Swiss Transplant Association
Transplant centres

Where transplants take place in Switzerland

Six hospitals in Switzerland are licensed to transplant organs. See which centre handles which organs and how to reach it.

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Centres that support you before and after your transplant.

One licence per organ

The Federal Office of Public Health grants each centre a separate licence for every organ. Transplants are highly specialised procedures that require extensive experience and the right infrastructure. Transplants in children need an additional special licence.

Getting onto the waiting list

The centre reviews your medical history to decide whether a transplant is right for you. If so, you are added to the national waiting list, which Swisstransplant manages centrally and independently.

Close support, before and after

Your centre cares for you in a way tailored to your condition. This support starts long before the procedure and continues afterwards.

The six centres at a glance

Also in children

  • Zurich

    University Hospital Zurich (USZ)

    The only centre in Switzerland with all seven organ programmes. Hearts and kidneys are transplanted in children together with the University Children's Hospital Zurich, lungs also in children.

    • Heart (in children together with the University Children's Hospital Zurich)
    • Lung (also in children)
    • Liver
    • Kidney (in children together with the University Children's Hospital Zurich)
    • Pancreas
    • Islet cells
    • Small intestine

    in children together with the University Children's Hospital Zurich

    Rämistrasse 1008091 Zürich
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  • Geneva

    Geneva University Hospitals (HUG)

    Focused on abdominal organs: liver, kidney, pancreas, islet cells and small intestine. Livers are also transplanted in children.

    • Liver (also in children)
    • Kidney
    • Pancreas
    • Islet cells
    • Small intestine
    Rue Gabrielle-Perret-Gentil 41205 Genève
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  • Bern

    Inselspital, Bern University Hospital

    Transplants hearts, livers and kidneys. Heart and kidney transplants are also available for children.

    • Heart (also in children)
    • Liver
    • Kidney (also in children)
    Freiburgstrasse 183010 Bern
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  • Lausanne

    Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV)

    Transplants hearts, lungs and kidneys. Hearts and kidneys also in children.

    • Heart (also in children)
    • Lung
    • Kidney (also in children)
    Rue du Bugnon 211011 Lausanne
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  • Basel

    University Hospital Basel (USB)

    Specialised in kidneys, including for older children receiving a kidney from a living donor.

    • Kidney (kidney for older children from living donors)

    kidney for older children from living donors

    Petersgraben 44031 Basel
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  • St. Gallen

    Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen

    Kidney transplants for eastern Switzerland. The hospital is now part of the HOCH Health Ostschweiz network.

    • Kidney
    Rorschacher Strasse 959007 St. Gallen
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Questions about life with a new organ?

As an association of transplant recipients, we are happy to share our experience with you, alongside the medical care provided by your centre.

Get in touch

Based on Swisstransplant, Annual Report 2025. Please discuss medical questions directly with the centre. More at Swisstransplant