Portage, Indiana

In response to the growing need for a full-service pre-kidney and pre-liver transplant evaluation clinic in northern Indiana and southwest Michigan, we are pleased to offer the Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation transplant outreach clinic in Portage, Indiana.

Our focus on community outreach benefits patients and their physicians by providing many of our pre-transplant services closer to home. Our goal in offering such convenience is that it will lead to an excellent patient experience and a successful transplant.

Liver Transplant Care

We are available to see the following types of patients at the outreach clinic in Portage:

• Complex liver disease patients
  Patients requiring a consultation or second opinion have the option of being evaluated at a clinic closer to home.

• Potential liver transplant candidates
  The initial visit to determine transplant eligibility can be done at the clinic. Once a patient is identified as a candidate, they will need to be evaluated by the liver transplant team at Northwestern Memorial Hospital before being listed for a transplant.

• Patients on the liver transplant waiting list
  From the time a patient is listed until transplantation, they may choose to have basic follow-up visits either at Northwestern or at the satellite clinic.

Kidney Transplant Care

At the outreach clinic in Portage, we offer all of the same kidney transplant evaluation services that patients and referring physicians are accustomed to receiving at Northwestern Memorial Hospital – from patient education to transplant evaluation. The kidney transplant team, consisting of a transplant nephrologist, surgeon, transplant nurse coordinator, social worker and dietitian, are available to see the following types of patients at the Portage clinic:

• Potential kidney transplant candidates
  Patients (recipient and donor) may attend a transplant education meeting and clinic visit to determine candidacy for a kidney transplant. Patients attend a group transplant education session and have the option of staying to begin their evaluation with a detailed history and physical followed by an evaluation plan. A living donor discussion is also presented for those interested in learning more about living kidney donation. After the evaluation, patients receive doctor’s orders for any further diagnostic testing, which can be done locally or at Northwestern Memorial’s downtown campus. Information and findings from the evaluation process will be presented to the transplant selection committee at Northwestern.

Contact

Liver and Kidney Transplant Care

3691 Willowcreek Road, Suite 100
Portage, Indiana 46368
(Located in Lake Shore Bone & Joint Institute - directions)
Kidney: 312-695-0828
Liver: 1-888-99-LIVER (1-888-995-4837)