The RPA Transplant Institute

The Royal Prince Alfred’s Hospital Department of Transplant Services includes the Australian National Liver Transplant Unit and the NSW Kidney Transplant Unit. It was the first and is the largest Transplant Service in Australia today.

 The RPA Transplant Institute is the research centre of Transplantation Services at RPA. Our mission is to conduct high quality scientific and clinical research that will lead to cures for diseases and find solutions to one of the key challenges facing transplantation medicine, the need for immunosuppressant therapy and the side effects it brings.

We aim to advance the knowledge of transplant healthcare professionals and create treatments that will contribute to prolonged, improved health for all transplant patients.

Through the education of patients, physicians and the wider community we will create a greater understanding of transplantation and the significance of transplantation as a critical means of prolonging life.