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How It Works: Pancreas & Kidney Transplant Surgery Treatment

Transplant recipients are experiencing an improved quality of life. But to ensure a successful transplant, our teams closely monitor kidney and pancreas transplant patients for an extended period of time afterward.

A pancreas or kidney transplant patient’s hospital stay can require anywhere from seven to fourteen days before release. Post surgery, patients will be monitored closely in the intensive care unit (ICU) for several days. As their condition improves, patients are then moved to a regular hospital room for the remainder of their stay where they will remain under close observation and begin physical therapy.

After leaving the hospital, patients will need to begin taking a prescribed medication to prevent their body’s rejection of the new organ. They will also need to attend multiple weekly checkups to ensure the success of the procedure. In these checkups, doctors will perform tests to track the conditions of the new kidney and pancreas, and the success of the prescribed medication, as well as the overall recovery of the patient.

As a patient’s new organs adjusts to their body and their overall health returns, physicians will gradually allow patients to return to their day-to-day routines while monitoring the intake of prescribes medications.

New Brunswick, NJ
Kidney & Pancreas Transplant at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital

Livingston, NJ
Kidney & Pancreas Transplant at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center

Patient Stories

  • "I tell him he’s Superman and he can do no wrong,” Brian says. "It’s such a great gesture that it’s hard to put into words and say something that would do it justice."

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  • I feel like a new different person.

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  • Her donation was the start of a chain of kidney donations the led to three patients receiving life-saving kidney donations.

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The Renal and Pancreas Transplant Program at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center - Jersey City
377 Jersey Ave
Suite 280A
Jersey City, NJ 07302
(973) 322-5938
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The Children's Kidney Center
101 Old Short Hills Road
Suite 505
West Orange, NJ 07052
(973) 322-6767
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Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center
94 Old Short Hills Road
Livingston, NJ 07039
(973) 322-5000
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The Renal and Pancreas Transplant Program at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center- Eatontown
200 Wyckoff Road
Suite 3300
Eatontown, NJ 07724
(973) 322-5938
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The Robert Wood Johnson Transplant Center
10 Plum St, 7th Floor
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
(732) 253-3699
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The Renal and Pancreas Transplant Program at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center- Edison
102 James Street
Suite 102
Edison, NJ 08817
(973) 322-5938
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Trinitas Regional Medical Center – Williamson Street Campus
225 Williamson St
Elizabeth, NJ 07202
(908) 994-5000
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The Renal and Pancreas Transplant Department at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center
94 Old Short Hills Road
Livingston, NJ 07039
(973) 322-5938
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Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
1 Robert Wood Johnson Place
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
(732) 828-3000
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