We Stand For Care

At six months old and just ten pounds Ila Chakravarthy received a liver transplant at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, home of the busiest pediatric liver transplant team in the nation.

“We’re known for taking care of very small children, transplanting much sicker patients, and treating more kids with cancer than any other institution in the country,” said surgeon Carlos Esquivel, MD, PhD, chief of the division of transplantation.

The hospital’s team not only MADE A DIFFERENCE in Ila’s life in 2008, but they performed more liver transplants than any other U.S. children’s hospital, according to the United Network for Organ Sharing. Their sheer COMMITMENT to surgeries in infants like Ila, shows how doctors, hepatologists, nephrologists, gastroenterologists, anesthesiologists, physician assistants, social workers and nurses, provide BETTER MEDICINE to help patients thrive and grow after their transplant.

For more information about the liver transplant team and Ila’s story, click here.