Children’s Medical Center.

Conditions We Treat in Central Massachusetts

Our doctors – called pediatric endocrinologists – diagnose and treat a wide range of childhood endocrine disorders, which affect hormones and how a child’s body functions. We offer complete evaluation and management for the following conditions:

• Thyroid function disorders
• Growth disorders
• Calcium and bone disorders
• Sex development
• Puberty
• Other primary or secondary endocrine conditions

Endocrine Expertise

Our...